Family workers urged to access free training and save children’s lives on roads

Community leaders, children’s centre staff, childminders and volunteers working with families in the East Midlands are being urged to take advantage of a free half-day training course and save children’s lives on roads.

The training will be held at Sure Start Highfields Children’s Centre, Leicester, run by NCH, the children’s charity, on Tuesday 11th March at 1.00pm. Brake, the national road safety charity, and NCH are working in partnership to make this training available across the country.

A child is killed or seriously injured every 18 minutes on UK roads. Four children are killed or seriously injured every week whilst walking or cycling in the East Midlands.

The ‘Stay Safe Family Promise’ road safety training is available through the FedEx & Brake Road Safety Academy, an educational programme co-ordinated by Brake and funded by express delivery company FedEx. The Academy targets most at-risk road users, including children, by training volunteers and professionals to deliver road safety presentations within their local community.

After the training all those who attend will be in a position to give life-saving presentations to parents with young children about the risks they face and offer practical advice on using roads safely.

The training covers topics including correctly restraining children in vehicles, safe driving and keeping children safe while walking and cycling. The training is delivered by an experienced Brake trainer.

Everyone who attends the training course will receive free resources, including a colourful flip-chart, hand outs for parents and advice on how to effectively present to parents, as well as on-going telephone support from Brake.