Child Safety Media

17/06/2026

VIP Day for our latest ‘Junior Citizen’ child safety event… in Weymouth, Dorset.

Approximately 400 Year 6 children (10–11-year-olds) from 10 local primary schools took part in a series of interactive safety workshops, under the ‘Junior Citizen’ banner.

This ‘Junior Citizen’ (JC) scheme aimed to teach children about important issues that are often overlooked by the curriculum, such as Safety on the Railways (platform safety, safe places to cross, dangers of electricity and how to make a 999 call ); First Aid (learning how to save a life; DRABC; basic life support - CPR; recovery position); Anti-Social Behaviour and the Dangers and Consequences of Criminal Damage; Health and Wellbeing (understanding why physical activity can help both your physical and mental health); Teamwork and Resect; On-line Conduct and Personal Safety (teaching young people how to use the Internet safely and prevent cybercrime); Water Safety (dangers, lifeguards, flags, safety signs, floating, what to do in an emergency).

The event, held this year at Weymouth Football Club, courtesy of Chairman, Ralph Ricardo, included sessions from the following participating agencies:

Network Rail/ South Western Railway, South Western Ambulance Service, British Transport Police, Dorset Police, Weymouth in the Community and the RNLI.

The workshops gave pupils the unique opportunity to learn valuable skills from the professionals, through practical demonstrations and discussions in real-life situations.

The event would not have happened without funding from key sponsor, Network Rail, and the kind support of Weymouth Football Club who provided the venue for free. Special thanks go to Andy Yates, Community Officer at Weymouth in the Community for his help and support, and all the team at the club who made us all very welcome.

A VIP Day was held on Monday, 15th June 2026, and was attended by special guests that included Mayor of Weymouth – Cllr David Harris, Angela Prescott, HSSE Director, South Western Railway/ Network Rail and colleagues, Tom McNamee, Infrastructure Director; Tom Desmond, Operations Director; Stuart Tautz, Route Operations Performance and Projects Manager; Marcia Burnett, Community Safety Manager Wessex Route; Superintendent Andy Kermack – Subdivisional Commander Western and Richard Willis – Wessex Route Embedded Inspector, British Transport Police.

Schools in attendance were Atlantic Academy, Portland and St John's C E Primary School, Weymouth

Here are some pictures from the VIP Day…

15/06/2026

Salford ‘Crucial Crew’ Picture Competition Prize Winner 2026

This year’s Picture Competition winner is April, a pupil at Holy Cross & All Saints RC Primary School. She is pictured with John Campbell from Greater Manchester Victim Services, who presented her with a £50 gift card, a certificate, and a laminated copy of her artwork.

Congratulations, April—we hope you enjoy your prize.

28/05/2026

A fantastic local initiative helping Year 6 pupils stay safe and feel more confident as they prepare for secondary school.

More than 1,000 children across North Hertfordshire took part in interactive workshops covering road safety, recognising unsafe situations and making positive choices.

Great partnership working between schools, police, North Herts Council, Settle and Child Safety Media.

Read the full story here:

More than 1,000 Year 6 pupils from 31 schools across North Hertfordshire took part in a ‘Crucial Crew’ event last year, learning essential safety skills through interactive activities and real-life scenarios delivered by a range of local organisations and emergency services. The programme is coo...

22/05/2026

Macclesfield ‘Crucial Crew’ Picture Competition Prize Winner 2026

Our Macclesfield Crucial Crew took place in March, with more than 1,000 pupils from 31 local primary schools attending.

This year’s Picture Competition winner is Matilda from Alderley Edge School for Girls. Her artwork was selected as the best entry, and she is pictured with Andrew Cornell from Cheshire Police, who presented her with a £50 One4all gift card, a certificate, and a laminated copy of her artwork.

Congratulations, Matilda—we hope you enjoy your prize.

13/05/2026

Stockport ‘Crucial Crew’ Picture Competition Prize Winner 2025/26

Our Stockport Crucial Crew took place last November. Over three weeks, nearly 1,700 Year 6 pupils attended and learned essential life skills through interactive, engaging scenarios delivered by our partner agencies. The event covered topics including personal safety, decision-making and community awareness, helping to prepare young people for real-life situations in a fun, memorable way.

Schools attending our events can enter our Picture Competition for a chance to win a £50 gift voucher. The Stockport winner was Chloe from Arden Primary. We loved Chloe’s artwork, which showed how much she learned about staying healthy.

Well done Chloe, we hope you enjoy your prize

07/05/2026

Elmbridge ‘Junior Citizen’ – 2026 Picture Competition Winner

The winner of the January 2026 Elmbridge Junior Citizen ‘Picture Competition’ was Jane from Bell Farm Primary School in Walton-on-Thames, who received a £50 voucher as her prize, courtesy of Child Safety Media, along with laminated copies of her artwork and a Junior Citizen Certificate.

The picture below shows Jane being presented with her prizes by Cllr Steve Bax, Mayor of Elmbridge, and Cllr Kirsty Hewens from Elmbridge Borough Council.

Congratulations Jane, we hope you enjoy your prize.

06/05/2026

Bolton ‘Crucial Crew’ Picture Competition Prize Winner 2026/27

Our Bolton Crucial Crew child safety event took place in January this year. This 3-week event hosted 46 schools with over 1800 year 6 pupils attending.

