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GAS SAFETY WEEK 2018 REPORT
GSW18 HIGHLIGHTS CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW
Gas safety is important all year round, but it is not always a household’s top
priority. Gas Safety Week aims to change that by providing a timely platform
DIGITAL
at the start of the heating season for everyone to talk about gas safety.
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Collectively achieving a greater impact and putting gas safety at the forefront
17-23
of people’s minds. With over 4,000 supporters taking part, there were over
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132 million opportunities to see gas safety messages.
Continuing the success of last year, the campaign focused on Family
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Matters. Households were reminded about the importance of having their
SEPTEMBER gas appliances checked every year, to help protect their loved ones from gas
MILLION
2018
leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
MILLION PARLIAMENTARY LAUNCH
Over 60 guests gathered at the
81,285 LAUNCHED AT
Houses of Parliament to launch Gas
Safety Week. The reception was
HOUSES OF
hosted by the Rt Hon. Maria Miller
MP and Eddie Hughes MP. Barry
VISITS TO PARLIAMENT
THE SPEECHES HAVE BEEN VIEWED
Sheerman MP (APPCOG), Jonathan
Samuel (Gas Safe Register), Gordon
Lishman (Gas Safe Charity), Tom
GAS SAFETY GASSAFEREGISTER.CO.UK
Ruxton (HEET) and Ibrahim Tural
IBRAHIM TURAL BARRY SHEERMAN MP
WEEK 1,800+
(Real Boiler Servicing & Maintenance
Ltd) also spoke at the event, and
their speeches have been viewed
EVENTS HELD over 1,800 times via Facebook.
AROUND THE
73.1m
TIMES ON FACEBOOK LIVE
COUNTRY BY “MY CHALLENGE TO YOU IS TO
THINK ABOUT HOW WE BURST
SUPPORTERS THE BUBBLE AND TAKE GAS
53,000
SAFETY MESSAGES BEYOND
OUR IMMEDIATE AUDIENCES,
CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS AND
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FIND WAYS OF CONNECTING.”
REACH VIA JONATHAN SAMUEL
PRESS
GAS SAFE REGISTER
TOM RUXTON AND GORDON LISHMAN
HARD COPY LEAFLETS
AND POSTERS
COVERAGE COMPETITIONS SENT OUT Parliamentarians were keen to show their support for the
week and recorded their own safety messages. You can
BARONESS FINLAY
view videos from Baroness Finlay, Barry Sheerman, Jack
Brereton, Scott Mann, Sir David Amess, Eddie Hughes,
Jim Fitzpatrick, Caroline Nokes, Bill Grant and John McNally.
Watch their messages at
www.YouTube.com/gassaferegister
Keeping our nation safe Gas Safety Week Report 2018 1
CHILDREN’S COMPETITION PR COVERAGE
AND ACTIVITIES PRE-GAS SAFETY WEEK
New research was carried out to identify consumer A THIRD OF BRITS CAN’T RECOGNISE
THE SIGNS OF AN UNSAFE GAS APPLIANCE
DESIGN A GAS SAFETY WEEK BADGE COMPETITION PRINT
awareness of gas safety and the signs of an unsafe
gas appliance. The majority of people failed to
ONLINE identify that the following were potential signs of
In keeping with the Family Matters theme, young children RADIO an unsafe gas appliance:
TAKE A LOOK AT
were invited to design a Gas Safety Week badge. We had • Black marks or stains on or around This Gas Safety Week (17-23 September 2018) Gas Safe Register is
raising awareness about the potential consequences of unsafe gas
a fantastic response of almost 100 entries, and two lucky the appliance (71%) appliances, which can cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon
monoxide poisoning and will be reminding people to book their
THE BRILLIANT
annual safety check to ensure they are working safely.
winners – Daisy Gibson (age 5) and Roven Fernando 56 5,900,000 •
•
A lazy yellow flame (67%)
Excess condensation (88%)
(age 8) – have seen their designs turned into badges,
WINNING
The majority of people could not identify these potential signs of an
ITEMS REACH unsafe gas appliance:
which are being used to help promote gas safety. • Pilot lights that keep going out (68%) 67% 68% 71% 88%
The competition was judged by the Gas Safe Charity,
DESIGNS In addition, two in three people did not know they
should check their engineer is Gas Safe registered,
a lazy yellow
flame
the pilot light
keeps going out
black marks or stains
on or around the
appliance
increased
condensation
inside windows
AUDIO
who kindly donated a £100 voucher to each winner for FEATURE and worryingly one in six don’t take any steps to One in six (17%) Nearly half (47%) Two in five (38%) One in three (29%)
admitted that they said they have their have an audible know to check
a family day out. ensure their gas appliances are safe. take no steps at all
to ensure their
home’s gas
appliances are safe
gas appliances
checked annually
by a Gas Safe
registered engineer
carbon monoxide
alarm
that their gas
engineer is on the
Gas Safe Register
17-23 September 2018
During the eighth annual
Gas Safety Week. Gas Monday FAMILY MATTERS
Safe Register will be Unsafe appliances can be fatal; we are
focusing on a different helping families know the signs to look out
theme each day to share for to stay gas safe.
