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Child Safe School Trip Service
October 2005
www.childsafeschooltrips.co.uk
| www.schoolhols.co.uk
Child Safe has joined forces with the National Association
of Head Teachers to help improve the safety of children on
school trips and to create a national service specifically
aimed at increasing the number of trips by raising educational
and safety standards.
Communication between schools and venues
 A
major issue facing a teacher on school trips concerns potential
hazards at the venue. If a teacher knows about a hazard they
can educate the pupils and take appropriate measures to ensure
that it does not become a problem. The Child Safe Schools
website provides an interface for schools to search for a
venue and read about any potential risks prior to their visit.
This website, and its sister site for school holidays, provides
trip-related information on over 7,000 destinations in the
UK. The information includes:
- Health & Safety
- Contact details
- Education programs aimed at schools
- Emergency procedures
- Guided pre-visits
Messaging Service, Lanyards & Wristbands
 The
second part of the School Trips service, a simple trip management
and messaging service
allows teachers to keep parents informed during a trip. A
help line number and school ID will
enable a parent or venue to communicate directly with a teacher
on a trip when necessary.
Bright school lanyards and wristbands carry the school ID
& helpline number. As well as clearly identifying a child
as part of a trip, they enable someone finding a child to
contact a teacher quickly.
Benefits to a Shopping Centre
 All
shopping centres setting up as a Child Safe Zone will be able
to nominate two primary schools who will be given a free ‘school
account’ and be provided some complimentary discs and
wristbands.
Child Safe will also provide other materials and safety products
at cost, if centres wish to develop school relationships further.
Centres can also have a free entry onto the ‘school
trips’ and ‘school hols’ websites.
For More Information
A full explanation of the scheme and its benefits are available
from Child Safe, but in essence, it communicates safety procedures
and provides useful accessories and signage. This can help
toddlers who are lost, anyone losing or finding a child, anyone
worried about a child related issue and teenagers out on their
own who need help or have a concern. As a marketing tool it
makes a positive statement that a centre is a safe and family
friendly environment.
For more information please contact Richard Manville
at Child Safe on 01444 892203, or via email address info@childsafezones.co.uk.
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