Short messages on Personal safety issues from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
“Norfolk Says No” is a campaign running this week to raise public awareness to eliminate violence against women as part of a global movement, and the support services available.
If a person is unconscious but is breathing and has no other life-threatening conditions (like spinal injury), they should be placed in the recovery position. Putting someone in the recovery position will ensure their airway remains clear and open. It also ensures that any vomit or fluid will not cause them to choke.
Your role as a driver is not to teach other drivers a lesson if you don’t like their driving style, it is to keep you, everyone in your car and other road users safe.
When someone is driving too fast behind you, let them past as soon as you can so you are out of the danger zone they are creating.
Choose a lifeguarded beach and always swim between the red and yellow flags. That way you know you’re swimming in an area which is safe from dangerous currents, and you’re doing so under the watchful eye of the lifeguards.
In the UK in 2011, 28 people died getting into trouble whilst swimming at the coast, 62 in rivers and 20 in lakes and reservoirs.
You can contact a ChildLine counsellor about anything – no problem is too big or too small. Call free on 0800 1111, have a 1-2-1 chat online or send an email.
ChildLine is a private and confidential service for children and young people up to the age of nineteen. Call free on 0800 1111. Calls won’t appear on the phone bill, including mobiles.
1 in 20 children in the UK have been sexually abused. 1 in 3 children who were sexually abused by an adult did not tell anyone else at the time. 9 out of 10 children were abused by someone they knew.
If you are in any situation with someone older that makes you uncomfortable, as soon as someone says “this is our secret”, that’s the time to tell somebody.