GAS SAFETY WEEK NEWS STORY
important facts and advice Tuesday CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) AND
about gas safety. GAS RISKS
30 1,400,000
With CO known as the silent killer, it is
important we know these symptoms.
Wednesday RENTING RESPONSIBILITIES
Know your legal rights and responsibilities
when it comes to renting a property.
Thursday ILLEGALS
Only Gas Safe registered engineers can
ITEMS REACH legally work on gas appliances.
Friday EVERYDAY HEROES
The main news story was launched at the start of Gas Safety Week, revealing further
Celebrating registered gas engineers as
everyday heroes who keep
UK families gas safe.
Saturday DON’T DO IT YOURSELF
research that 76% of people own a smoke alarm but less than half of people (47%) Sunday
Leave gas work to the experts –
Gas Safe registered engineers.
SAFETY AT HOME
How to stay safe at home and spot unsafe
own an audible carbon monoxide alarm. gas appliances.
For great safety tips and
Carbon monoxide (CO) is known as a silent killer as you tocannot
show yoursee, supportsmellfor or taste
Gas Safety Week
VIDEO it. A new video highlighted this fact and brought home the message about ensuring Follow @GasSafetyWeek and #GSW18
PLACEMENT your gas appliances are safety checked every year by a qualified Gas Safe registered on Twitter
Pledge your support at GasSafetyWeek.co.uk
DAISY (MIDDLE) AND HER SCHOOL FRIENDS ROVEN FERNANDO engineer, as unsafe gas appliances can produce CO. The story was well received and you will receive a toolkit of free materials to
help you promote gas safety.
by the media and was picked up by national, regional and trade press, including a
To find out more about the dangers, preventable measures and to
double-page spread in The Sun. find a Gas Safe registered engineer visit GasSafeRegister.co.uk
23 3,900,000
or call 0800 408 5500.
DOUG’S PUZZLES
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New for this year, the supporters’ toolkit and the
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DOUG’S
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Gas Safety Week website included a fun activity
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24 78
BROADCAST
77
DOTS
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section for young children. Gas Safety Week mascot
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Doug introduced four fun puzzles, which included a
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Complete the dot-to-dot 31
to reveal Gas Safe superhero
73
32
dot-to-dot that revealed Doug holding his Gas Safe ID
Doug, and then colour him in. 33 72
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71
card, a maze that helped reunite Doug with his tools,
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196 43,200,000
52 70
37
53
38
a word search to find Gas Safety Week-related words,
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68
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and a spot the difference showing a scene of Doug 40
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LIVING SHOPPING COOKING MAKING STYLING
hard at work.
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48
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BROADCAST DAY & AUDIO FEATURE
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GasSafetyWeek.co.uk
THIRD-PARTY
COVERAGE Discussions were sparked during broadcast interviews,
which highlighted the attitudes and behaviours around
gas safety in the home, the signs of CO poisoning and
how to keep your family safe. Interviews were secured
across national and regional media, the BBC and
HELP DOUG 33 18,300,000 commercial networks (syndicating to over 196 stations).
DOUG ON AT ITEMS REACH
Highlights include: Sky News Radio, BBC Radio Tees,
HIS WAY WORK BBC Radio Nottingham, Radio News Hub (syndicating
Help Doug find his tools so
he can go to work and help
Doug is checking Mr Smith’s
boiler to make sure it’s to 170 stations across the UK) and Wireless Network
TOTAL
keep the nation gas safe. working safely. Can you
spot the eight differences
between the two pictures?
(syndicating to seven stations across the North-West).
