Schools will be encouraged to raise awareness of the importance of sun safety following the recent heatwave across the country ☀️
SCHOOLS across West Dunbartonshire will be encouraged to raise awareness of the importance of sun safety following the recent heatwave across the country.risk and the primary cause of skin cancer – there are on average 16,700 cases in the UK every year., and concerns that global warming means similar extended heatwaves are more likely in future, the issue of teaching children about taking care when out in the sun has become more important.
The Sun Safe schools national accreditation scheme is described as the UK’s most comprehensive resource to assist primary schools in creating a suitable sun safety policy, communicating with parents to raise awareness and gain support from the wider school community and educating pupils on the importance of sun safety and ultimately, save lives.
He explained: “I think one of the reasons this is so important is with global warming, it is probable that we will have more periods like we have seen earlier this month, where you don’t see a jacket for about four weeks which is unusual in our climate.
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