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Safety first: Award-winning housing developer educates local school pupils

Barratt Developments Yorkshire West, which includes both the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, has recently launched its new working safely with schools programme. The scheme involves representatives from Barratt Developments visiting local primary schools to deliver assemblies on health and safety on construction sites.

The programme launched last week at Carleton Park Junior and Infant School in Pontefract, with Darren Sanderson, Divisional Health and Safety Manager and Marilyn Smith, Personal Assistant to the Construction Director and Team visiting the school. Around 200 pupils attended a special assembly, where the children learnt about the dangers and hazards of construction sites, as well as the importance of health and safety.

During the educational talk, Darren and Marilyn included information on safety warning signs and building machinery. The children also got the chance to get kitted out in protective clothing, high vis, hard hats, goggles, ear protectors, dusk masks and steel toecap boots.

Darren commented: “The importance of health and safety on and around our development sites is something we feel needs to be shared with the community and especially with school children, which is why we have launched this scheme in the region. The children were really engaged with the assembly and very keen to learn more about the subject, which was very encouraging to see.”

For more information about Barratt Developments, please visit http://www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Richard Savage .