338 73,100,000
ITEMS REACH
GasSafetyWeek.co.uk GasSafetyWeek.co.uk
Reach: an opportunity to see
a message about gas safety 3
Keeping our nation safe Gas Safety Week Report 2018
DIGITAL SNAPSHOT
DIGITAL REACH OVER 59 MILLION
GAS SAFE REGISTER COMPETITIONS ONLINE ADVERTISING
DAILY TOPICS FACEBOOK
Communications on social media focused on different FACEBOOK COMPETITIONS 1,757 GOOGLE SEARCH ADS
topics throughout the week. To help convey these
messages in an engaging way a new video was launched
TOP POST 28
POSTS
Consumers took part in three
ENTRIES
fun competitions for chances of
25,623
each day, achieving 1.9 million combined impressions.
winning a CO alarm and a £100 114,890
REACH
voucher – and they picked up
MONDAY 2,087 safety tips along the way. IMPRESSIONS
FAMILY SAFETY SHARES
500
SHARES
479,434 1,766 3 IN A ROW SPOT THE GAS SAFE LOGO CAPTURE THE EXPLOSION
17.32%
LIKES
IMPRESSIONS
192 208
356,223
SHARES LIKES
IMPRESSIONS
TUESDAY 66K 9 208 1,048,980 CLICKS THROUGH TO THE
CARBON MONOXIDE VIDEO VIEWS LOVE LIKES REACH
GAS SAFETY WEEK WEBSITE
230,342 TWITTER
IMPRESSIONS
@GASSAFETYWEEK @GASSAFEREGISTER
GOOGLE DISPLAY ADS
WEDNESDAY 14 58 Encouraged people to get their gas
RENTING TWEETS TWEETS
appliances checked.
253,419 216
RETWEETS
813
RETWEETS
EVERYDAY HERO COMPETITION
IMPRESSIONS Over 130 engineers shared their story about how they’ve kept
the nation safe. Six stories were shortlisted and put to an online
985,559 2,783,109 vote during Gas Safety Week. With over a quarter of the votes the
THURSDAY OWNER IMPRESSIONS OWNER IMPRESSIONS
winner received an Anton eVo3 flue gas analyser kit for his story
ILLEGALS ‘Going beyond the call of duty’.
5,199,781 3,170,798
216,439
AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS
81,285
IMPRESSIONS
TOP POST TOP POST
FRIDAY
EVERYDAY HEROES OVER 5 MILLION
IMPRESSIONS
VISITS TO GASSAFEREGISTER.CO.UK DURING THE WEEK
231,437
IMPRESSIONS
32% INCREASE
ON 2017
SATURDAY WHAT WERE THE MOST POPULAR
DON’T DIY WITH GAS 54,611
IMPRESSIONS
121,114
IMPRESSIONS
TOOLS DOWNLOADED?
158 10 FULL TOOLKIT NATIVE ADS
293,280
IMPRESSIONS
RETWEETS RETWEETS QUICK KIT
LOGO AND IMAGES
SUNDAY SOCIAL MEDIA
SAFETY AT HOME 34 MILLION IMPRESSIONS OF #GSW
#GSW2018 #GASSAFETY
#GASSAFETYWEEK
#GASSAFE
#GSW18
ARTICLES
CHILDREN’S MATERIALS
251,017 377,079 43,190 506,253 LEAFLET AND POSTER OVER 6 MILLION
IMPRESSIONS IMPRESSIONS IMPRESSIONS IMPRESSIONS PRESS RELEASE KIT IMPRESSIONS
WEB BANNERS
Keeping our nation safe Gas Safety Week Report 2018 5
GETTING BEHIND THE WEEK PETER BOOTH
& GAS MAN GOD
STOPCOCKS
Hattie Hasan, founder of women-only
Gas Safety Week continues to be a great success thanks to the thousands of supporters who get involved and help promote gas safety plumbers Stopcocks, took to YouTube
messages to their audiences. Here is just a small selection of some of the fantastic activities that took place this year. Two of plumbing and heating’s Twitter
stars reinforced the importance of to give some special top tips that every
annual servicing and the Gas Safe ID householder needs to know:
ENGIE LIBERTY GROUP card on local radio. @PBPlumber • Make sure you know where your gas
Across the Midlands, the north of The Liberty Group really went to town (Peter Booth) and the mysterious meter is, and how to turn it off using
England and Scotland, ENGIE pulled with activities taking place beforehand @GasManGod took special guest spots the emergency control valve.
out all the stops with a packed schedule and every day during Gas Safety Week. on Ben Jackson’s show on BBC Radio • Don’t vape in the event of a gas
of activities taking place throughout Before the week began staff, clients Leicester to discuss all things boilers escape; that produces a spark.
