In the last year 1,700 children under the age of 5 have been so badly burnt that they had to be admitted to hospital ....... more than 4 toddlers every single day.
An interactive online version of our popular book, 'Lizzie’s Accident' can be accessed here or purchased for £1.50 + pp per copy. Many local community groups, Fire & Rescue Services, schools and nurseries have purchased copies to include in their fire safety and burn prevention programmes.
Contact us to order your copies
We currently produce 2 packs:
This has proved extremely successful and has helped many nurseries and children’s centres to highlight the dangers of scalding to parents and carers and to introduce a Cold Drinks Policy.
If you run a nursery, children’s centre or mother and toddler group, you can order a printed copy, including a copy of Lizzie’s Accident and 25 Hot Water Burns Like Fire leaflets for only £3.50 including postage and packing by clicking here.
Our School Prevention Pack is aimed at providing teachers with background information into the importance of fire safety and burn prevention. It includes statistics showing the causes, age and location of paediatric burn injuries as well as first aid advice. A printed copy, including a copy of Lizzie’s Accident and 25 Hot Water Burns Like Fire leaflets can be purchased by teachers for only £3.50 including postage and packing by clicking here.
CAUTION: BOTH PACKS CONTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS THAT MAY BE DISTRESSING
Parenting is stressful, and frequent cups of tea and coffee are a lifeline. The theme of this year's Child Safety Week was "make time for safety". It takes just 30 seconds to ensure that mugs of tea, coffee and hot chocolate are put well out of reach, and after a while it becomes second nature.
1) If you haven't already done so, implement a Cold Drinks Policy in your setting when young children are present. If you're worried about people not coming to the sessions as a result of this, explain to them why.
2) Run a session for parents and carers, with our Under 5's Resource Pack - it's an inexpensive, easy to use resource that many children's centres and mother & toddler groups have found useful.
3) Check out the Child Accident Prevention Trust website for information, resources and advice.
4) For more information on the financial cost of treating a child's scald injury, read How much does a hot drink scald cost?
"This pack will be a valuable tool when I deliver First Aid Sessions related to burns." Family Community Teacher
"Everyone in the Burns Unit was there because of an accident. None of them were born that way and they hadn't developed a disease to make them disfigured. In a split second their whole life changed" Mum of a little girl injured in a hot drinks accident.
