Lifeskills -
Learning for Living is a permanent, regional
safety education and training centre built as a realistic 'village'
on the 4th floor of The
CREATE Centre, Hotwells, Bristol.
The centre is designed to help children, adults with learning
difficulties and older people learn about safety in a fun and
practical way..
Every year around 30,000 youngsters in the former Avon area
(Bristol City, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset and
South Gloucestershire) require hospital treatment for injuries -
many of which could have been prevented through appropriate
education and training.
AF&RS work with the centre on the fire
safety education and Road Traffic Collision (RTC) education
that Lifeskills deliver to 10,000 young people, a significant
number of older people, and those with learning
difficulties.
Lifeskills bridges the gap, which often exists between knowledge
and behaviour. The Lifeskills approach is both interactive and
'hands-on'.
The village has a road, shop, houses, a garage (used for drug
education) garden, electricity substation, dark alleyway (used for
personal safety messages), building site, playground (used for
First Aid), stream, railway, farm and countryside, sound effects
bring the village to life.
Find out more about Lifeskills
- Learning for Living and how you could
use the facilities or help support the centre.