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Personal Safety
We all need to be more aware of personal safety issues and how a healthy lifestyle, social responsibility and good citizenship all play their part.
Personal safety is part of our lives at every stage from childhood to maturity.
Useful websites offering advice and support:
www.nightline.aber.ac.uk - a service 'by students for students'
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Cases of Lyme disease in the UK have been dramatically increasing in recent years and as such would like to remind you all, particularly if you spend a lot of time outdoors (whether as part of your work or pleasure) are aware of ticks and the risks they can bring.
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Often, an added attraction for families wishing to stay or visit a business is whether there is a play area for children
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The tapeworm that causes the disease is becoming particularly common in dogs in parts of Wales. This leaflet aims to raise awareness and to help reduce the incidence of the disease.
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The number of school visits to Welsh farms has grown of late, as has the number of children contracting illness caused by bacteria such as E.coli 0157 and Cryptosporidium.
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Ceredigion Crucial Crew's aim is to raise awareness of personal safety amongst the area's children and young people.
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Because accidents happen behind closed doors in isolated incidents they rarely attract public and media attention. However with almost 4,000 people dying in accidents in the home and 2.7 million people turning up in accident and emergency departments seeking treatment it certainly isn't something which should be ignored.
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The Suzy Lamplugh Trust offers the following advice for when you are out and about on the streets:
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New technology offers so much to help with lots of everyday tasks - from ordering shopping on-line to keeping up with old friends. But it can also pose dangers to us all - particularly children.
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