E-NEWS

As we shiver our way through a particularly cold Melbourne winter, we want to issue an important warning for families. We are again spending more time at home - whether through sickness or choice - and have seen what has happened in these conditions in the last two years. 29 families lost their children to preventable injuries in 2020, with a similar if not worse number in 2021, and a significant increase in the treatment of long-term burn injuries across both years. If you haven't already, ...

We are soooooo excited this month to launch our new Baby Safety Guide! We are launching just to you, our subscribers at this stage and would love your feedback. This project has been a long time in the making and is designed to make life easier for first time parents and carers. You can find out more in the article below. As we wrap up another National Burns Awareness Month, we are very grateful to Milla, Gracie and Daisy’s families for sharing their stories to assist others. Please do take ...

It has been a big month for the team, culminating in National Kidsafe Day tomorrow (May 24th) and our inaugural Gala Ball on Saturday (May 28th). On National Kidsafe Day, we’re asking you to #betheonetomakethechange and ensure that we prevent life changing injuries to the children in our lives. Read the stories below about 5 families who never imagined that they would be ‘The One’ to lose a child to a preventable injury, and find out how you can help. If you aren’t able to attend our ‘Night ...

I hope you have all enjoyed some precious time with family over the Easter/ school holidays/ Greek Easter/ ANZAC day periods this month. You may have seen our General Manager, Jason Chambers, popping up across different media outlets across the month, talking about how over 9 in 10 child car restraints that we have checked through our Safe Seats Safe Kids program have been incorrectly fitted or used. We have a free e-learning course you can do here and you can also book in for a free fitting ...

It’s hard to believe that there is only one more week until school holidays start - it feels like the kids just went back to onsite learning! This month we were grateful to Brooke for sharing her story as part of our water hazards campaign. If you have 3 minutes, watch her video now - it is just amazing. If you haven’t already done one, you’ll definitely want to book yourself into a CPR course today. Our farm safety creative competition has launched for its final year and we’d love to see ...

What a weekend we had at the Pregnancy, Baby and Children’s Expo after a long wait! We had a great time meeting so many families and are looking forward to supporting you all in your parenting / caring journey. We have a packed e-news for you this month - we are excited to launch our new 'professionals' portal on our website, specifically for MCH nurses, community organisations, councils and early childhood educators. If you work in any of these areas, please do take the time to review and ...