Moyne Community School, Moyne, Co. Longford, 2012
The aim of this project was to highlight the dangers of blind cords dangling and to produce a device that would make blind/curtain cords safe.
Child safety was the main focus of this project because there was an article in the newspaper about a child who had been strangled by a cord from a blind.
Leaflets, a website and a Facebook page were created to highlight the production of a cord up device for blinds. Theses leaflets were placed in local shops, health centres and pharmacies. They put out a press release to the Longford Leader, Leitrim Observer and The Anglo Celt.
Aaron O’Connor, a Blind Safety Officer, certified the cord up device and a survey was dispersed to 100 First Year students enquiring if they would buy the device.
Links were made with the Business, Science, Metalwork departments in the school, Aaron O’Connor a blind safety officer, Farrell & Coy, Fenelon Engineering, Longford Leader, Letrim Observer and The Anglo Celt.
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