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Helping keep Waitakere safe
Media Release
6 September, 2007
Helping keep Waitakere safe
For well over a decade now Waitakere has been championing health and safety initiatives in its workplaces, in the community and most importantly, in its households.
Since the early 1990s when Waitakere first made its commitment to community safety, many local businesses have supported initiatives that have promoted safety and injury prevention.
On Friday, 7 September the Safe Waitakere Injury Prevention Board and the Child Safety Coalition are holding a joint event which will celebrate the input that local businesses have put into this area.
The event will not only acknowledge these companies, but also challenge them to continue and further develop their community support for safety and injury prevention.
Examples of the input from Waitakere businesses include: support for distribution of information flyers, placement of posters, product donation and discounting, support for personal approaches to clients, utilisation of employee time for meetings and prize packages.
In 1999 Waitakere City successfully became the first World Health Organisation accredited Safe Community in New Zealand.
Interested media are invited to attend the function which begins at 5.30pm, 7 September.
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