Carefree Kids

The aims of the Project are:

• To promote child and family health and home safety.
• To reduce the risk of home accidents by offering practical assistance, advice and support; and
• To provide information and advice on relevant health issues.

Who do we help:

• Families on low income living within East Lothain who have a child under the age of 5 or with special needs.

How do we help:

• By lending much needed safety equipment thus reducing the risks of home accidents.
• We also have an information library that is available to both referring agents and families.

Referrals for our service must be made through an approved agent – Health Visitor, Social Worker, etc.

Families are visited in their own home to ensure that the equipment loaned is suitable for the stage of their child’s development. A wide range of equipment is available.

Full details are available on our website - www.carefreekids.org.uk

Advice and Information Centre

Our Advice and Information Centre is open daily and allows families to drop in on an informal basis. We have a wide range of leaflets and publications on home and child safety issues.

We also sell, at reduced cost, smaller safety items – socket covers, cupboard catches, etc.

This Centre is based at:

Toys for Girls and Boys

We stock a wide range of educational and stimmulating toys for children from birth to 5 years.

www.carefreekids.org.uk gives full details of this service.

We are members of the National Toy & Leisure Libraries.

We also offer First Aid for Children courses, depending on securing additional funding. Parents completing this course will obtain a certificate valid for 3 years along with a First Aid manual.

We also attend Baby Clinics with a display and information on child and home safety issues.

Information packs are available on all the services that we offer. These can be requested at any time by contacting us on the details below.

Further information on all our services can also be obtained from our website – www.carefreekids.org.uk - or by contacting us direct.