Child Safety Day

The Safer Communities Action Group was invited to attend Child Safety Day held at Llanelli Leisure Centre and so Joe and Karen, along with Amy from Felinfoel C1st duly went along with display boards and a mission - to spread the message and work of Safer Communities!

We took along our new high vis vests, walking rings and children's safety in the home book. The display boards looked fab and we kitted the tables out with colouring pictures and pencils.

The event was put on to promote children's safety , and in the car park, free safety checks were given to children's car seats with advice and information on updating your car seat if needed. For every car seat checked, a voucher could be exchanged for a free swim in the leisure centre.

In the hall there was plenty to see with displays from the Children's Partnership, Kerbcraft and Gary Gosafe, the police, Fire Brigade, Eco babies and much more.

And for the little people, (big dissapointment for me, apparently I'm much older than 8 yrs!) there was a bouncy castle. Making an appearance was Gary Gosafe himself, accompanied by Fireman Sam and Sali Mali.

The event was a great success and we came away forging new relationships with new organisations. Looking forward to the next event!

Graffiti and Skating - organised and legal!

Towards the end March, The Safer Communities Action Group teamed up with the Youth Action Group and organised a Graffiti and Skateboarding workshop for the youth in our community.

Held in the Antioch Centre and aimed at the over 11 yrs, the event was to show that graffiti can be art and that in an organised way, legal. The Skateboarding was also a huge success and there was also games for those who wanted something different.

The young people present were asked to design one of the boards themselves based around community safety and asked what they thought community safety was. Their response was interesting. They said they didn't always feel safe and they didn't really understand what community safety was. The board they designed reflected what they felt communities needed more of - RESPECT

The event was a success and may be something we could look at doing again in the future.

Walk to School Event

For once the sun was shining and it must have been solely because the Safer Communities Action Group (SCAG) , along with Communities First, Copperworks School PFA and the Neighbourhood Police Team had invited pupils and staff from Copperworks School to take part in a Walk to School Event.

Seeing the essential road works being carried out next to the school, and having just purchased new high vis vests with the SCAG logo on, (which members couldn't wait to try out), we realised that this was the ideal opportunity to try and show some of our younger members in the community that it was still ok to walk to school safely.

Walk to School events teach children road safety skills, are good for health and the environment too!

Thank you to everyone who took part and to Jelly Tots nursery for the use of the Walking Rings as ours hadn't arrived yet.

More Walk to School Events are planned in the future and we hope to work with all schools within our community.