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Poster to display for students/parents and carers with top tips for keeping safe this Autumn

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Posters to display to promote avoiding burns and scalds from hot drinks in young children.

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Guide for practitioners about how to promote Burns Awareness Day

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Basic advice for treating a burn or scald

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Leaflet with safety advice around fireworks and Bonfire Night.

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Made by the Child Accident Prevention Trust to display with tips on avoiding all types of burns

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Information on the 'Stopteaber' campaign to raise awareness of the impact of hot drink spillages on children

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STOPTEABER is a nationwide fundraising campaign to help to reduce the number of children who experience burns and scalds from hot drinks. 30 children go to hospital every day with a hot drink burn, this campaign will support Children's Burns Trust in raising awareness and reducing this number.

How can people take part?

STOPTEABER has been designed to be flexible. You can take part by:

Asking your friends and family to sponsor you to give up tea or coffee in October.

Donate the money you would spend on your daily coffee to the Children's Burn Trust in October.

The STOPTEABER fundraising page can be accessed here: https://justgiving.com/campaign/stopteaber

Downloadable Resources

Resources to help you support STOPTEABER will be available soon.

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STOPTEABER is a nationwide fundraising campaign to help to reduce the number of children who experience burns and scalds from hot drinks.

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Detailed advice on avoiding burns throughout the home from the Child Accident Prevention Trust

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Around half of all children are burnt in the kitchen. There's more to watch out for than just the oven - kettles, hot drinks and saucepans can all burn. Young children can climb on chairs and counters and may often reach higher than you think.

Saucepans can seem like fun things to try to grab. Turning the saucepan handles away from the edge of the counter or cooker and using the back rings keeps them out of reach of little hands.

Kettle cords are also a temptation, but if you push the cord to the back of the worktop, or use a kettle with a short or curly flex, you will be able to keep them out of reach.

Hot drinks can easily be knocked over or grabbed by little fingers, and a cup of tea can burn even 15 minutes after it's been made. Try to get into the habit of putting your child down before picking up your hot drink. And push your black tea or coffee to the back of your worktop before getting the milk out of the fridge - lots of accidents happen this way.

Hobs and hotplates can all stay hot even after they've been turned off, and oven doors can be very hot when the oven is on. You can teach children how to behave safely around them, but they might not understand or remember the danger. A safety gate can help you keep young children out of the kitchen while you're cooking. Or pop them in their highchair.

Microwaves don't heat things in the same way as a cooker. Avoid warming babies' bottles in the microwave, the milk may heat up unevenly leaving spots of very hot milk which can scald your baby's mouth. Use a warmer or jug of hot water instead. Shake the bottle well after warming and test to make sure it's lukewarm not hot.

Hot water bottles can cause serious burns if they are not used properly. When filling them always follow the safety instructions on the bottle, regularly check for signs of wear and tear and don't use hot water bottles that are more than two years old. Learn more.

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"Everyone in the burns unit was there because of an accident. None of them were born that way and they hadn't developed a disease to make them disfigured. In a split second their whole life changed."

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Includes first aid tips and safety advice in the home for avoiding burns

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30 second video showing how to deal with a burn

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A video for primary aged children promoting the message 'stop, drop and roll' if they are ever on fire

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Fire Safety Song for Children Stop Drop and Roll Educational by Patty Shukla | NFPA Fire Prevent

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Produced by the Office for Product Safety and Standards about keeping safe if using fireworks at home

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Landing page for the campaign with links to many promotional resources

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National Burn Awareness Day 2023 is on Wednesday 11th October 2023.

Children's Burns Trust works alongside the British Burn Association to raise awareness and grow the momentum of National Burn Awareness Day each year.

Downloadable Resources

Resources for National Burn Awareness Day 2023 will be available for download later on this year. Click on each link to download them directly to your computer.

