aclJohn's Health and Safety Finds

"The THINK! campaign is not about the motorist as such, or the pedestrians, or cyclists, motor cyclists, etc. It is about people, about the citizen, about each and all of us. It is about how we all use our roads safely, whether we happen to be motoring, walking, cycling or whatever. This is mainly to build a mood of "we're all in it together" to have greater effect."

The website targets people from childhood to adulthood, aiming to instill good practice at a very early age with frequent rem...

A big thank you to Malcolm Bodley, E-Learning Advisor, JISC Regional Support Centre - Eastern, for bringing this resource to our attention.

The SWGfL eSafety Self Review Framework enables learning providers, or indeed any organisation that work with children/learners, to challenge their own eSafety provision. It provides the ability to track and monitor progress, highlighting aspirational eSafety levels.

How do you compare?

The eSafety Self Review Framework is available as an electroni...

A Thin Line is a digital safety education resource produced by MTV in collaboration with other media partners.

The purpose of the site is to educate teenagers and young adults about the possible repercussions of their digital activities. 

A Thin Line offers a series of fact sheets about topics like...

• sexting;
• digital spying; and
• excessive text messaging and instant messaging.

A Thin Line gives students advice on...

• how to recognize those behaviors;
• the dangers of those behaviors; ...

The Health and Safety Executive has been running a campaign to reduce slips, trips and falls in the workplace.

Throughout 2008-2009, across the Education sector in the UK, there were...

• 0948 major injuries and a further
• 1865 that resulted in workers having to take more than three days off work as a result of slips, trips and falls

In response, the HSE has launched a new phase of its Shattered Lives campaign. As part of this, you can visit ...

Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, in association with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), has launched a new version of IE8 targeted towards young surfers.

This young person-friendly browser makes it easy for children to browse the Internet safely, protect their online identities and keeps them away from inappropriate websites.

The special version of IE8 has a CEOP Button; when users click on it, they're shown a mini CEOP webpage (see image above) with links tha...

Ins@fe is a European network of Awareness Centres promoting safe, responsible use of the Internet and mobile devices to young people. It is co-funded by the Safer Internet Programme. 

The mission, in line with the Harnessing Technology Publication, is to empower citizens to use the internet, as well as other online technologies, positively, safely and effectively.

Insafe partners work closely together to share...

• best practice,
• information and
• resources.

Bullying UK, formerly called Bullying Online, was founded in 1999 by journalist Liz Carnell from Harrogate and her son John, as a direct result of their experience of dealing with school bullying, which included taking successful legal action against an education authority.

Bullying UK has become the number one resource for people using search engines like Google, MSN and Yahoo to find reliable information on a variety of bullying issues; it provides practical information and advice to you...

"Sometimes it's really hard to tell the difference between cyberbullying and harmless fun - it can be really easy to send on stuff without thinking about how seriously it could affect someone's life..."

We have already had, some readers may have missed it, an Anti-Bullying week to throw the spotlight on cyber-bullying and the distress caused by the spread of malicious video content across the internet through social networks, video sharing websites, e-mail and mobiles.

The De...

Learn Anytime has a list of  links to some interactive hazard identification activities including...

• Dangers in the bedroom
• Disaster Kitchen
• Dangers in the lounge
• Hazards in the room
• Home Hazard Hunt

Vienna, http://studentswithlearningdifficulties.blogspot.com/, has shared her Health and Safety Bingo resources on box.

Visit http://www.box.net/shared/g4xva1jp1o.