Since its launch, the Make It Safe campaign has pressed for safer window blinds and the promotion of safety for all window treatments.

The Make It Safe campaign has seen:

The BBSA taking a leading role in the development of the European-wide standards for window blinds specifically concerning child safety

The creation and promotion of a website, retail promotional materials and internationally recognised videos promoting safer window treatments

The provision of expert advice to regulators and those responsible for standard development, as well as assisting media and

established safety organisations to appropriately promote safer window blinds

The insistence of early adoption of safety regulations by all of its membership



The Make It Safe campaign is endorsed by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and the Child Accident Prevent Trust (CAPT) and referenced by many other organisations,

As an accredited member of the BBSA we have been closely involved in the Make It Safe campaign and the changes required in the way internal blinds are made, sold and professionally installed.

Under the General Product Safety Regulations the new standards place a legal responsibility on the suppliers and professional installers to:

Provide safety devices to reduce the risk of any cord or chains which could create a hazardous loop

Test all safety critical items of internal blinds

Test blinds using safety devices

Observe maximum cord and chain lengths

Provide specific warning and instructions

Provide information on packaging and at point of sale

Fit Safety devices when professionally installing blinds

New Blinds

There are extensive ranges of products that are safe by design, meaning that they do not use operating cords of chains or have concealed or tensioned cords. We strongly recommend that these products are always considered first when you are buying new blinds for homes or public buildings.

If you require blinds that have operating cords or chains please not the new regulations will mean cord and

chain lengths are determined by the revised standards, and where a safety device is needed we will have to install the device, by law.