Child Safety

If a child is hurt

First-aid guides for the injuries that happen most at home. Each one starts with the number to call.

• Choking: first aid

  Includes what to do differently for a baby under one.

• Poisoning: what to do

  Swallowed medicine, cleaning products or something unknown.

• Burns and scalds: first aid

  Hot water, cooking and electrical burns.

• Falls and fractures: first aid

  After a fall, and when not to move a child.

• Electric shock: first aid

  Sockets, chargers and wet hands.

• Drowning: first aid

  Buckets, tanks, pools and open water.

If a child is missing

Call 112 straight away. Childline on 1098 helps children in distress or at risk, at any hour. Do not wait to see whether they come back.

• Emergency numbers

  112, Childline 1098 and every other helpline, with one-tap calling.

• Find the nearest police station

  With distance, a phone number and directions.

Online safety

For cyberbullying, threats or someone pressuring a child online: keep the messages as evidence, block the account, and report it.

• Someone is stalking me online

  What to save, how to block and where to report.

• WhatsApp and Instagram scam

  Account takeovers and requests for verification codes.

• Video-call blackmail scam

  Blackmail after a video call. What to do, and why not to pay.

• Check a message

  Paste a message or link a child has received and see the warning signs.

Be ready

• Emergency card for each child

  Blood group, allergies, medication and who to call, for a school bag or a carer.

• Family Safety Kit

  School, home and your doctor saved in one place.

• Safety Score

  Check your home for the fire, gas and electrical risks that matter most with children.