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A Burglary Made Me Protect My Home: A Case Study
A burglary can be an incredibly unpleasant experience - and yet many people only think about home security and insurance until it is too late....
Asbestos Risks
For centuries, asbestos has been used in building projects all over the world. Convenient, strong and heat-resistant, it is a naturally-occurring substance – with fatal effects. Today the HSE estima...
Baby Safety
As a new parent, all you want to do is keep your little newborn safe from the big, wide world. But your own home hosts hazards, too – and baby is keen to explore them! Here are some essential safety...
Breaking Down in Your Car
This article discusses what equipment to keep in your car should you ever break down and also discusses what not to do if you are stranded whilst waiting for help...
British Transport Police and Personal Safety
The British Transport Police safeguard the journeys of 6 million passengers a day across the UK....
Child Proof Your Home
Or should that be “Home-proof your child”? When children begin to wriggle along in their nappies, it’s time to look for potential disasters. Almost half of all kids’ accidents take place at home – a...
Children And Holiday Safety
Planning a holiday with the kids this year? Anxious about sun-cream factors, kids’ clubs, seatbelts and insect bites? Read our quick guide to staying safe on holiday with children....
Doorstep Safety
It’s your doorstep, so why do people think they can intrude whenever they feel like ringing the bell? From cold callers to fraudsters, anyone can turn up on your doorstep. Lock up, be aware, and sta...
Drink Spiking: Tell-tale Signs and How to Avoid it
Drink spiking is a major problem about which everyone should be aware. You can minimise the risk of falling victim to drink spiking by remaining vigilant....
Essential Online Safety: An Overview
If you bank, shop, or chat online, you need to take some essential safety measures. Here is a super-fast guide covering the essentials of online safety. You can read more detail on these topics in t...
Financial Safety On The Internet
Internet fraud is on the increase. And, with more and more people turning to the internet for financial management, shopping, and utility payments, the risks are serious. Even the most reliable comp...
Fire Safety At Home
We’re all taught basic fire safety at school, but those days are a distant memory… How should you escape from a first-floor room? What do you do if a saucepan catches fire? What’s the best way to ex...
First Aid at Work
Whether you employ two thousand people or work alone at home, the First Aid Regulations (1981) apply to you. Here is an overview of your obligations – for a detailed summary, look up the Code of Prac...
Health and Safety for Homeworkers
Did you know that, even if you work at home, you have obligations under the Health and Safety Act? Here’s an introduction to basic home safety for the self-employed and other people working at home....
Health and Safety in the Office
Office workplaces are defined as low-risk. Accident levels are comparatively low, and risks are scarce. However, all employers have obligations under the Health and Safety laws. Here’s a summary of...
Home Protection System
Last year 733,000 homes in the UK were burgled – that’s two in every hundred. What can you do to reduce your risk and stay safe at home? In this article we look at the types of home protection syste...
How I Dealt With a Mugging: A Case Study
A mugging can be a very unpleasant experience, and many people find it difficult to cope with. But there is help available, particularly from those who have experienced the same thing....
How I Protect My Kids Online: A Case Study
Parents can take practical steps to safeguard their children online....
I Conquered My Personal Safety Anxieties: A Case Study
Some people’s lives are ruled by anxieties over personal safety. We spoke to Tarn Snaith to find out about how she conquered her fears....
I Was a Victim of Identity Theft: Case Study
Becoming a victim of identity theft seems to be becoming increasingly common, despite an individual's attempts to protect against it. Card cloning can go undetected for months as your card is not actu...
Keeping Your Online Passwords Safe
Does just one word secure all your banking, shopping, and forum activity? Is that word in the dictionary? You’re a hacker’s dream target. Don’t be fooled into thinking that your password will prote...
Kids and Safety When Cooking
Wooden spoons at the ready – the kids are invading the kitchen! Before they strap themselves in to their aprons and start weighing and stirring, prepare yourself with our kitchen safety guide. Make ...
Kids' Safety Rules
How many mistakes did Cyril make this morning on his way to school? Read his story and see how you would do... Here's our quick guide to essential child safety, out and about, and using computers at ...
Learning About Self Defence
Self defence is worth taking seriously. Since most crimes are opportunist, we and our homes are all potential targets. What are you doing to reduce your risk? Here are the essential facts about sel...