Logo
National Burn
Awareness Day logo
Download here

Toolkit
Everything you need to
know about
raising awareness

Coming soon

A4 Poster - Child
(Hot Drinks)
A poster highlighting
hot drinks as
the main cause of burns

Coming soon

A4 Poster - Adult
A poster for adult
burn awareness

Coming soon

A4 Poster - Child
A poster for child
burn awareness

Coming soon

Hospital Event
Planner
A guide for Hospitals
when planning
National Burn
Awareness Day
events

Coming soon

Parent Hot Drink
Policy
Case study for parents
and children's
centres

Coming soon

Email signature
Insert on the bottom of
all e-mails to raise
awareness
Download here

Facebook banner
Insert as your
Facebook cover
image
Download here

Instagram post
Post for
Instagram
Download here

Twitter banner
Insert as your
Twitter header
Download here

LinkedIn banner
Insert as your
LinkedIn header
Download here

Facebook Post (Hot Drinks)
Post for Facebook

Coming soon

Twitter Post (Hot Drinks)
Post for Twitter

Coming soon

Instagram (Hot Drinks)
Post for Instagram

Coming soon

Please email us for A3 print ready versions of the posters. Welsh versions of the posters are also available.

30 children a day are burned by hot drinks. Each October, we are asking people to give up tea or coffee for the month OR donate the money you would spend on your daily coffee to support us in reducing this number.

Find out more and how to take part here.

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Prevention and good first aid are key to reducing the number of burns and scalds occurring each year, especially in children and the elderly. National Burn Awareness Day is an annual event held in October.

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Landing page for the campaign with information about the British Burn Association

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The BBA National Burns Awareness Day 2023
The date of the next BBA National Burns Awareness Day will be Wednesday 11 October 2023.

The BBA National Burns Awareness Day 2022
The date of the next BBA National Burns Awareness Day will be Wednesday 12 October 2022.
Download the National Burns Awareness Day 2022 Toolkit
Download the National Burns Awareness Day 2022 Report

The BBA National Burns Awareness Day 2021
The date of the next BBA National Burns Awareness Day will be Wednesday 13 October 2021.
Download the National Burns Awareness Day 2021 Toolkit

The BBA National Burns Awareness Day 2020
The date of the next BBA National Burns Awareness Day will be Wednesday 14 October 2020.

Download the NBAD Nottingham University Hospital Report
Download the NBAD Wythenshawe Hospital Report
Download the NBAD Alder Hey Children's Hospital Twitter Feed

Download the National Burns Awareness Day 2020 Toolkit
Download the BBA Statement for the National Burns Awareness Day 2020

The BBA National Burns Awareness Day 2019
The date of the next BBA National Burns Awareness Day will be Wednesday 16 October 2019.
Download the National Burns Awareness Day 2019 Toolkit
The BBA National Burns Awareness Day 2018
The date of the next BBA National Burns Awareness Day will be Wednesday 17 October 2018.
Download the National Burns Awareness Day 2018 Toolkit Download the Children Burns Trust Report on the National Burns Awareness Day 2018
The BBA National Burns Awareness Day 2017
The BBA National Burns Awareness Day was held on Wednesday 18 October 2017.

A report on the day's activities will follow in due course.
The BBA National Burns Awareness Day - 19 October 2016
The BBA National Burns Awareness Day was held on 19 October 2016. Mr Ken Dunn, Chair of the BBA Prevention Sub-Committee reported a hugely successful 3rd National Burn Awareness Day.

In 2016 the British Burn Association's Twitter account (@BritishBurn) was updated with custom infographics and used to increase our social media presence to reach more people, offering advice on burn prevention and First Aid.

There was increased media coverage with radio and TV interviews, You Tube videos and local radio and newspapers reporting on burn awareness. Charities displayed information links on their websites and used social media to raise awareness.

Burn services displayed information in their local hospitals offering advice on burn prevention and First Aid. Other activities included cake sales, quizzes, fridge magnets and retail park hopping. The National Burn Awareness Card highlighting the "Three C's" Burn First Aid Message was distributed.

