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The Sun
07-07-2025
- General
- The Sun
One of the UK's most popular beaches introduces kid wristband scheme throughout summer
A WRISTBAND scheme is being rolled out across a popular beach in the UK in time for the summer. Bournemouth Beach will be handing out the free paper bands under the new KidZone scheme. 3 3 The bands will be found at seafront offices and RNLI lifeguard towers. Teaming up with the BCP Council and LV=insurance, parents will be able to write their phone numbers and location on the bands. This means lifeguards will easily be able to reunite kids if they get lost from their family. Not only that, but different zones have different coloured bands to easily spot if they have been separated. Anyone who spots a missing child can contact a BCP council ranger, wearing a bright pink t-shirt, or a lifeguard or LV=KidZone team member. It it also being rolled out across Poole and Christchurch until September 1. RNLI lifeguard said Kester Sheppard said: "We know how easy it is for young children to become separated from their families while on a day out at the seaside. "These wristbands allow us to reunite worried parents or carers with their little ones quickly and ensure that everyone makes it home safely and happily from our brilliant beaches this summer." The scheme runs from Alum Chine to Fisherman's Walk in Bournemouth, as well as Southbourne. In Christchurch, Highcliffe, Friars Cliff and Avon are included along with Sandbanks, Shore Road and Branksome Chine in Poole. The scheme first started in 2007, and was used to help more than 100 kids last summer. More than one million wristbands have been given out since it started, and overall reunited more than 3,200 kids. No other beaches have a similar scheme, with Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch the only ones in the UK. However, Bournemouth is one of the biggest UK beaches after Chesil Beach in Dorset. And parents have backed the scheme too. One wrote on Tripadvisor: "The British seaside at it's best. We liked the idea of the wrist bands for kiddies." Another said: "Lifeguard stations in place and proactive staff. Even give our wristbands for your kids to wear with an emergency number. Really great, and could not fault it." A third added: "Our grand children were given waterproof wristbands with our telephone number in case they got lost, we though this was a brilliant idea as the beach was packed with people." If you want to see the real side to Bournemouth, we spoke to locals to get their top tips and hidden spots. The Sun's Rachel Shields recently visited the town - here's what she thought. And here's what to expect from Bournemouth's Miami-like hotel on the coast. 3
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Cambridgeshire Police launch dementia safeguarding scheme
A police force has started a new safeguarding scheme to support people living with dementia across the county who may have gone Police will issue smart yellow wristbands to hundreds of people living with the project is part of Dementia Action Week and aims to create more awareness of the 10,000 people living in the county who have dementia, the force wristband contains people's next-of-kin's contact name and number, allowing the person to retain their freedom and independence but also giving them an extra measure of safety if they forget where they are or how to get home. People do not need to register for the wristbands, as the force is working with partners and the NHS to identify those most Ch Insp Dave Savill, from the force's protecting vulnerable people unit, said: "It is crucial that people living with dementia can get to a place of safety and security, with friends or family, as quickly as possible [if needed]. "These wristbands will help to achieve that and reduce the demand on emergency services."Members of the public who come across someone wearing a wristband and looking confused are asked to reassure them and use their mobile phone to scan and read the information on the band, which uses Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. Dedicated form The project comes after the force has continued to highlight the Herbert Protocol - which provides a form for carers to fill in with details about the person with dementia that they look after, which can then be referred to by police if someone goes force has used social media to thank members of the public who have been able to help dementia patients with kindness and in recent months include the story of the reunited brothers in Huntingdon, a man who found an elderly woman on his doorstep in Peterborough and a confused woman who was trying to get into cars outside a school in May 2023 when the scheme was newly highlighted on social media, the force said there had been at least 1,600 visits to its dedicated web Ch Insp Savill said: "Families using our Herbert Protocol form can help officers find a missing person faster, as they will have the answers to lots of important questions straight away at the start of the investigation, which assists us greatly."The Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Action Week starts on Monday. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