Meeting New People and Staying Safe
By following a few simple rules you can help to ensure that encounters with new people are safe and enjoyable....
Mobile Phone Safety: A Case Study
Mobile phone safety has been strongly debated in recent years. Fears regarding radiation have prompted experts to suggest that mobile phones are dangerous, while there have also been examples of indiv...
Mobile Phones as Safety Devices
The mobile phone – life-saving device, or a serious threat to your health? We weigh up mobile phone safety for kids and elderly people....
Not Too Safe
Are your children too wrapped up in cotton wool to see the road ahead of them? Recent government calls for “common sense parenting” have prompted many parents to reassess the level of protection give...
Personal Safety Abroad
Take a few simple steps to protect yourself, your money and your valuables when travelling abroad....
Personal Safety After Dark
Poor visibility and quiet roads exacerbate safety risks after dark. There are lots of things that you can do to avoid the attention of opportunists, so take a moment to read our after-dark safety gui...
Personal Safety And DIY
Planning an exciting DIY project? Writing a shopping list of all the tools and gadgets you want? Don’t forget the goggles. DIY accidents aren’t rare, and protective gear – though not cheap – could ...
Personal Safety and Lone Working
Take sensible precautions to ensure your personal safety when lone working....
Personal Safety At Work
Fresh water, safe walkways, and adequate personal space - these are three of the basic requirements for health and safety at work. The Health & Safety Commission is the government body responsible fo...
Personal Safety in Hotels and Hostels
Avoid theft, fire, illness and other risks by taking steps to ensure that your hotel or hostel stay is a safe one....
Personal Safety In The Bathroom
Every year, around 88,000 of us suffer an injury in a home bathroom. A few safety measures could reduce the risk substantially – but it’s amazing how many of us neglect them. Do you know the right t...
Personal Safety In The Home
It’s a fact: you are twenty times more likely to suffer a fatal accident at home than to win the National Lottery (RoSPA). In the UK, 2.7 million people suffer a serious accident at home every year. ...
Personal Safety in the Kitchen
How safe is your kitchen? Do you follow safety instructions by the book or is your approach more slap-dash? Take our quick Personal Safety quiz and determine the biggest hazards in your kitchen....
Personal Safety on the Street: How Much Should I Worry?
Many people fear muggings, rape and violence on the street. How justified are those fears and how can they be combated?...
Personal safety products
This article looks at some of the personal security products available on the open market...
Personal Safety When Dating
Modern dating is a minefield of disasters. Traditional worries (what if my skirt is tucked into my pants when I come out of the loo? What if my date stands me up?) are now accompanied by a range of ...
Personal Safety When Drinking Alcohol
Red wine makes us live longer… a pint of beer improves your sight… beer before wine and you'll be fine... there are plenty of factoids and myths about the powers of alcohol. But overstep the limits a...
Personal Safety When Driving
Most drivers are aware of basic safety rules like wearing seatbelts, checking your brakes, and maintaining a good stopping distance. If it’s been a while since you sat your driving test, refreshing y...
Personal Safety When Using Internet Chat Rooms
Chat-rooms are notorious dens of iniquity. But we all use them – even if you think you don’t. The early internet chat-rooms have become more sophisticated tools for communicating with friends and fa...
Personal Safety When Using Public Transport
Fewer and fewer of us use public transport these days. In fact we’re now six times more likely to jump in the car than to catch a bus or train! One factor in this trend is the degradation of safety ...
Personal Safety When Walking
There’s nothing more enjoyable than a brisk walk in the country (okay, there might be a few things). It’s a great way to spend a Sunday morning – but don’t underestimate the dangers of a stroll! Whe...
Personal Safety When Withdrawing Money
What are the risks involved in withdrawing money? ATM machines, almost always on a street or open place, are easy targets for criminals. Tricks they’ll use range from the simple distract-and-pickpoc...
Pet Proof Your Garden
Are you considering getting a puppy or kitten? Make your garden a safe place for them using our pet-proofing guide. From dog loos to scratching posts, equip your garden ready for it to become your p...
Preparing For a Flood
The recent UK floods caught many households by surprise. There’s little you can do to prevent the devastating waters, but preparing your family and your home will help to keep damage to a minimum. T...
