On Average, One Child a Month across Australia Dies in a Home Driveway Runover

The launch of the Kidsafe Driveway Safety Campaign by the Victorian Minister for Children the Hon Wendy Lovell at Fed Square was a major success generating statewide media coverage on television, radio and print media.

On average, One Child a Month across Australia Dies in a Home Driveway Runover

Kidsafe Victoria welcomes the release of test results detailing the safety levels of the chemical formamide in ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) foam mats.

Kidsafe Victoria today supported calls for the inclusion of warning and instructions on baby slings.

Melanie Water, Victorian Kidsafe Manager, said that given the warnings from the medical profession about possible suffocation risks, it was appropriate to err on the side of safety.

The peak body on child accident prevention, Kidsafe Victoria, today backed the Victorian Government’s legislation on the registration or possible removal of dangerous dogs.

Bowls Victoria is the governing body of bowls in Victoria, overseeing all areas of sports business. Victorian Bowls has a network of 530 clubs, 60,000 affiliated bowlers and estimated to have hundreds of thousands of social bowlers throughout Victoria.

Kidsafe is proud to announce that we have been chosen as the Bowls Victoria charity for the 2011-2012 bowls season.

Kidsafe would like to thank Bowls Victoria for their support and look forward to working closely with them to raise awareness of and prevent childhood injuries in Victoria.

For more information on Bowls Victoria, please visit their website: http://www.bowlsvic.org.au

Kidsafe commends the World Health Assembly child injury prevention resolution and calls on the Australian Government to act

Kidsafe, the Australian member of Safe Kids Worldwide, today commended the World Health Assembly for passing a resolution urging member countries such as Australia to prioritise the prevention of child injuries.

Parents urged to supervise or separate

Dr Mark Stokes, President of Kidsafe Victoria said parents need to recognise that driveways are one of the deadliest areas around the home. The warning comes following the death of a second toddler this week. The death occurred last night on a shared driveway in Chirnside - these have become common where two homes are built on one block.

Kidsafe Victoria has prompted an investigation by Australian regulatory authorities into the recent banning of children’s foam mats by the Belgian and French governments.

The popular interlocking foam mats, with alphabet and other designs, have been found to contain formamides, prompting their recall.