Safe Kids Week is happening May 30 to June 5!

Parachute Safe Kids Week (SKW) is Parachute Canada’s annual campaign to raise public awareness of child safety issues in Canada, encouraging community involvement as part of the solution. This year, Parachute Safe Kids Week takes place May 30 to June 5, 2021. The topic of 2021’s Safe Kids Week digital campaign is outdoor play, encouraging children to #PlaySafeOutdoors and engage in active, unstructured and exciting play, daily.

With fewer than five per cent of children and fewer than one per cent of youth meeting movement behaviour guidelines during COVID-19 restrictions, outdoor play is more important than ever for kids. Parachute wants kids to #PlaySafeOutdoors to encourage mental, physical, social and emotional well-being. Parachute is encouraging parents to support their kids to #PlaySafeOutdoors, engaging in active, unstructured and outdoor play, daily.

Everyone is encouraged join in the conversation on social media using the hashtags #PlaySafeOutdoors and #SKW2021 and don’t forget to tag @ParachuteCanada so they can share your posts!

Featured Partner Resource: TheyWill2

The South West Injury Prevention Network has created the TheyWill2 website to encourage parents and caregivers to role model bike helmets:

According to a 2015 Ontario Injury Compass report, 589 Ontario children under the age of 14 years old, the equivalent of 23 classrooms of children, suffered a head injury from bicycling in 2010/2011. 

Falls account for 85% of bicycle-related injury but research shows that a properly fitted helmet reduces the risk of a traumatic head injury by 85%. In other words, the risk of a traumatic brain injury to cyclists is largely preventable.

Role modelling is one way adults can help reduce traumatic brain injury in children by making helmet use the norm. When parents, grandparents and caregivers wear a bike helmet they're showing a child that safety is important. Make bicycle helmets a non-negotiable family rule and wear a helmet every time you ride your bicycle.

For information on bicycle safety visit www.theywill2.ca.

Play Safe Injury Tracker

Introducing the Play Safe Injury Tracker

From the Play Safe Initiative website: 

After several years of development and research PSI is pleased to introduce the Play Safe Injury Tracker - Canada's first web-enabled injury surveillance platform for sport and recreation injury.

Cost:
It's free. We have eliminated any financial barriers for organizations to effectively track injuries in their organization. Our funding model will include a mix of public and private sources to ensure the system remains accessible to organizations.

Security:

• PSI adheres to the highest standards of security so you can collect information and data with confidence.
• Secure data centers & redundancy.
• 256 bit SSL encryption on all surveys.
• CLF 2.0 and Section 508 compliant.

Features:

• customizable forms and reports
• real time data reporting
• access to raw and summary data
• exportable data
• download reports to PowerPoint for easy reporting
• auto-enable email forward of individual injury reports

For more information: http://www.playsafeinitiative.ca/play-safe-injury-tracker.html