During 2025/26, partners came together to deliver a Community Safety Family Fun Day at Lochore Meadows, providing accessible and engaging safety education for families, children and young people. Held during the summer holidays in July 2025, the free event aimed to raise awareness of key safety messages in a relaxed, interactive environment, helping prevent avoidable incidents while promoting safer behaviours.

The event was delivered through a strong multi-agency partnership, led by the Safer Communities Team and supported by Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, RNLI, Fife Coast and Countryside Trust, Outdoor Education teams and local tenants and residents groups. This collaborative approach ensured a wide range of expertise and consistent messaging across different safety themes, while strengthening joint working between services.

Delivered in a real-world outdoor setting, the event allowed participants to connect safety messages directly to their surroundings. Activities focused on key seasonal risks such as water safety, road safety, fire safety, home safety and responsible dog ownership. By taking place in a busy park environment during peak summer footfall, the event was able to engage directly with those most likely to benefit from preventative advice at a time when risks are typically higher.

A key strength of the event was its interactive, family-friendly approach. Demonstrations, hands-on activities and informal conversations helped make safety messages more engaging and easier to understand, particularly for children and young people. This approach encouraged learning through experience while reinforcing messages that could be applied at home and within the community.

The impact was clear and positive. Feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly strong, with many describing the event as a “great day out for families” and highlighting the variety of activities on offer. The majority of responses indicated no improvements were needed, demonstrating high levels of satisfaction and engagement. The event also strengthened trust and visibility between communities and partner organisations by creating opportunities for informal, positive interaction.

As well as increasing awareness, the event supported longer-term behaviour change by engaging both children and adults in key safety topics. Covering multiple themes in one setting provided a joined-up approach to prevention, helping individuals better understand risks and how to respond to them in everyday situations.

The project directly supports the Plan for Fife priorities of tackling poverty and preventing crisis and community wealth building. It also contributes to ambitions around improving health outcomes, reducing crime and anti-social behaviour, increasing participation in community activities and ensuring services work together to act ‘one step sooner’. By delivering preventative education in an inclusive and accessible way, the event helps build safer, more resilient communities.

Looking ahead, partners will build on the success of the event by increasing the range of activities, particularly interactive and water-based elements, while maintaining the strong partnership approach. There is also potential to develop the event as a regular annual fixture, helping to embed safety awareness and strengthen community engagement year on year.