The winner of this year’s picture competition is Kani from Brandwood Community Primary School.

Kani received a £50 One4All gift voucher and can be seen here being presented with her vouchers, together with a Crucial Crew certificate and laminated copy of her artwork by Rachel Earing Founder from Live4Energy Training College.

Well done, Kani, we hope you enjoy your prize.

30/04/2026

The 2026 Arun and Chichester 'Junior Citizen' child safety event - at glorious Goodwood!

Friday, 24 April, saw our first Arun and Chichester 'Junior Citizen' event draw to a close. Held at Goodwood Racecourse, the event played host to over 800 children from 29 local schools giving them the opportunity to participate in a number of interactive safety workshops. These Year 6 children are at an important stage in their lives as they prepare to transition from primary to secondary school.

The workshops were presented by West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, South East Coast Ambulance Service, Sussex Police, Govia Thameslink Railway/ Network Rail, West Sussex County Council’s (WSCC) Community Safety & Wellbeing Team, WSCC’s Waste Prevention and Arun DC’s Environment & Climate Change teams and Thought-Full (WSCC’s Mental Health Support Team) who covered a range of topics designed to help the pupils to stay safe in the future.

A VIP Day was held on Thursday, 23 April 2026 when children from St Catherines Catholic Primary School in Littlehampton and Bosham Primary School in Chichester joined us to showcase the event. On the day, we were honoured to welcome a number of local mayors and councillors, together with Chief Insp Adam McCaig (District Commander for Chichester) and Insp David Lyons (Chichester NPT) from Sussex Police, and Sabrina Pennington-Down (Assistant Director) from West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service.

Thanks as always to everyone who worked so hard to make the event a great success. We would especially like to thank James Crespi (Director) for allowing us to use Goodwood Racecourse as a venue for this pilot project and special thanks must go to Tara Bottomley (General Manager) and her event management team for making all the JC team very welcome. In particular though, we would like to thank our main sponsors, Dax O’Connor (Community Safety Manager, Arun DC) and Pam Bushby (Divisional Manager Communities, Chichester DC), for their kind sponsorship and for making the event possible. Finally, we must mention the fact that without the help and support of Anton Mezzone, West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service’s Station Manager for Chichester Fire Station, this event would not have taken place – many thanks Anton, you’re a star.

Director, Sabrina Pennington-Down from West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service said: “I would really like to add my thanks to Anton and the Prevention team who delivered some great sessions. I really enjoyed attending the event and learnt so much from the many different organisations that took part in this amazing event - everything from mental wellbeing, safety - both physical and digital, anaerobic digesters and food waste - on the subject of which: quick fact with the composting of a banana skin you can power a mobile phone for two days! And, if ever I have to resuscitate anyone I may do it singing along to baby shark. It was wonderful to see the Prevention team shine in their session delivery. Very well done to all involved. I know this will have created lasting memories for all the young people who took part.”

You will be pleased to hear that each child that attended the Arun and Chichester 'Junior Citizen' this year has also received a copy of the 92-page, full colour ‘Junior Life Skills’ handbook thanks to the generous support of the Safer Arun Partnership and the Chichester District Community Safety Partnership - thank you!

15/04/2026

Warrington ‘Crucial Crew’ Picture Competition Prize Winner 2025/26

Our Warrington Crucial Crew child safety event took place in November 2025. We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Artwork competition is Scarlett from Callands Primary Academy.

Scarlett’s artwork really highlighted what she had learnt during the event including online safety, electrical safety, and anti-bullying.

Scarlett received a £50 Love2Shop voucher as her prize and can be seen here being presented with her vouchers, together with a Crucial Crew certificate and laminated copy of her artwork by Christopher Osborne from SP Energy Networks.

Congratulations Scarlett, we hope you enjoy your prize.

21/03/2026

2026 Spelthorne ‘Junior Citizen’ VIP Day

Here are some photos from the recent VIP Day for our Spelthorne ‘Junior Citizen’ event, which ran for 6 weekdays, from Monday, 16th March to Monday 23rd March 2026.

The event included sessions from the following agencies: -

South East Coast Ambulance Service -

Surrey Child and Family Health (School Nurses) -

Spelthorne Borough Council (Water Safety) -

Spelthorne Borough Council (Recycling) -

Network Rail & British Transport Police -

and

North Surrey Domestic Abuse Service (NSDAS).

Approximately 800 Year 6 pupils (10-11 Year Olds) from 14 local primary schools across the borough attended the Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury-on-Thames, which was provided courtesy of Simon Durrant, General Manager at the Jockey Club (and we were assisted by Events Manager, Aleks Leszkiewicz).

The children took part in a series of interactive safety workshops which taught them some incredibly valuable lessons in a fun environment.

We were honoured to welcome the following guests: -

The Mayor and Mayoress of Spelthorne, Cllr John Doran and Cllr Susan Doran

Tom Thayer, Social Performance & Partnerships Manager – UK at BP International

and Katie Walker, Safer Communities Manager at Runnymede Borough Council.

The school in attendance was St Michaels's Catholic Primary School in Ashford, and our on-site coordinator on the day was Aggie Tikoisuva (supported by Wendy Roberts).

This event would not have been possible without the kind support of Spelthorne Borough Council and BP International – thank you!