Child Safety on Farms Guidebook
The ‘Child Safety on Farms: a guide for farming parents, grandparents and caregivers’ handbook, is designed to assist farming parents to ensure the safety of all children, with a particular focus on children within the age range 10-15 years old, as this is when they are more likely to be helping out on the farm.
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Case Study Videos
Join us on our mission to support Australian farming parents, grandparents and caregivers as they make farms safer for children aged 10-15, who are performing work-related tasks
Archies Creek farmer Ric Oldham says there is absolutely no way he would let his grandchildren do the things he used to do when he was a kid growing up on a farm.
Tourello farmers Steve and Ruth Kinnersly believe the pandemic highlighted how lucky their kids are to live on a farm with so much space and freedom, but they are aware of the associated risks.
Lee-Ann Thompson admits she often sounds like a “broken record” when it comes to her kids’ safety on their Manangatang farm, but it’s something she’s not willing to be complacent about.
Ian and Marilyn Hitchings say they are pleased the successor of their farm is more proactive about safety than they were when they were running the farm.
Marie Trigg isn’t the sort of person to think ‘that won’t happen to me’, so she goes above and beyond to make sure her family and others visiting her farm are safe at all times.
When Thomas Billing was a baby, his dairy farmer parents Mark and Sam set up a playpen in the calf shed so they could work while their baby was nearby but safely out the way.
Podcast Series
Listen to the Victorian Farmers Federation podcast Making Our Farm Families Safer series. This podcast discusses Child Safety on Farms, and driving social change for the safety of Victorian Farming Families.