The garden is a place for all the family to enjoy but it can also be a place where accidents happen.
General advice:
Always place the cable of a hedge trimmer or mower over your shoulder and keep it behind you at all times.
Wear appropriate clothing and shoes when mowing the lawn and keep feet and hands well away from the mower blades.
Protect yourself from electrocution by always using a Residual Current Device (RCD) when operating electrical garden tools.
Don't work with electricity in damp or wet conditions.
Make sure you know which plants in your garden are poisonous and keep them away from children. To find out more about which plants are poisonous visit the Real Gardeners website.
Prevent accidental poisoning or injuries to yourself or others by following manufacturers' instructions when using weed-killers, adhesives and solvents.
Never transfer any substances to alternative containers that could confuse and lead to poisonings.
Avoid poisoning and chemical burns by storing chemicals safely out of sight and reach of children, preferably in a secure cabinet or locked shed.
Keep garden tools in good repair and safely tidied away.
Keep children and pets away when carrying out DIY or gardening jobs.
Prevent injury from trips, slips and falls by providing safety rails and barriers to changes in garden levels and ensure all paths and steps are level, stable and free from moss.
Keep barbecues and bonfires well away from trees, buildings and fences.
Never use petrol or paraffin on a barbecue and never leave them unattended.
Swings and climbing frames should be securely fixed and maintained. Don't put them on hard surfaces.
Empty paddling pools when not in use as a child can drown in just a few centimetres of water.
Garden ponds should be filled in (or securely fenced off) while children are small.
Take care when visiting other people's gardens.
Supervise children especially when visiting friends or relatives with pools or ponds.
Trampolines should have safety nets and pads fitted and placed away from walls, washing lines and hard surfaces.
You are entitled to review your medications with your local pharmacist free of charge.
A healthy balanced diet, taking more exercise and losing weight if necessary may delay the onset of diabetes.
Young people aged 13-25 years can access free, confidential sexual health advice and condoms from the Cardiff Condom-Card (C-Card) Scheme.
A reduction in dietary salt intake from 9g to 6g could reduce blood pressure.
In England and Wales, alcohol misuse leads to some 33,000 hospital admissions each year for alcohol-related liver disease.
Improving your diet could prevent an estimated third of cancers.
Over 40% of 5 year olds in Cardiff have one or more decayed teeth.
Currently, over half of the population of Cardiff are reported to be overweight or obese.
If you drive at twice the legal alcohol limit you are at least 30 times more likely to cause a road crash, than a driver who hasn't been drinking.
A healthy balance diet, physical activity and maintaining a healthy body weight have been shown to be effective in the prevention and treatment of hypertension.
Obesity is associated with a reduction in life expectancy of approximately 9 years.
Regular exercise can really help if you're feeling depressed, stressed or anxious.
A diet rich in fruit and vegetables decreases the risk of coronary heart disease.
Of the people alive today, 650 million will eventually be killed by tobacco.
An extra portion of fruit and vegetables per day could decrease the risk of coronary heart disease by 4% and stroke by 6%.
If you are regularly physically active, you are 50% less likely of becoming obese.
Nearly £2000 a year could be saved by quitting smoking 20 cigarettes per day.
If you are regularly physically active, you are approximately 50% less likely to develop coronary health disease than those who do not exercise.
By taking regular physical activity you are at reduced risk of developing osteoporosis.
Smoking during pregnancy has been identified as a cause of cot death.
In Wales, the total cost of physical inactivity to the health service and the economy as a whole is estimated at around £650 million per year.
6,000 deaths from coronary heart disease in men each year are directly due to alcohol.
Only 26% of adults in Cardiff undertake the recommended 5 x 30 minutes exercise per week.
