Bee Safe in Newtownabbey and Beyond

Through funding received from the Community Safety Unit, Newtownabbey Borough Council currently employs a Regional Project Officer to develop the Bee Safe initiative throughout Northern Ireland. Bee Safe is a proactive, multi-agency community safety initiative specifically aimed at the primary seven age group. Through interactive learning experiences, which involves role-play and real life experiences, pupils are taught how to keep themselves safe.

Within Newtownabbey the annual Bee Safe event is organised by the Youth Diversion Officers from the local Police District command Unit. However, children also receive safety advice from Newtownabbey Borough council's Environmental Health Department, the Fire Service, DoE Road Safety Officers, Northern Ireland Electricity, and Translink. Last year over eight-hundred pupils from twenty-five primary schools in the Newtownabbey area benefited from attending the Bee Safe event.

For further information on the Bee Safe initiative within Northern Ireland please contact:

Louise Metcalfe

Bee Safe Regional Project Officer

Newtownabbey Borough Council

Mossley Mill

Newtownabbey, BT36 5QA

Tel: 028 9034 0068

Email: lmetcalfe@newtownabbey.gov.uk

Related Documents to Download:

Bee Safe Leaflet (.pdf 270Kb)

Bee Safe Good Practice Guide (.pdf 1.12MB)

Bee Safe Evaluation Report (.pdf 159Kb)

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Bee Safe Teacher’s Pack

Related Documents to Download:

Introduction (.pdf 362Kb)

Safety on Quad Bikes, Scramblers & other off-road bikes (.pdf 515Kb)

Bus Travel Safety (.pdf 85Kb)

NSPCC Input – classroom resources (.pdf 355Kb)

Internet Safety (.pdf 90Kb)

Bullying (.pdf 216Kb)

Home Safety (.pdf 1.7MB)

Farm Safety (.pdf 143Kb)

Road Safety (.pdf 34Kb)

Fire Safety (.pdf 378Kb)

Electricity Safety (.pdf 336Kb)

Tobacco Awareness Project (.pdf 1.1MB)

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