Community Safety Strabane

WHITE RIBBON INFORMATION EVENT.

Wednesday 17th June 2026 10am @ The Hub - Greater Ballycolman Community Centre.

All Welcome...

The safety of our residents is paramount!

A packaging error means some people may have been issued with ramipril that is four times stronger than the prescribed dose

STAY SAFE!

CHILD SAFETY WEEK 2026.

Keep your head out of your apps.

PERSONAL PANIC ALARMS

We have taken in another batch of Personal panic alarms.

If you have applied previously and haven't receive one hopefully this will be your opportunity.

Up to now we have only been able to obtain small batches.

If interested visit our New App: https://eu.jotform.com/app/251615884029361

Go to page Health & Safety Page and click on the appropriate poster to access forms.

VOLUNTEER SAFETY EQUIPMENT OBSERVERS REQUIRED - STRABANE. (All Ages)......

If out and about and see a missing or vandalised water safety device then please report it.

* DO NOT PUT YOURSELF IN HARMS WAY TRYING TO RETRIEVE ANY ITEM.... JUST REPORT IT TO US *.

If in a group and a friend intends to interfere with life safety equipment discourage them and explain this equipments importance.

Age does not prevent you from doing good and being an active member within your community.

Help us to keep your family and friends safe!

Learn life-saving skills that could help save a loved one, neighbour or friend.

Join our Community Resuscitation Project and play your part in making our community safer.

No experience needed, just a willingness to learn and help others.

Non-certified training delivered by the NIAS Community Resuscitation Team.

Get involved today, because every second counts.

Declare your interest via attached link:
https://form.jotform.com/261461513017044

🚸 Habits taught today can have fatal consequences tomorrow. 🚸

Children learn by watching the adults around them — especially when it comes to crossing the road.
If a parent crosses while distracted, looks at their phone, ignores a pedestrian crossing, or takes unnecessary risks, children can grow up believing that this behaviour is normal. Sadly, unsafe habits learned today can lead to devastating consequences tomorrow.

At Road Safe NI Charity, we want to remind every parent, grandparent and carer that you are your child’s first road safety teacher.

✅ Use the Green Cross Code
✅ Choose the safest place to cross
✅ Use pedestrian crossings whenever possible
✅ Put your phone away and pay attention
✅ Hold hands with young children and lead by example

Every road crossing is a teaching moment.

Set a good example every time you cross the road — because little eyes are always watching.
Together, we can build safer habits, save lives, and protect the next generation.

CRASH Services. Share the Road to Zero. The Road Ahead NI

AND YOU CALL YOURSELF 'A MAN'!

Domestic abuse is not always bruises and broken bones. Sometimes it is humiliation, control, intimidation and degrading someone so openly that those around them are left shocked and uncomfortable. What I witnessed this morning in Strabane was disgraceful.

Sitting in a café, watching a man speak to his partner with such disrespect, venom and arrogance in front of their child and members of the public was genuinely disturbing. Barking orders, belittling her and even telling her to “shut up” as if she were beneath him. It was ugly, ignorant and completely unacceptable.

And here is the frightening part, if that is the behaviour you are comfortable displaying publicly, in front of strangers, then one can only imagine the atmosphere behind closed doors. Nobody who truly respects or loves their partner speaks to them like dirt. Nobody with an ounce of decency humiliates the mother of their child in public for everyone to witness.

Men who behave this way need to understand something very clearly: controlling, degrading and intimidating women does not make you strong. It makes you weak, insecure and pathetic. Real men do not bully their partners. Real men do not create fear, tension and embarrassment around their families. Real men certainly do not model that behaviour in front of children who are then left believing this toxicity is normal.

And let’s talk about the child in this situation. Children absorb everything. Every insult, every aggressive tone, every humiliating comment. They carry it with them. They either grow up fearing relationships or repeating the same poisonous behaviour themselves. Domestic abuse does not only damage partners, it damages entire families and generations.

To anyone experiencing this kind of treatment: you do not deserve it, you should never normalise it, and you should never be made feel small by someone who claims to care about you. Respect costs nothing. Basic decency costs nothing.

As a society we need to stop excusing this behaviour as “just the way he is” or “a bad temper.” No. It is abusive, intimidating and unacceptable. Publicly humiliating your partner is not banter, stress or masculinity. It is a glaring reflection of your own character, or lack of it.

Let's work together for the betterment and safety of our community.