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Aberdeen Safer Community Trust announces Grampian Safe Team poster competition winners

Aberdeen Safer Community Trust can announce that the winners of the 2011 Grampian Safe Team poster competition will be presented with their prizes by at a ceremony taking place at Grampian Fire and Rescue Headquarters, Anderson Drive, today (26^th January 2012).

The talented youngsters entered the poster competition after attending Grampian Safe Team, an interactive safety education event for Primary 7 pupils, in September last year.

Sponsored by Marathon Oil, Grampian Safe Team sees the schoolchildren taking part in simulated real life activities designed to help them learn how to stay safe in everyday life by managing risk and making safer choices.  .

The poster competition helps to reinforce the lessons learned at Safe Team and encourages the learning to continue beyond the event.

This year’s winners caught the eye of the judges not just for their bold artwork but also for their keen understanding of the vital safety messages that were delivered at the event.

Emma Bellu, chief executive of Aberdeen Safer Community Trust said:

“We were delighted with the response to this year’s competition and with the quality of the entries.  It is certainly encouraging to know that the youngsters absorbed the safety messages so well and that they continued to discuss them after their visit to Grampian Safe Team.”

She continued:

“We had a difficult task choosing just three winners from what was a wealth of imaginative and distinctive posters and this year’s winners should be very proud of themselves.  We’re excited about the prize giving and are looking forward to seeing the children presented with their prizes.”

The three winning artists are:

3^rd place – Dmitrij Mitrofanov – Primary 7, Riverbank School, Tillydrone

2^nd place – Anam-Cara Ashcroft-Kelly –Waldorf School, Cults

1^st place – Maximilian Siegrist – Primary 7, Keith Primary school, Aberdeenshire

Each winner will receive a certificate and book tokens.   Maximilian Siegrist from Keith primary school who won first prize will also be presented with a cheque for his school and the winner’s trophy.

They will be presented with their awards by Chief Fire Officer, David Dalziel before being taken on a tour of the Fire Station.

Chief Fire Officer Dalziel said:

“We are delighted to host today’s event. These young people make us proud to be associated with the project and their talent is obvious. All of our partners are focussed on getting the safety message out and our winning artists have graphically demonstrated how powerful images are in doing that. My congratulations to them and my thanks to everyone who entered the competition.”

It may be a little known and shocking fact that children aged between 11 and 16 are more likely to be hurt in road accidents than any other age group and children of all ages are more likely to die in accidents than from diseases such as leukaemia or meningitis.  In fact, in Scotland, approximately 1 in 7 emergency hospital admissions of children occur as a consequence of unintentional injuries.  Grampian Safe Team, the partnership behind the annual safety event is keen to cut these numbers by making pupils more safety aware in a fun, interactive and educational way.

For more information or to attend the 2012 event please contact Fiona Watson on 01224 637968 or visit our website at www.absafe.org.uk.

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