Welcome to Kidsafe NT

Kidsafe is a not-for-profit organisation that focusses on preventing unintentional injuries and deaths to children through education, research, advocacy and the promotion of environmental, legislative and behavioural changes. Kidsafe has been operating nationally for almost four decades and has been operating in the Territory since 2003.

We work closely with government agencies, local councils, parent and carer support groups, child protection, health and early childhood agencies, refugee centres and the corporate sector to spread the accident and injury prevention message.
 
Our Values
Kidsafe exists to inform the community how to protect children from preventable injury and death at home, at play and on the road.

​Our core values focus on:

• ​Collaboration ​
• Empowerment
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Leadership

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​Our Vision
Our vision is to continuously develop and improve injury prevention programs to meet the needs of the Northern Territory through:

• Implementing prevention programs that are evidence and target based for the Northern Territory.
• Extending geographic reach to remote and regional communities. 
• Increasing awareness, effectiveness and reach of prevention programs through strategic partnerships and stakeholder collaboration.
• Continuing to be the lead advocate in the Territory for improved policies, standards and legislative changes to reduce childhood accident hospitalisations and deaths from birth to 15 years. 

2017-2020 Strategic Plan Priorities 

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Meet Our Team

Kellie Shewring
​Chief Executive Officer

• Oversees the strategic, operational and professional development of the organisation 
• Public Officer
  
• ​Certified Type 1 Child Car Restraint Fitter

Megan Fernando
Program Manager - Road Safety

• Manager Child Car Restraint Service
• Manager NT Community Education and Training Program
• ​Certified Type 1 Child Car Restraint Fitter

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Dayle Lord
​Operations Officer 

• ​​Certified Type 1 Child Car Restraint Fitter​​
• Administration and operation of the Child Car Restraint Service
  

Evelyn Lawless
​Community Engagement Project Officer

• Co-ordinates the Remote Car Seats for Kids Program that is funded by MACC
• ​Certified Type 1 Child Car Restraint Fitter

Our Kidsafe NT Board

Our Board of Directors is comprised of individuals with a broad range of professional and leadership skills who are passionate about child safety. The combined knowledge and experience of the Board helps to guide Kidsafe NT’s strategic direction and governance.

Chairperson

Paul Robertson 
​Managing Director Fuji Xerox Business Centre NT

Treasurer

Michael Murray 
​Lending Manager BankSA
Treasurer of the Rotary Club of Darwin

Vice Chairperson

Shaan Novak 
​Director – Road Safety and Compliance
NTG Department of Infastructure, Planning & Logistics

Secretary

Claire Addinsall
Communications, Marketing & Media Manager - Menzies School of Health Research​

Board Member

David Read
General Surgeon -  special interest in trauma and burns, surgical oncology and paediatric surgery
Director of Trauma and Burns at the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) at Royal Darwin Hospital. 
Northern Territory representative on the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Trauma Committee and Disaster Preparedness Committee. 

Board Member

​Dr Keith Edwards 
Chair of Kidsafe NT from 2002 until September 2012 
Community Paediatrician at the Centre for Disease Control
Specialist Paediatrician at Royal Darwin Hospital
Senior Lecturer in Child Health – Flinders University
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Charles Darwin University

Board Member

Public Officer

Ray Fauntleroy

Kellie Shewring
CEO Kidsafe NT

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