Staying Safe This Summer

Summertime is a great season for children, young people and families to get outdoors and experience different activities. It is important to remember to risk assess any new activities and follow external visits guidance before going out for the day. Extra care must also be taken whilst the Coronavirus is still circulating.
We want people to stay safe and healthy while they enjoy the better weather and have put together some useful resources and links.
Activities
- NYA NYA advice for Youth Services and Youth Workers
- Ready Steady Worcestershire – School holiday food and activities (HAF)
- Bikeability cycle training programme. It’s like cycling proficiency, but better! It’s about gaining practical skills and understanding how to cycle on today’s roads.
- West Mercia Police event security information
- Active Herefordshire & Worcestershire Activity Finder
External Visits and Trips
- ROSPA life-saving advice for everyone, everywhere
- Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel (OEAP) advice, support and monitoring of visits and outdoor learning
- Foreign Travel Advice current travel advice by country including safety and security, entry requirements, travel warnings and health
- Staying Safe Away From Home advice and guidance from the NSPCC
- Travelling in summer – Highways England (nationalhighways.co.uk)
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Your Life Your Choice Worcestershire local advice and guidance for families, children and adults of all ages
- The Rona Hub Leaving school or college this summer? Lots of advice and guidance for young people
- Talk to Frank friendly and confidential drugs advice
- Runaway Helpline confidential helpline if you are thinking about running away from home or have already run away
- Samaritans confidential place for you to talk about your feelings
- The North Worcestershire Community Safety Partnership brings together Safer Bromsgrove, Safer Redditch and Safer Wyre Forest.
- Health and Safety Executive advice, guidance, news, templates, tools, legislation, publications from Great Britain’s independent regulator for work-related health, safety and illness
- Gun and Knife Crime help and advice for young people around gun and knife crime
- Safeguarding Worcestershire The site provides information on the safeguarding of children and adults and is provided by a partnership between Worcestershire Safeguarding Adults Board (WSAB) and Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP)
- Get Safe Worcestershire The partnership works to tackle a range of areas of child criminal exploitation including, county lines drug dealing, child sexual exploitation and support to children that may go missing from home
Summer Health
- NHS The latest information and advice regarding Coronavirus (COVID19)
- GOV.UK Stay Alert, Control The Virus, Save Lives
- Here2Help Worcestershire There are many vulnerable people in our community, this site provides a central location for the vulnerable who are unable to seek help from family, friends and neighbours
- Summer heatwave advice | Summer heatwave advice | Worcestershire County Council
- Advice for older adults staying safe in hot weather | Age UK
- NHS advice on staying healthy including remembering sunscreen, information about insect bites and how to keep your feet healthy!
- NHS advice for keeping cool in a heatwave
- Royal Horticultural Society harmful garden plants list
Staying Safe Online
- Childnet International advice about using social networking and gaming sites, managing online friendships and sharing holiday snaps
- UK Safer Internet Centre resources for parents and carers to support your child to use the internet safely, responsibility and positively
- UK Safer Internet Centre resources for young people to keep them safe online
- CEOP Are you worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you or a young person online?
Sexual Health
- Brook sexual health & wellbeing for under 25s
- Know Your Stuff – Worcestershire NHS Sexual Health local clinics and lots of sexual health advice
- Stonewall support for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people
- FPA sexual health charity giving straightforward information and support on sexual health, sex and relationships
Water, Railway and Fire Safety
- ROSPA Water Safety
- RNLI online resource to help teach young people about how to survive in cold water
- Royal Lifesaving Society UK The drowning prevention charity has lots of water safety advice
- United Utilities dangers of swimming in reservoirs or lakes
- Network Rail keeping people on and around the railway
- Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service helping children and young people understand how to prevent fire and how to act if there is a fire is a vital step towards reducing the risk fire poses to children and young people