{"id":9962,"date":"2021-12-20T16:15:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceidiog.com\/pr\/?p=9962"},"modified":"2021-12-20T16:15:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:15:31","slug":"life-saving-child-safety-centre-welcomes-100000th-visitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceidiog.com\/pr\/pr\/life-saving-child-safety-centre-welcomes-100000th-visitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Life-saving child safety centre welcomes 100,000th visitor"},"content":{"rendered":"

A trailblazing child safety centre has reached a major milestone in its history \u2013 welcoming its 100,000th<\/sup> visitor.<\/p>\n

DangerPoint, established in 2005, is an interactive centre for schools and youth groups where young people can work through real-life scenarios to understand risk and learn how to keep themselves safe.<\/p>\n

The Talacre-based centre is designed like a film set, where visitors can travel from home to the beach, countryside, playground and a host of other settings to explore dangerous scenarios, including cyberbullying and keeping safe online.<\/p>\n

New displays include one about equality and diversity and another one about being environmentally friendly by recycling and reducing consumption of single use plastic.<\/p>\n

Achieving the momentous 100,000 landmark coincided with a visit by pupils from Ysgol Dyffryn I\u0203l, in Llandegla, and North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin who provides funding for the life-saving centre.<\/p>\n

Mr Dunbobbin said: \u201cDangerPoint does a vital job because there is nothing more important that keeping children and young children safe. You can\u2019t put a price on that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s brilliant about the centre is that they get the message across in a very effective, interactive and relevant way that children and young people can relate to. That means that these important lessons stick and that they take them home with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted to be here on the day that the centre has welcomed the 100,000th<\/sup> child or young person to visit here which underlines the scale of their achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to centre manager Julie Evans, the lessons learned at DangerPoint have undoubtedly saved many lives over the years \u2013 but it\u2019s impossible to calculate how many.<\/p>\n

What they do know, she said, is that the children take those lessons home with them and educate their parents and grandparents about safety in the home, in other settings and online.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cWe know that we\u2019ve changed behaviour in children because we test their knowledge before and after to see whether they\u2019ve remembered all the knowledge that they\u2019ve gained here.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also ask them to explain to us how they\u2019ve used that information in real life, what they\u2019ve done differently, how maybe they\u2019ve saved lives at home by changing their night time routine, switching things off, testing smoke alarms and the like.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we\u2019ll also do a parents\u2019 quiz where we ask them whether they\u2019ve done anything differently, whether they\u2019ve noticed any change in their child\u2019s behaviour and we\u2019ve had some really good responses from that as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrandparents are saying that the grandchildren are teaching them about what they should and shouldn\u2019t do in terms of safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lloyd Fitzhugh, Chair of the Trustees at DangerPoint, said: \u201cI would suggest that there really isn\u2019t anything on the health and safety, wellbeing front that we don\u2019t actually deal with.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make a point of being entirely up to date with what the issues are by for example, talking to the police, talking to the fire service, talking to the schools as well, to see what they want and that helps to drive the agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s fair to say that every child, every grown up that comes here is basically blown away. They will more often than not, come back either as a school or maybe in the school holidays with their brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huw Rowlands, the headteacher of Ysgol Dyffryn I\u0203l, said: \u201cDangerPoint does things in a way that we can\u2019t replicate in the classroom, so for example when they go inside the train carriage, it\u2019s so real, the noise as well. It\u2019s like a TV set.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you go into the kitchen the children know and when you go into the living room part, they can spot the wires over there and it gets them thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cYsgol Dyffryn I\u0203l is in a rural area and the centre also covers the potential dangers of the countryside as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt school we have a duty of care for all these children and DangerPoint plays an invaluable role in keeping our pupils safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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