the whole week, which helped raise and stakeholders were invited to take as the nation started to switch on its Don’t turn on light switches, and
awareness of gas safety amongst part and nominate a Gas Safety Hero to heating. Between them, the dynamic TOGETHER HOUSING make sure you open a window.
their employees, clients and the wider recognise the great work that their gas gas duo explained the difference Year 6 pupils in Halifax were treated to • Always ask to see your gas engineer’s
community. engineers do. between annual servicing and a boiler a visit by Together Housing, who gave ID card, and check their registration
Their teams visited primary schools REAL BOILER MAINTENANCE They also shared the toolkit with their breakdown, the problems of frozen a valuable lesson about safety in the number and competencies.
and construction sites to talk about AND SERVICE clients and encouraged them to get condensate pipes, and the dangers of
illegal gas work.
home.
the dangers of gas. CO alarms were Last year, sole trader Ibrahim Tural involved with Gas Safety Week. The session included videos, activity
installed in over 30 homes free of charge. launched the first Gas Safety Week During the week their inbound phone sheets and a spot the hazard interactive
They also teamed up with Tesco to set Enfield Community Event and following message informed people that it was “YOU CAN ASK ANY GAS ENGINEER challenge. By the end, pupils were able
up a stand at a local store to give away Gas Safety Week and gave out key TO SHOW YOU THEIR CARD. WE PAY to identify potential hazards around the
its success, brought it back with even
CO alarms as well as essential safety A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THEM AND home, especially the dangers of faulty
more gusto. The event saw local families messages about CO and the importance
advice to the public. Branded stickers, TO BE QUALIFIED AND WE’RE HAPPY gas appliances.
enjoy a rally simulator, a rodeo sheep, of gas servicing. They manned a stand in TO SHOW THEM.”
posters, and gas safety booklets in face painting, live music, cheerleading The Cube at Corby Borough Council for
multiple languages were printed and displays, competitions and much more, the week and their engineers delivered PETER BOOTH “IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY TO TEACH
distributed. Staff were kept up to date and of course they were given important gas safety leaflets to over 6,500 tenants CHILDREN ABOUT GAS SAFETY. IN FACT
with daily emails filled with information, gas safety advice. in England and Wales. They also dual KIDS CAN OFTEN IDENTIFY HAZARDS
facts and quizzes, and some staff had branded materials from the toolkit to use BETTER THAN ADULTS BECAUSE THEY
technical training sessions with Kane on Twitter. Trade blogs were published RELY ON THEIR INSTINCTS AND ARE
“FOR US AS A BUSINESS SUPPORTING GAS
International. by Karen Sloan (COO) about Gas Safety QUICK TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT HATTIE HASAN
SAFETY WEEK IS A NO-BRAINER. IT’S A
SEEMS WRONG.”
GREAT MARKETING TOOL THAT I WOULD Week, and Derek Corbishley (MD) about
LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OTHER ENGINEERS Gas Safe engineer Christina Birch set up
they work that Liberty does to tackle GEOFF WALLIS
TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF.” a stall in her local town of St Albans, and
illegal gas work.
Outside of the classroom, the housing said “Despite the rain there was lots of
IBRAHIM TURAL Staff were also given important key interest”.
messages, which were shown on association urged tenants not to miss
bespoke screensavers, the staff intranet their annual boiler check appointment
WHICH? and screens around the office. and reminded tenants to only use a
Lots of areas of the Which? group registered engineer to maintain their own
contributed to Gas Safety Week, making gas appliances in their properties.
