Prizes given for gas safety

Jan 23 2009 by Katie Campling, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

CAMPAIGNING mum Stacey Rodgers visited Parliament to see prizes awarded to youngsters after a carbon monoxide safety poster contest.

Stacey, of Sheepridge, was at the House of Commons to attend the ceremony organised by CO-Gas Safety.

Stacey has worked with the charity to raise awareness about the dangers of carbon monoxide, a gas which is given off by faulty appliances burning fossil fuels.

It is odourless, colourless and tasteless but poisoning can result in serious injury and death.

Stacey lost her 10-year-old son Dominic to carbon monoxide poisoning in 2004, when fumes seeped into his bedroom from a faulty boiler flue in an alley next to their home at Spaines Road in Fartown.

Stacey said: “The drawings that the winners had done were brilliant. It’s very essential that kids know the dangers of carbon monoxide but not in a scary way, as a way of learning.”

CO-Gas Safety launched the poster competition in schools nationwide to encourage young people to learn more about carbon monoxide.