To mark Gas Safety Week (September 15–21), Gas Safe Register is launching a drawing and story writing competition for children. The ‘My Gas Safe Hero’ competition is open to children, aged between four and 12, who have a relative or family friend that is a registered engineer.
To enter, children need to submit a picture or story showing their registered engineer relative or family friend as a ‘Gas Safe Hero’. Pictures and stories should be of or about the child’s relative or family friend at work – keeping people safe from dangerous gas appliances.
Entries will be posted onto the Gas Safety Week website, as well as being shared on social media and potentially with the press. Deadline for entries is July 25.
The competition winner will win an iPad Mini and have their drawing or story turned into an animation that will be unveiled at the Gas Safety Week launch event held on September 9 at the Houses of Parliament. The winner, and their family, will be invited to attend.
Russell Kramer, chief executive for Gas Safe Register, said:
“This competition aims to celebrate the role registered engineers play in keeping the nation’s 23 million gas consumer safe. It’s also a great opportunity for engineers’ families and friends to get involved in Gas Safety Week.
“In addition to the competition, we’re also asking engineers to tell us how they’ve gone above and beyond’ to keep an individual, family or community gas safe and become a Gas Safe Hero. Heroes’ stories will appear on the Gas Safety Week website and may also be shared with the media – it’s just another way we’re looking to shine a light on the good work of engineers this Gas Safety Week.”
As in previous years, engineers can also pledge their support for Gas Safety Week and get involved in sharing vital gas safety advice with the public.