Photo shows a typical child seat safety demonstration

Child Safety Day At Parkgate On May 17

Few would disagree that the most important consideration when bringing up children is safety, particularly during the early years. The staff of Mothercare at Parkgate Shopping in Rotherham are using all their knowledge and contacts to create a special “Child Safety Day” for local parents, guardians or carers of small children. It takes place on the Park on Saturday May 17.
 
The Mothercare Safety Day includes special demonstrations on choosing and installing a child safety seat, toy safety, fire and road safety. The Foundation For The Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) will be on hand to provide information on sleep safety. Also present at the event will be the Rotherham Partnership for Road Safety and the Fire Service, who will be bringing a fire engine onto the Park to present their safety message.
 
To make the day as enjoyable as well as useful as possible, there will be face painting, lots of give-aways, photographs and a prize raffle.
 
Sarah Pacey from Mothercare explains: “Although we cover many of these issues every day in the store, we thought that a day-long event with experts on hand could prove very useful to many people.
 
“These are subjects that we hear about every day in the media, and we know from dealing with our customers how they can be affected by scare stories. The main purpose of this event is to allay people’s fears by giving them as much information as possible and showing them how to deal simply and positively with the whole issue of child safety.”