New website for RoSPA

Ever wondered where you can find the answer to such questions as "are employers responsible for fatigued workers driving home" or "what is meant by the morning after effect in relation to drink driving"?

Well wonder no more, because RoSPA’s mission to save lives and reduce injuries has been brought bang up to date with the unveiling of a new interactive website that includes a huge frequently asked questions database.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ main site - www.rospa.com - has been totally refashioned to help fulfil the charity’s aim of leading the way on accident prevention in the 21st century.

About two years in the making, the new site went live when Lord Jordan of Bournville, RoSPA’s president, pressed an online launch button at the society’s Birmingham headquarters today (March 12).

Easier to use, the site, which was designed and built by RoSPA’s in-house web team, looks brighter and sharper than its predecessor. However it still provides plenty of life-saving information about preventing accidents at home, on the road, at work and at leisure. There are also sections dedicated to child safety and safety and risk education.

Among other things, visitors can now view a series of videos and use an interactive heritage timeline which charts many of RoSPA’s campaigns and successes during its 93-year history, as well as check up-to-the-minute news about all of RoSPA’s campaigns, products, services and training.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to customise their homepage and to set up RSS feeds.

In addition, the website provides links to hundreds of other sources of safety information including the ever-popular Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System, which has a new online home – www.hassandlass.org.uk. This website gives access to a wealth of accident statistics including how many people are hurt by a range of everyday objects from air beds to zips.

Tom Mullarkey, RoSPA chief executive, said: “This is a very exciting development that shows we’re still at the cutting edge of saving lives and reducing injuries.

“It’s vital that in the age of information technology we have a big, interactive presence on the web. Our previous website received 2.92million visits in the last year and we look forward to many more visitors in the future.

“Our aim has always been to advise and educate as many people as possible about the risks they face in everyday life. This website should help carry our messages into the homes and workplaces of millions of people who we hope will use it time and again as a valuable resource.

“Our small and dedicated team have not only built this themselves but they have maintained and developed our 18 satellite sites too – an extraordinary achievement for an in-house team.  I am very proud that people with such skill and dedication work for RoSPA.”

A dedicated web zone for RoSPA members, which holds exclusive content including access to the Infocentre catalogue (which stores details of more than 28,500 documents), has also been integrated into the site.

Because RoSPA is a charity, the new website has also made making donations easier to enable people to join RoSPA in its mission to save lives and reduce injuries.

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