○ Road Safety Influence Programme : ChildSafe continued to be an influencer , spreading different road safety-related messages on our social media platforms with the support of the Bearfish donation . During the reporting period , the topics included child safety , pedestrians , avoiding distractions , child pedestrian safety , as well as the importance of keeping vehicles in roadworthy condition .
○ Podcasts on the Couch is the powerful new ChildSafe video podcast series . Episodes discuss children ’ s rights , child protection , road safety , fall prevention , drowning prevention , and poison ingestion , as well as topical or trending relevant health promotion or injury prevention content . These podcasts are held in discussion with subject matter experts on preventable injuries and leading causes of injury and death in children . These videos augment the Injury Prevention Training hosted by ChildSafe . A record of all podcast sessions is housed on the ChildSafe YouTube Channel at :
www . youtube . com /@ ChildSafeSA
○ ChildSafe featured on Cape TV on child injury prevention as part of the launch of the Fire Awareness campaign .
○ ChildSafe was featured on Cape Talk radio highlighting burn Safety during September 2023 .
○ Other inputs on radio over this reporting period include commentary on Radio 786 , and Voice of the Cape .
○ ChildSafe ’ s contributions were focussing on the injury prevention of road traffic crashes as provided by a member of the ChildSafe Board .
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