Preparing For Disaster
Unlikely as it seems, Britain is on the highest terror alert. Government advisors have warned that it could be ten or twenty years before the country is off alert. Building shelters in our cellars a...
Preventing A Break In
What takes a burglar minutes to achieve could take you weeks to sort out. Home burglary can be a very traumatic experience. But, because most home burglaries are opportunist crimes, you can act to p...
Preventing Stress at Work
Stress, depression and anxiety are real problems for the British workforce. We lost around 13 million work days to stress-related illness in 2007. It may be common, but work-related stress isn’t com...
Safe Car Trips For Children
ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET?! Car trips with young children can be hazardous – to their health, to their temper, and to your patience! Use our guide to make sure your child is safely buckled up and ente...
Safe Computer Use For Children
Is your family computer a safety hazard? We hear about the dangers awaiting children online every day. From moving the computer to surfing online, there are dozens of potential hazards associated wi...
Safe Surfing
You may think you’re perfectly safe as you sit down and switch on your computer, but dangers lurk behind every link! From vicious viruses to heartless hackers, the online world is full of threats. F...
Safe Swimming For Children
Swimming is a valuable life-skill that should be taught as soon as possible. However, it’s also potentially dangerous. According to RoSPA, around 40 under-15s die every year by drowning. Here’s a g...
Safety Advice When Travelling Abroad Alone
Travelling abroad alone? Brilliant – you’ll have a wonderful time with nobody else to please! But take our advice, and think like a savvy traveller. Our safety tips will help you to be prepared for...
Safety At School
At school your children become the responsibility of teachers and staff. All the same, many parents worry about safety – so what can you do to reinforce the basic safety rules at your child’s school?...
Safety Tips for Men
Men face a range of risks to their safety, particularly when they are out and about in the evening. You should consider steps you can take to minimise these risks....
Simple Rules for Getting Home Safely
By following a few simple rules you can help yourself get home safely, and make sure that your nights out pass off without a hitch....
Stay Safe When Travelling Home at Night: A Case Study
A London student shares her tips for staying safe when travelling home at night. From the night buses to taxis, Florence Mills knows how to look after herself....
Staying Crime Aware
Despite our best efforts to prevent crime, rates are not going down. Types of crimes being committed might vary from year to year but overall we’re at the same risk as we were fifteen years ago. The...
Staying Safe When Walking to School
From stranger danger to traffic risks, what can children and parents do to make the walk to school as safe as possible?...
Telephone Safety
Which? has recently named telephone scams as the UK’s top con, with one in every three adults receiving a fraudulent telephone call or message. Stay safe, stay aware, and make sure your telephone isn...
The Role of Victim Support
Victim Support can support you if you have been the victim of an attack on your personal safety....
Top Safety Tips for Social Networking
Social networking can be useful and fun, but it also carries risks. Take steps to maintain your safety and privacy online....
Travelling Safety Advice When in a Taxi Alone
For women alone, travelling in a taxi is a useful mode of transport – but it can also be quite nerve-wracking. Statistics support these concerns: in London, an average of 10 female passengers report ...
Understanding Safe Alcohol Limits
The NHS has set daily limits that reflect what it considers to be sensible drinking levels. Exceeding these limits can put your health at increased risk....
Using PC Equipment Safely
The advice to “stay safe” at work doesn’t just apply to warehouse and plant operatives. Even if you work with computer equipment, there could be unseen problems causing you aches and strains. In thi...
Using Self Defence to Stay Safe: A Case Study
If you ever find yourself in a situation in which you are attacked, self defence is often your only way to defend yourself and stop the situation from escalating....
What Can I Do About Unsafe Building Near School?
What action can be taken to make an unsafe building site safe?...
What I Learnt When My Car Broke Down : A Case Study
It is sensible to be prepared for a car breakdown as Janine Cutler knows all to well......
What is Stranger Danger
What parents need to know to keep their children safe from adult strangers. The Dos and Don’ts of Stranger Danger....
What is Street Harassment?
Street harassment negatively affects a woman's personal safety in public spaces. What exactly is street harassment and what can be done about it?...
Working at Height Regulations
What does a window-cleaner, outdoor activities leader, and scaffold-builder have in common? They all need to comply with the Working at Height Regulations. If you’re in any industry that involves wo...