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KEEPING SAFE
AT PUBLIC EVENTS
Planning Your Outing
If you are taking children to an agricultural show, the local shopping centre or going
to a sporting event, you need to make sure they will be safe.
Safety House offers the following ideas to help you and your family to stay safe.
Before you leave home
Write your children's name, address and telephone number (your mobile number
if you have one) on a piece of paper and pin this INSIDE
your children's outer clothing.
Dress your children in clothing that is easy to pick out in a crowd or from a distance
(such as a bright yellow or striped shirt).
Discuss the type of event you will be attending and stress
how important it is to stay close to your parents or whoever
is accompanying the children.
When You Arrive at the Venue
- Decide on an easily identifiable meeting place such as a part of the main grandstand or
a hot dog stand where you will all meet up if you become separated.
- Smaller children should be told to stand still and wait until someone comes looking for
them.
- Point out the police officers and tell your children to ask them for help if they become
lost.
- Use a child harness to keep control of your children who do not want to be confined to a
stroller all the time.
- Never let your children go into the toilets unsupervised, even if they assure you they
are quite old enough!
- Tell your children that they should never leave the grounds whatever the circumstances.
- If they feel in danger they should ask a police officer for help and if no-one of
authority is around they should ask a woman with children to help.
- If you see the Safety House sign on the First Aid Tent or Police Office, point it out to
your children and tell them it would be a safe place to go to.
A Large Indoor Event
This type of function is often held at night, so be prepared for your children to
become tired and want to go to sleep. Take a small pillow and a favourite rug.
Here are some other ideas to keep your children safe
- As well as information on your children's name and address
pinned INSIDE their outer clothing, write
your seat number.
- Never allow your children to leave their seats to go to the toilets, to buy drinks and
snacks, or to run around unsupervised.
- If you get separated when leaving the event, tell your children not
to leave the building but to wait inside the nearest entrance
until someone in a uniform approaches.
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