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Body Piercing Awareness Raising Campaign for Young People
Daniel Hindle
In December 2002 Daniel Hindle, a 17 year old Sheffield boy, died from septicaemia after visiting a Sheffield studio to have his lip pierced.
Since his death, Daniel’s mother Christina Anderson has campaigned to raise awareness of the health risks associated with body piercing and the fact that this industry is not regulated, nor is there a qualification for piercing practitioners. Christina leads the Dan Aid campaign.
Changes to the Law Regulating Body Piercing Outlets
Meg Munn MP has supported the Dan Aid campaign and in 2003 Meg Munn successfully amended the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, allowing local authorities to regulate body piercing outlets in their jurisdiction.
This new by-law (section 120 and Schedule 6 – the regulation of cosmetic piercing and skin-colouring businesses), has recently been adopted by Sheffield City Council. This means that all body piercing outlets must be registered with us, will be subjected to inspections and they must meet basic hygiene standards – failure to do so could result in prosecution.
Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB)
Since September 2006, the SSCB has been working in partnership with Dan Aid and has set up a task group including representatives from the City Council Health Protection Service, the body piercing industry, PSHE teachers, School Nurses and Meg Munn MP’s office, to produce an impartial information campaign for young people and their parents and carers, to ensure that young people are better safeguarded.
In May 2007 the SSCB launched a local awareness campaing 'Safeguarding Children in Body Piercing' with over 70,000 leaflets being distributed via secondary schools, colleges and health centres and in June 2008, representations were made by the SSCB to the Prime Minister suggesting that this important safety information should be made available to all children and young people.
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