it a real success. To mark the start of
“IT’S IMPORTANT THAT GAS APPLIANCES Gas Safety Week Which?’s home page
featured an article around ‘best buy’
CRIMESTOPPERS
ARE SAFE TO USE, AND ALONGSIDE GAS “L AST YEAR OVER 14,500 REPAIRS AND
and ‘don’t buy’ CO alarms to educate Crimestoppers ran a campaign to raise
SAFE REGISTER, WE WANT PEOPLE TO MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENTS WERE
UNDERSTAND THE REAL RISK UNSAFE consumers on CO safety, including how awareness around gas meter tampering
MISSED BY OUR TENANTS. NEARLY
GAS WORK POSES AND HELP PEOPLE to install and test them. Articles also and gas theft. Their dedicated website THREE-QUARTERS OF THESE WERE FOR
STAY SAFE.” appeared on Which? Conversation. StayEnergySafe.co.uk highlights the GAS SERVICING, WHICH IS SHOCKING
issues around energy theft being a non- WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL
TONY LEACH 1,000 CO alarms were handed out via victimless crime in terms of the financial CONSEQUENCES OF LIVING WITH A
selected Which? Trusted Traders, and to costs of meter cheaters being passed FAULTY GAS APPLIANCE FROM LEAKS,
multiply the success of their campaign,
ARLA they contacted boiler manufacturers
onto customers, but more importantly FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS TO CARBON EAST RIDING OF
the real dangers that tampering with a MONOXIDE POISONING. FAILING TO
ARLA supported Gas Safety Week with to encourage them to follow suit – gas meter can cause, such as leaks, fires KEEP YOUR GAS SAFETY UP TO DATE YORKSHIRE COUNCIL
a fantastic double-page spread in the
September/October edition of Property
Viessmann and Ferroli matched this and explosions. Crimestoppers issued NOT ONLY COMPROMISES YOUR OWN HOUSING MAINTENANCE
and sent out 1,000 CO alarms each. a press release and published articles SAFETY BUT ALSO PUTS FRIENDS AND
Professional Magazine, which offered The East Riding of Yorkshire Council
CO safety leaflets were handed out with online and across social media. FAMILY VISITING YOUR HOME AT RISK,
top safety advice, shared case studies AS WELL AS YOUR NEIGHBOURS.” Housing Maintenance supported Gas
the alarms and to customers getting a
and encouraged others to take part in Safety Week by holding a Gas Safe
service or install.
the week.
BILL ATKINS Roadshow at Beverley Leisure Centre,
Social media also played a big part offering top tips to stay safe to council
Tying in with the Gas Safety Week throughout the week, including a new tenants and the wider community. They
themes calendar ARLA also sent out a video for students about gas safety
mailer to almost 7,000 letting agents on that was created by Which? University
CP12 ENERGY were also supported in their efforts by
Ideal Boilers.
the Wednesday of Gas Safety Week. – it was also posted on the university CP12 Energy posted about Gas Safety
website. RICHARD GROVER Week many times on social media and
PLUMBING AND HEATING encouraged young ones to get involved
by colouring in the dot-to-dot of Doug.
Registered business Richard Groves
Completed pictures that were sent
Plumbing and Heating got behind Gas
back were shared on social media and
Safety Week by sharing and posting
around the office. CP12 Energy also
social media updates every day
promoted the campaign in The Journal
throughout the week.
Homemaker – a supplement in The
Chronicle newspaper.
Keeping our Nation Safe Gas Safety Week Report 2018 7
SALTIRE THIRTEEN GROUP BARNSLEY METROPOLITAN GASCARE SERVICES
Saltire raised awareness this year by Housing Association Thirteen Group BOROUGH COUNCIL (BARWELL) LTD
holding workshops with councils and and their team of Gas Safe registered The message from Barnsley Council’s Registered business Gascare Services
housing associations in Motherwell, engineers toured around Stockton, Environmental Health Officers was (Barwell) Ltd put the toolkit to good use
Wishaw and Taunton and they received Middlesbrough and Hartlepool to give clear: ‘Watch out, we’re tackling illegal this year, and found the social media
positive feedback from the communities gas safety advice to local residents. gas work!’ In a drive to raise awareness updates and images particularly useful.
they spoke to. They showcased a number of non-Gas about the importance of gas safety in
Safe registered works undertaken, to kitchens across the borough, they were
highlight the real dangers of illegal gas cracking down on irresponsible caterers “WE REALLY ENJOYED BEING A PART OF
work. who were putting profits ahead of safety. THE GAS SAFETY WEEK AWARENESS
TEAM THIS YEAR. WE FOUND THE
They raised awareness to help ensure CRAWLEY BOROUGH MATERIALS PROVIDED TO BE FABULOUS
only qualified Gas Safe registered
engineers are employed to work on COUNCIL TO WORK WITH AND MADE KEEPING
EVERYONE AWARE AND INFORMED SO
commercial gas systems in kitchens, The people of Crawley weren’t going to
EASY... CAN’T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR.”
cafes and takeaways. Gas safety leaflets miss the important gas safety message:
were also given out to the general public ‘Keep safe, get your gas appliances JEFF SPRATT
at their stall in Barnsley town centre. checked’ with this huge banner above
the town hall entrance.
