CO-Gas Safety Schools Poster Competition 2008/09
(The 2007/08 poster competition is closed. Prizewinners have been notified.)

The aim of this poster competition is to raise awareness of the silent killer, carbon monoxide poisoning and how to prevent it and thereby save lives and preserve health. The poster competition is for two year groups: the last year of state primary school (year 6, i.e. aged 10-11); and the first year of sixth form (year 12, i.e. aged 16-17) or college.

Please click on the picture above to see a film of a talk to a primary school about carbon monoxide and the charity schools poster competition. Paul Overton, director of CO-Gas Safety and stepfather of Katie Overton gave a talk to Craneswater Junior School in November 2008. Katie died of CO aged 11 in 2003 while she was attending this school.

Resources for the 2008/09 Competition:

  • Flyer - Brief details of 2008/09 Schools Poster Competition
    Download: High Res (0.7MB, PDF) | Low Res (0.07MB, PDF)

  • Quote from Ed Balls MP Secretary of State for Children, Schools & Families after the prize giving event at the House of Commons for the 2007-08 competition.
    Download: High Res (<0.1MB, Word)

  • PowerPoint Presentation version of the CO-Gas Safety Booklet
    This will make it easy for anyone to give a talk. Some of the slides have notes added to assist you.
    Download: High Res (8MB, PPT) | NB. You'll need PowerPoint to view this file, available to download free from here.

  • CO-Gas Online Booklet
    Download: High Res (2MB, PDF)

  • Rules
    Download: High Res (<0.1MB, Word)

  • Sponsorship Sought for the Schools Poster Competition
    Download: High Res, (<0.1MB, Word)

  • Flyer - 'Celebrating Eddie'
    Download: High Res, (<0,1MB, PDF)

Some people with Dial-Up Internet Access might have trouble downloading these files. If so, please ask your school to do it for you.

Illustrated materials about carbon monoxide written especially for the competition as well as the competition rules are available by following the link above. The prizes are iPods for the students and £500 worth of IT equipment for each winning school. There are five regions (see rules) so there will be ten winning students and ten winning schools altogether plus one national winning student in each age group. Winners will be presented with prizes at an event, probably at the Houses of Parliament, during the 2009 CO Awareness week.

It is recommended that all students and teachers print out the material available as well as the rules and read  them thoroughly before entering. The Carbon Monoxide Gas Safety charity encourages students and teachers to take the materials about carbon monoxide home to their families.

News about the 2007/08 Competition

Winners of CO-Gas Safety’s School Poster Competition to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and other fuel toxins 2007-08
(Please note that CO-Gas Safety has copyright to the posters so please put '© Copyright CO-Gas Safety' and 'Reproduced by kind permission of CO-Gas Safety' on any reproduction you might put in an ordinary article in the newspaper. For anything further, please seek our permission by emailing office@co-gassafety.co.uk or telephoning 07803 088688 if it is urgent.)
Press Release: Download (<0.1MB, Word)
NORTH OF ENGLAND  Posters Prize-Giving
North Ages 10 - 11
Winner - Tayla Shelley (girl) Aged 10 Sheffield High School Junior Department
Teacher Sarah Groombridge. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to enter your class.
Attending today Head Mrs. Anne Jones. Thank you for attending.
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North Ages 16 -17
Winner - Harmanpreet Ghuman (girl) Aged 17 Bishop Milner Catholic School
Entered on her own behalf – very well done.
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SOUTH OF ENGLAND    
South Ages 10-11
Winner - Jessica Eales (girl) Aged 11 Lymington Junior School
Teacher Ben Willis. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to enter your class.
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South Ages 16-17
Winner - Alexandra Greengrass (girl) Aged 16 Southend High School for Boys
Teacher Ray Bass. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to enter your class.
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Winners have been notified. A prize-winning event will be held on 20th January 2009 at the House of Commons and will be supported by Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children's Schools and Families and the Corfu parents who tragically lost their children to carbon monoxide in 2006.

The Schools Poster Competition is dedicated to the memory of Edward Tomlinson, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the Lebanon. Our particular thanks to Heather Tomlinson, Ed’s mother, who kindly ran a pilot project of this competition for us.

Flyer - 'Celebrating Eddie'
Download: High Res, (<0,1MB, PDF)