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Treacle Partnership Launch “Let’s face it ……..” Safety Campaign
( Right Click PDF Document for advanced viewing options. )  Monday the 19th October 2009 sees the launch of the “Lets face it…….” posters on billboards across Greater Manchester. Using dramatic images of young people injured by fireworks they are designed as a shocking focus to start this years safety campaign organized by the Treacle Partnership*. In the third year of collaboration between its members the partnership is hoping to building on previous successful campaigning and initiatives which have seen marked improvements such as anti social behaviour reduced by 14.8% and firework related incidents reduced by 33%. Using billboards, posters, radio adverts, television adverts and a dedicated webpage, safe4autumn.com , the Treacle Partnership are aiming to reduce the very real impact that the actions of a small minority of people have on all our communities during what have become traditional celebrations. The campaign is designed to highlight the dangers and possible consequences of anti social behaviour, particularly the misuse of fireworks, around the Halloween and Bonfire Night periods. The campaign is also designed to give people easy access to information to help them enjoy the period safely, and to provide links to services available to all. Jim Owen, Assistant County Fire Officer (Fire Safety) for GMFRS said “Our aim is to ensure that everyone enjoys this time for all the right reasons, and not one person in Greater Manchester suffers the type of catastrophic and life changing injuries we have previously seen. By working with our partners in this way we want to ensure that everyone can enjoy a happy and safe Halloween and Bonfire Night”. Chief Superintendent Rush added, “Halloween and Bonfire Night can be a lot of fun for many people, but it can also be distressing and intimidating for some of our residents. “We don’t want to spoil anyone’s fun; we and our partners just want to raise awareness of the consequences of anti-social behaviour. This could be a visit by police to an offender’s home or an £80 on the spot fine and a criminal record. My advice for a safe and enjoyable Halloween and Bonfire is to respect others, use fireworks responsibly and attend an organised event.” Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
