KIDSAFE is an independet not-for-profit, non government, community organisation dedicated to the prevention of unintentional injury and injury death in children from birth to 16 years of age.

We keep kids OUT of hospital!

We do this by providing resources, information and education to parents, carers, early childcare workers and others who care for children, on the hazards children face and what can be done to prevent these injuries occurring.

Kidsafe operates at national, state and regional levels and in co-operation with government, industry, schools, hospitals, the media, community groups, voluntary organisations and individuals.

Kidsafe prepares programs and campaigns to alert the media, the authorities and the community at large about new and existing dangers, trends in injuries, the latest research and methods for reducing these injuries and injury deaths in children. Additionally, we provide a one-stop-safety-product shop conveniently located at Kidsafe House with an array of products on display and for sale to prevent injuries to babies, toddlers and children.

Kidsafe actively participates on advisory committees and boards for Australian Standards on products and services relating to children, safe travel and injury prevention committees to further understand the mechanisms of injuries to develop preventions strategies and advocate for legislative changes where necessary and appropriate.

We can only continue our advocacy, education and media campaigns with the support of donations and sponsorship and government grants. We invite you to join with Kidsafe and prevent unintentional injuries and injury death in our children – keeping our children safe and healthy.

You can help by becoming a friend of Kidsafe, by donating to Kidsafe, becoming an advocate for Kidsafe, by leaving a gift to Kidsafe in your will and joining the Kidsafe Circle of Life bequesters club and by volunteering at Kidsafe House.

Please call Susan at Kidsafe if you are able to help on 3854 1829 or email.

Each day in Australia, 5,000 children require medical attention, 170 are admitted to hospital and one child dies - all as a result of unintentional injuries.

Most of these injuries occur at home and at school.

KIDSAFE QUEENSLAND needs your support.

All donations to KIDSAFE QLD INC support our objective of reducing unintentional injury to children.

You can donate to Kidsafe Queensland.

The Kidsafe Queensland Constitution is available for dowload here.

Dr Caroline Acton BDS, MDSc, FRACDS, FRACDS Cons, FPFA, FICD, OStJ

President

Kidsafe Qld Board

Oral and Maxillofacial

Surgeon and researcher

within the Dept of

Paediatrics and Child Health,

Uni of Qld with particular

interest in Injury Prevention

in Children and Adolescents.

Research interests include

bicycle related trauma,

road trauma and airway

management.

Professor Roy Kimble MD (UQ Research), MBCLB, FRCS, FRACS (Paed Surg)

Vice President

Kidsafe Qld Board

Paediatric Surgeon & Director

of Burns & Trauma in the

Combined Department of

Paediatric Surgery, RCH.

Director of Paediatric

Trauma on the Queensland

Statewide Network, a committee member of the Queensland Injury Prevention

Council, a WHO advisor on

Paediatric Burns and medical

advisor for St John Ambulance.

He is an ex-Australian Vice

President of the Australia &

New Zealand Burns Association. He founded & heads the Centre for Children’s Burns Research at Queensland Children’s MedicalResearch Institute performingboth clinical and basic researchin the field of paediatric burns and trauma including prevention.

Barry Collis PSM OAM

Board Member

Director and Developer of

the Docu Drama Program

for high school students.

Member of the Child restraint Education and Safe Travel

(CREST) Committee. Member

of the Trauma Committee College of Surgeons Earth Angel of Angel Flight.Barry worked for 46 years with Education Qld and was the first appointed Road Safety Officer, travelling over 80,000km annually to

deliver a road safety

program to schools across

the State. Docu Drama

promotes awareness of

road safety for young people.

Barry coordinates medical

practitioners, QFRS, QPS, QAS,

AGL helicopters and various others inlcuding funeral

directors, wrecking yards (for 

crashed cars, the Spinal

Injury awarenss team, make-up artisits and actors

to demonstrate the reality of

car accidents.

Cr Luke Smith BA Biblical Studies, JP (Qal), AICD

Board Member

First elected to Logan City Council In 2006, Luke has served as the Chair of  Logan Enterprises Board and Council's Water and Waste Committee. He is currently serving as the Chair of Governance, Finance and Economic Development Committee and is responsible for delivering Logan City's

annual $720 million budget. In this capacity he oversees Media & Marketing, Plant fleet services and the Information Security Services. Luke is a current  board member of Invest Logan, the board responsible for bolstering economic development and tourism in Logan City, and is also the Chair of the Audit Committee, Budget steering Committee, Committee of the whole and the finance review committee for Logan City Council. Luke is the proud father of three little girls.

Belinda Wallis BBEnv

Board Member

Injury PreventionResearcher with theUniversity of Queensland’sCentre for Children’sBurns & Trauma Research,based at the Royal

Children’s Hospital within

the Queensland Children’s

Medical Research Institute.

Belinda has a Bachelor of

Built Environment, and her

Research interests focus on

how design aspects of the

built environment affect

behaviour and health.She is a committee representative of ANZBA Bi-National Burns Prevention, Standards Australia (Playground Standards and Pool Safety), Consumer  Product Injury Advisory Group .