Guide – 2000-2018 Personal Safety

Personal Safety Badge

At home, in the unit or with friends, do three of the following:

1. Be able to identify four types of substance that can be poisonous and are in the kitchen, bathroom or garden.
2. Draw a plan of your bedroom/living room/unit meeting place, and mark off potential hazards for someone with a physical disability, an older person, and a small child. Make suggestions for reducing the danger.
3. Create a drama/poster on how to resist peer pressure and say no to cigarettes, drugs or alcohol. Following necessary safety precautions, be able to: Use a disposable barbecue. Turn off the main utilities in your home/meeting place, e.g. gas, electricity and water. Take action if you are being bullied, or if you suspect someone else is being bullied.

Out and About – do three of the following:

1. Draw a map of your local area or your route to school and mark the areas where there are potential hazards. For example, where there is waste ground, canals/lakes, alleyways, bad street lighting, parked cars, building sites etc. Note where there are phone boxes, the police station, or shops where you could get help if you needed it.
2. Be able to read a street map and give directions.
3. Know the Water Safety Code and show an understanding of safety signs and flags at the beach.
4. Design a poster or leaflet for a road safety campaign, e.g. about being seen by night and day.
5. Take a course in cycle proficiency such as ‘Get Started’ or ‘Improve’, organised by the British Cycling Foundation.
6. Know the Highway Code as it relates to pedestrians and cyclists.
7. Create a ten-point checklist of safety precautions for travelling abroad.