Working together for safer children
Making the Link supports senior practitioners and policymakers working to prevent unintentional injury to children and young people in England.
You can submit your case studies on child accident prevention to share knowledge and best practice with others, use tools to help you in your work and read the latest news and policy developments.
Get in contact
Want to share case studies, best practice or statistics about child accident prevention in your area? Email the Making the Link team at info@makingthelink.net and we'll publish it on the website.
News
- Confirmed public health indicator for child accidents Hospital admissions caused by unintentional and deliberate injuries in under 18s have been confirmed as a public health indicator.
- UK burden of injury 2.6 times higher than originally thought The burden of injury has been calculated as part of new research by Swansea University led by Ronan Lyons.
- LGA knowledge hub launched The LGA has created an online knowledge hub for professionals to share knowledge and information online.
Case studies
- Bradford Safeguarding Children Board We talk to Davina Hartley - accident prevention coordinator from Bradford to talk about a new mentoring partnership with CAPT.
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCTA multi-agency approach to accident prevention is helping Cornwall to reduce emergency hospital admissions among children.
- NHS Knowsley and Knowsley Council Paula Simpson used local data on childhood injuries to highlight this as an important priority for collaborative work with a range of stakeholders.
Tools
- Advocating Child Safety We have a produced a networking resource to support the development of local partnerships for child injury prevention in England.
- The argument for action New to child accident prevention? Read the facts about child accidents and a guide to getting started with your work.
- Data and Statistics Find out about the overall statistics for accidental injury to children and young people adn the main causes of childhood accidents.