ODA workshops to teach local children about health and safety

The ODA is today running a day-long workshop which will use drama to help teach 30 children from the Waterden Crescent Travellers’ community about the dangers of construction sites. After watching a performance from a theatre company about the possible dangers of construction sites, the children will talk about how to stay safe before creating their own plays about the issue.

As part of the ODA's Education programme, similar sessions will be offered to schools in the five Host Boroughs - Hackney, Greenwich, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

Head of Health and Safety for the ODA, Lawrence Waterman said: 'The Olympic Park site will become one of the largest and most complex construction site in Europe so health and safety has to be at the forefront of our plans.

'Ensuring that the workers constructing the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Games are kept safe is our number one priority. But this is not just about the well-being of the thousands of workers on the construction site.

'Education and engagement is at the heart of the 2012 project and we want to ensure that local residents, and particularly children, understand the importance of these issues.'

Notes to Editors:

1. The ODA published its Health and Safety Standard in July 2006, setting out how it will aim is to be a best-practice organisation in health and safety performance.

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