PHOENIX ENERGY SERVICES
Phoenix Energy Services and Spanner
UTILITA
the gas safety dog embarked on a Utilita made sure their staff were fully
J TOMLINSON regional roadshow of shopping centres up to speed on gas safety with themed
J Tomlinson got right behind Gas Safety in Northern Ireland. Bangor families went emails, leaflets and a quiz. They also
Week, running a week-long campaign. barking mad for Spanner, who used his gave away gift bags for children at their
It kicked off just ahead of Gas Safety IGEM tools to promote key safety messages head office and Gosport shop front.
week with activities and materials at the and offer advice to householders on
In support of Gas Safety Week the
Nottingham City Homes Annual Fun staying gas safe at a special Phoenix
IGEM Scottish Section brought together
Day. Parents received leaflets, while
gas industry experts to present on the Energy Services Stand at Bloomfield PANDA PLUMBING AND
children took part in gas safety specific
puzzles and quizzes. They also ran a
latest initiatives and developments into Shopping Centre. HEATING LIMITED
carbon monoxide research. Speakers Weekend shoppers at Walkden town
six-day quiz on Twitter, testing people’s
included Adrian McConnell (Gas centre were given free gas safety advice
knowledge of gas safety, and winners “WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GAS SAFETY
Safety Trust), Chris Bielby (APPCOG), and were in with a chance of winning
were entered into a prize draw. WEEK, WHICH PROVIDES PHOENIX
Dr Euan Sandilands (NPIS) and Scott ENERGY SERVICES WITH A GREAT a home gas safety inspection, carbon
Darroch (Gas Safe Register). The event OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THE PROFILE monoxide alarms and panda bear
was sponsored by Gas Tag and Clare
SAFE GAS Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and
OF GAS SAFETY WITH CONSUMERS. IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT CUSTOMERS ARE
toys, courtesy of Panda Plumbing and
Heating Limited.
Registered business Safe Gas ran a Wishaw and the Chair of the Scottish AWARE OF THE NEED TO SERVICE GAS
Facebook competition in Northern Accident Prevention Council Home APPLIANCES REGULARLY.”
Ireland giving away a free boiler service Safety Committee.
PAUL MCKEE, GENERAL MANAGER
to the first 10 people to spot all the
dangers in the picture below.
WILTSHIRE COUNCIL
Wiltshire Council pledged their support
to publicise Gas Safety Week to schools IDEAL BOILERS
in the area and encouraged them to add Ideal boilers and their West Bromwich
the event to their calendars. They also Albion football mascot Boiler Man
asked schools to raise awareness in encouraged fans to be safe and warm
newsletters that went home to parents. this winter by tweeting a link to their
blog, which gave the following advice:
LOGIC4TRAINING 1. Get your boiler checked before winter
HEATLINK SERVICES LTD Logic4training created a Gas Safe kicks in.
“WE REALLY BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING HeatLink Services Ltd set up an Card checklist to remind engineers 2. Use a Gas Safe registered engineer
GAS SAFETY WEEK AS WE VALUE OUR exhibition stand and were so pleased of when and where they should be for your annual gas check.
CUSTOMERS’ SAFETY.” with its success they plan to run it again showing their Gas Safe ID card. The
3. Make sure you test your CO alarm to
PAUL SCOTT next year, and may consider expanding WORCESTER BOSCH Gas Safe Card checklist is designed
ensure it’s working properly.
it to a week-long tour around Norwich. Worcester Bosch helped to get the word to help keep consumers safe by
encouraging engineers to spread the 4. Check the water pressure on your
out on local radio, reaching more than boiler is within the correct limits.
NORTHWICH HEATING 1.5 million people. Director of marketing Gas Safe message, while ensuring that
and technical support Martyn Bridges gas engineers make the most of their 5. Insulate condensate pipes to reduce
Northwich Heating gave away and fitted
took to the airwaves to talk about the important badge of competence. the risk of freezing.
four carbon monoxide alarms to their
customers and also shared gas safety importance of making sure that boilers
are serviced every year – and choosing
As well as sending out online comms
on social media and email banners,
top tips on Facebook.
a Gas Safe registered engineer. The
LEEDS & YORKSHIRE
Wiltshire Council had a stand at interview was aired on 50 local radio HOUSING ASSOCIATION
Bookers Cash & Carry in Trowbridge CO HOME SAFETY stations, including Radio Cardiff, Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association
and were giving out gas safety advice Website retailer CO Home Safety offered Birmingham Business Radio and Cross created an informative poster for its
to customers. 10 per cent off all CO alarms. Counties Radio. customers.
Keeping our Nation Safe Gas Safety Week Report 2018 9
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