The two-year national home safety equipment scheme, funded by the DCSF, has been set up to help reduce accidental deaths and injuries among children in disadvantaged areas. It is estimated that half a million under-fives end up in hospital every year as a result of accidents at home.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) will work with partners including children's centres and early years settings to deliver the scheme, which aims to help parents in England make their homes safer by lending them equipment, such as safety gates, fireguards and window locks. It will also help parents understand the causes of accidents at home and advise on how to prevent them.
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