Young consumers

Young consumers In this feature consumer affairs winning design how to enter Eboney Calladine, winner of the Playsafe competition in 2014, finally enjoyed her prize lunch at the Houses of Parliament and a guided tour. Ben Richards gives an account of her day Playing it safe T he historic Palace of Westminster was the magnicent setting for the presentation of the 2014 Play Safe Award to 15-year-old Eboney Calladine, of the Hayeld School in Doncaster. The Playsafe project is part of CTSIs Young Consumers initiative, which aims to interest young people in consumer affairs, and to raise their awareness of consumer issues and aspects of product safety. Calladines winning design was a multicoloured Noahs Play Ark, which she designed in class as part of her GCSE studies. The prizewinner, her proud parents, her teacher and representatives from the competition organisers the British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA) and CTSI were given a tour of the palace. As parliament was not in session, the group was given the special treat of being taken onto the oor of both the Houses of Commons and Lords to see where political events take place. Caption Eboney Calladine showing off her award and the prize winning entry with Matthew Jones from BTHA, John Peerless from CTSI, Kerri Atherton from BTHA, Nikki Pasek from CTSI and Baroness Crawley, CTSI president The competition wanted to inspire children across Europe to be creative and Eboneys entry showed that she was the most creative BARONESS CRAWLEY CTSI president, Baroness Crawley, hosted a celebratory lunch for the group in the Atlee Room of the House of Lords. Talking about the award and the 2014 winner, she said: The competition wanted to inspire children across Europe to be creative and Eboneys entry showed that she was the most creative. Baroness Crawley hoped that the experience of winning the award, and visiting parliament, would stay with the youngster well into the future. BTHA director general Roland Earl said: We were hugely impressed with the excellence and creativity demonstrated. The high standard of entries received made deciding on a winner an extremely difcult task for the judges. I would like to thank all of the schools and students that took part in 2014, and we look forward to seeing this years entries. CTSIs chief executive Leon Livermore said: This competition is a great way to engage children and young people in a fun way, while raising awareness about the importance of safety features in the design of toys. The key elements the judges are looking for in the entries are a fun and different design, and clear attention to its safety in use. As many entries as possible will be shown at CTSIs Conference in Bournemouth, which is to be held from 29 June to 2 July. There is still time to submit entries to this years competition. Those who are interested can visit CTSIs website. Credits Published You might also like Ben Richards is a campaigns and policy Thursday 28 May, 2015 Going for gold May 2015 executive at CTSI. To share this page, click on in the toolbar