Why Victorian children should get creative in Kidsafe Victoria’s Farm Safety Competition
Are you wondering what our Farm Safety Creative Competition is all about and what it would look like to get the kids involved? Primary School Teacher, Crystal, shares her experience participating in our Farm Safety Creative Competition last year with her Prep class. FARMS CAN BE A WONDERFUL, YET HAZARDOUS, PLACE FOR CHILDREN Farms offer […]
My scars are a part of me, but they do not define me – Childhood candle burn injury
Shennel Martin has joined forces with Kidsafe to share her story as part of National Burns Awareness Month and help raise awareness of burns prevention. Nearly twenty-six years ago in the small coastal town of Port Fairy, eight-year-old Shennel was happily playing in her room. She had lit her first communion candle […]
Her Burns Were So Deep – She Didn’t Look Like My Little Girl Anymore
June not only signifies the move into winter – it’s also National Burns Awareness Month, an initiative to drive greater awareness amongst the Australian community of the prevention and the correct first aid treatment for burns. Little Gracie’s story shows how burn and scald injuries can happen in a split second and the lifelong impact […]
WHEN SNACKTIME ENDS IN A SERIOUS BURN
[Pictured: Milla today] Milla was eight years old when she suffered severe burns to her lower body. On this particular day, she came home from a party feeling hungry, so she did what she’s done many times before and prepared herself one of her favourite snacks – some instant noodles. Usually, Milla would sit up […]
Is Your Television or Furniture an Accident Waiting to Topple?
Televisions, bookcases, wardrobes, and chests of drawers are items found in the majority of homes. While they may seem harmless, they can pose a serious safety risk if not secured. Every week up to 50 Australian’s are treated in hospital due to injuries sustained from toppling furniture or televisions. That’s 2,600 people. Every. Single. Year. […]
Do you have a silent killer in your home?
As a parent, we do our best to make our home as safe as possible for our children to play, grow and live in. We look around our homes, spot any potential injury hazards and then take action to remove or restrict access to them so no harm comes to our child. But what if […]
A Mother’s Instinct and How a Fall From a Change Table Changed Lives
A Mother’s Instinct and How a Fall From a Change Table Changed Lives [Pictured: Taral cuddling Michelle] Brave Mum, Michelle, shares her story of how one incident changed the lives of her family forever. We’ve all been there. We’re exhausted, juggling a million and one things, the baby is crying for a feed and argh! […]
How life can change in an instant
How life can change in an instant and how you can minimise the risk [Source: Pixabay] Whether it is sand, toys, other peoples fingers, dirt or random things that they find on the floor, toddlers love to put anything they find into their mouths. For them, this is the way that they explore all of […]
LIFE WITHOUT BELLA
LIFE WITHOUT BELLA [Pictured: Allison and Bella] Five years and 11 months ago, Allison received a phone call saying that her 14-month-old daughter, Bella, had been rushed to hospital. She had been crying hysterically, started vomiting, and then collapsed. It appeared Bella had a virus and was sent home. “MUM WAS HER FIRST WORD, AND […]
“I wasn’t sure if he would make it”
Zoe ten Broek, Mum to 1-year-old Jax, has warned parents and carers of the dangers of graduating children from their rear-facing child car restraint too early, after a serious car accident left Jax fighting for life. In early July, Zoe strapped Jax into his rearward facing child car restraint in preparation for the 20 minute […]