This page aims to promote personal safety and security in the home. Hopefully it will help you to feel more confident in your own home and local community and the links below will help you find help and advice or suggest things you can do for yourself.
Consumer Direct
government funded site offering advice on various consumer issues, now includes Energy and Post
Be Smart Be Safe
factsheets promoting personal safety, security, health and wellbeing.
Crime reduction
Advice Now
- link to page about personal and home security.
Unwelcome visitors
- link to the Be Smart Be Safe fact sheet.
Crime prevention for older people - Age Concern Factsheet 33
contains simple precautions which can be taken for protection both inside and outside the home. It also covers bogus callers, mass marketing scams and identity theft.
Immobiliise
can be used by members of the public and businesses to register their valued possessions or company assets and is used by all the UK Police forces to trace owners of lost and stolen property.
Handyvan scheme
- covers Chelmsford, Epping, Southend and a partnership scheme in Tendring. Fitters work to help ensure that homes are free from the risk of burglary, fitting security equipment such as door chains, viewers, window locks and installing safety features such as smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
Noise and neighbour nuisance - Age Concern factsheet 9
provides information on how to resolve disputes with neighbours and what to do in case of noise nuisance or harassment. Covers local authority powers to deal with anti social behaviour, when to involve police, taking legal action, common problems and who to contact.
Nuisance neighbours
- link to Be Smart Be Safe fact sheet
Safety
- general advice from Essex Police on how to be more safety aware in various situations - at the shops, in the car, in the home and on public transport
Getting out
- link to the Be Smart Be Safe fact sheet
Trading Standards Central
- one stop shop for consumer protection information in the UK.
Your security - Help the Aged
advice sheet on personal safety at home and in the street
Safety in the home
Fire safety - Fire Kills
- government information pages on how to protect yourself and your home.
Fire, electricity and gas
-link to the Be Smart Be Safe fact sheet
Home Improvement Agencies
- link to local district council/borough list on ECC site to find out about local HIAs which will do home safety checks and install equipment to make homes safer.
Preparing for emergencies
- general advice about what to do in an emergency; advice about specific types of emergency; preparations to make dealing with an emergency easier; advice on how schools and businesses handle emergencies; basic first aid advice; and details of where to find more advice.
Safe in your garden
- link to the Be Smart Be Safe fact sheet
Road safety
Road safety
- news of the latest campaigns and road safety advice to keep everyone safer on the UK's roads. Leaflets, factsheets and posters to download for more information and links to other useful sites.
