Community Safety Month

Community Safety Month "Everyone has a role to play in making our community safer!"

October is Community Safety Month - a time to showcase community members working together to make WA a safer place to work, play and travel.

Community Safety Month has been coordinated by ICCWA for the past five years, and is planned with the support of safety organisations, state government agencies and external organisations.

The month is celebrated in both Victoria and WA and aims to raise awareness that everyone has a role to play in making our community safer!

You can get involved in Community Safety Month by

*  hosting an event
*  nominate a safety champion in your community
*  sponsor the month
*  attend one of many events happening throughout the community.

Community Safety Month Event Registration now open!
CSM runs from October1 to October 31, 2013.
A range of safety events are being planned by the CSM Organising Committee and ICCWA, and we are now encouraging WA organisations and members of the community to run their own event during October.

 To find out how to register your event and for ideas to get involved with this fantastic program, please click on the booklets below or Download a Registration form Here>, alternatively, contact CSM Coordinator, Megan Farley on 9421 7212 or mfarley@iccwa.org.au

 Community Safety Month Partnerships are now available

A variety of opportunities are now available to sponsor or provide in-kind support for Community Safety Month 2013.

To view each sponsorship level and see the benefits for your organisation click here or call 9420 7212 or email Megan Farley mfarley@iccwa.org.au

Breakfast of Champions nominations will soon be open!   

The Breakfast of Champions launches Community Safety Month on Tuesday 1 October.

This celebration provides opportunity to public recognise someone in your workplace or community who is contributing towards safety.  It also opens networks with other people in the safety and injury prevention sector.

Community Safety Month Patron 2013: Professor Colleen Hayward  ICCWA is very happy to announce Professor Colleen Hayward AM is the Community Safety Month Patron for 2013

Professor Hayward will be actively promoting CSM and its key safety messages during October, throughout the WA community.

Currently Head of Kurongkurl Katitjin at Edith Cowan University, ECU’s Centre for Indigenous Education and Research, she also became the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Equity and Indigenous) in 2012. Prior to this, Colleen was Manager of the Kulunga Research Network at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.

Professor Hayward is a senior Noongar woman and has many links throughout the south-west of WA. Colleen comes from a family of teachers and her father was the first Indigenous Australian graduate and the first Aboriginal teacher and Principal in WA.

For more than 30 years, Colleen has provided significant input to policies and programs on a wide range of issues, reflecting the needs of minority groups at community, state and national levels.
She has an extensive background in a range of areas including health, education, training, employment, housing, child protection and law & justice as well as significant experience in policy and management.

We look forward to working with Colleen in reaching all members of the community, across an array of safety issues.

For further information on any of the above opportunities please contact the CSM Coordinator on 9420 7212 or mfarley@iccwa.org.au

CSM is also on Facebook and Twitter
Please check out the links below for regular updates

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