Parents and carers

Many accidents are a part of growing up and children need to explore and experiment within their environments. Minor accidents can be part of an active, healthy childhood. The child accident prevention trust has a range of useful safety advice materials to support you and can be found here: Safety advice Archives - Child Accident Prevention Trust (capt.org.uk)

Safe Sleeping

The Lullaby Trust provides simple steps for how you can sleep your baby to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) which is commonly known as cot death. https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/

Sources for family support:

The Lullaby Trust - Offers confidential support to family, friends and carers affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or toddler – Tel: 0808 802 6868, support@lullabytrust.org.uk. Calls to the Helpline are free from all landlines and most mobile phone networks. The Helpline is open: Monday – Friday, 10am-5pm. Weekends and public holidays  6pm-10pm (answered by trained befrienders, all with personal experience of bereavement)

The Helpline does not offer a formal counselling service but rather the opportunity to talk freely, for as long as required, with a sympathetic and understanding listener. They can also offer support through their team of befrienders.  Befrienders are themselves bereaved parents, grandparents and other relatives, who offer personal support which can be arranged via the Helpline.

Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) For those whose child was over the age of one year.

Child Death Helpline For anyone affected by the death of a child of any age from any cause.  Helpline available Monday – Friday, 10am – 1pm and Monday to Sunday, 7pm – 10pm Telephone: 0800 282 986

SANDS Support after neonatal death or stillbirth. Telephone: 0808 164 3332 helpline@sands.org.uk

Winston’s Wish Help and advice in supporting a bereaved child. Helpline available weekdays, 8am – 8pm. Telephone: 08088 020 021 ask@winstonswish.org

BLISS Support and Information for the family of a premature baby – do you need emotional support, information or have a question about your neonatal journey? hello@bliss.org.uk

Saying Goodbye  National remembrance services. Telephone: 0300 323 1350 support@sayinggoodbye.org

CRUSE Bereavement Care Helpline available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 9.30am – 5pm, Tuesday: 1pm – 8pm Telephone: 0808 808 1677

ICON

Infants Cry, you can Cope provides helpful advice and information on how to support you as parents with young children: https://iconcope.org/parentsadvice/

Button Battery Safety

If swallowed button batteries, particularly big, powerful lithium coin cell batteries, can badly hurt or kill a child. If it gets stuck in a child's food pipe, it can cause catastrophic internal bleeding. It is important to keep any objects with easily accessible lithium coin cell batteries out of children's reach, as well as spare or 'flat' batteries. Act fast if you think you child might have swallowed one.

The child accident prevention trust provides more information about button battery safety: https://capt.org.uk/button-battery-safety/

Blind Cords

Lots of work has been done to raise awareness of the dangers posed to young children by blind cords. For further information around blind cord safety and free resources, please click on the following link https://capt.org.uk/how-to-fix-blind-cords-safety-devices/

NSPCC

Positive Parenting: https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/research-resources/leaflets/positive-parenting?_

Child Death Overview Panel

Unintentional injuries in and around the home are a leading preventable cause of death and emergency hospital admissions for children, particularly for those under 5 years.

The Child Safety Booklet is brought to you by the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Child Death Overview Panel. It is designed to raise awareness of potential hazards and brings together advice from local and national campaigns.

Protect your little bundle booklet from birth and beyond - 2025