The Fire Service supported the awareness day offering advice about home and firework safety, smoke alarm checks as well as advice on fancy dress costumes.

The Prevention Sub-Committee would like to applaud the efforts of all those involved in making the 2016 Burn Awareness Day a huge success, and look forward to next year's campaign.
BBA National Burn Awareness Day - 21 October 2015
Mr Ken Dunn, the BBA Prevention Sub-Committee Chair is delighted to report the success of the Burn Awareness Day.

Hospitals, schools and play groups participated in the day and activities included surveys, cake sales, and park to park "hopping". There was good coverage by social media and radio and TV played a prominent role with the burn services. A National Burn Awareness Card was released which highlighted the "Three C's" Burn First Aid Message.

The Fire & Rescue Service supported the burn services and offered advice on fancy dress costumes, firework safety and house safety checks. Charities displayed information links on their websites and used social media to raise awareness.

The Prevention Sub-Committee would like to applaud the efforts of all those involved in making the 2015 Burn Awareness Day a huge success.
BBA Prevention: Burns Awareness Day 2014
The British Burn Association promotes an annual Burns Awareness Day
Download the Awareness Day Report - 23rd November 2014 National Burn Prevention Meeting welcomes Mary Creagh MP The first national British Burn Association (BBA) Prevention Meeting took place on Friday 20th May at Birmingham Council House hosted by the Lord Mayor and organised by Dr Amber Young, BBA Prevention Lead
The event was hosted by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and attended by the Labour MP for Wakefield, Mary Creagh MP. Mary took time out of her busy schedule to address the meeting as keynote speaker. She spoke brilliantly and from the heart to a totally engaged audience. Her emphasis was on the politician's ability to effect change in injury prevention; a cause very close to Mary's heart as her son was admitted to hospital with scald injuries from a hot drink. He has since made a full recovery but this made Mary determined to do all she could to help prevent similar injuries for other children.

In 2006 she launched a campaign aimed at preventing scalds in the home. She brought together medical experts, campaign groups, a well-known celebrity and victims of scalds to lobby the government to change building regulations to prevent people being burned by scalding hot bath water. Mary pressured the government to make the fitting of a water temperature regulating device (Thermostatic Mixing Valve (TMV)) compulsory in new bathrooms. In 2009, after a 3 year "Hot Water Burns Like Fire" campaign, the government confirmed that from April 2010 TMVs would be fitted to all new and refurbished homes in England. This was one of the most major advances in burn care prevention in recent times.

Of those attending the meeting were staff from clinical teams, public health services, fire brigades, Ambulance Trusts, charities and patients. The speakers were leaders in their field and at the forefront of UK prevention work. Topics included hot drink injury prevention, NICE guidelines, current UK burn prevention perspectives and research programmes and how this work could be coordinated and developed. The meeting was very well received with all comments positive and enthusiastic.

Amber Young, BBA Prevention Chair and Children's Burns Lead, South West UK Children's Burn Centre, Frenchay Hospital Bristol, summarised:
"180 children are seen in hospital every day with scalds due to hot drink spillages. We need a co-ordinated approach across the country to change this and other entirely preventable burn injuries for the benefit of the UK population. If this, the 1st British Burn Association Prevention Day, raises the profile of burn injury prevention it will have made a difference to UK healthcare and to current and future burn patients. Mary Creagh has made previous major advances in the field of burn prevention and we are hugely appreciative of her time and for speaking so eloquently today"

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The BBA National Burns Awareness Day 2023 The date of the next BBA National Burns Awareness Day will be Wednesday 11 October 2023. The BBA National Burns Awareness Day 2022 The date of the next BBA National Burns Awareness Day will be Wednesday 12 October 2022.

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A selection of display posters for young children about burn risks around the home

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A set of handy visual aids for discussion about the potential burn hazards around the home.

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The Child Accident Prevention Trust partnered with Fireman Sam to produce this poster aimed at younger children about keeping safe around fire