As temperatures plummet, households across the country may be cranking up their heating, popping their turkey in the oven for hours on end, and working their boilers hard. If your appliances run on gas, it’s important to know that they’re working safe and sound. If they’re not, they can leak deadly carbon monoxide or cause a fire.
Findings from @GasSafeRegister show that around 1 in every 6 gas appliances they inspect is found to be unsafe. They’ll be joining us for our Twitter Chat on Friday 8 December from 1pm to raise awareness about what you can do to ensure your family are gas safe at home, and also post about the symptoms of CO poisoning.
The Twitter chat is sponsored by Gas Safe Register, which is the register of all gas engineers who are legally qualified to work on gas appliances. It exists to protect you, your family and your property from unsafe gas work.
Come share your questions, thoughts and stories about how to have a safe Christmas and the issue of CO poisoning during the festive season!
Tweet on Friday 8 December from 13:00 – 14:00 GMT.
HOW TO TAKE PART
Tweet on 8 December between 13:00 – 14:00 GMT about Christmas concerns using the hashtag #GasSafeXmas and following @BritMums.
10 lucky winners, chosen at random, will receive a £25 shopping voucher simply for taking part!
#GasSafeXmas
- Friday 8 December 2017 13:00 – 14:00 GMT
- Prize: 10 lucky winners, chosen at random, will receive a £25 shopping voucher simply for taking part!
- Follow @BritMums and @GasSafeRegister
- Tweet your gas safety questions
Tweet now to enter! Christmas cold or CO poisoning? Join the @BritMums #GasSafeXmas chat on 8 Dec
Our co-hosts
Also tweeting are our co-hosts, who make the discussion that much better and are compensated for their involvement. Make sure you follow them too!
- Kara Guppy, @ChelseaMamma
- Jamie Oliver, @JamieOliverUK
- Liz Burton, @missielizzieb
Read the Terms & Conditions.
The winners are:
Louise Edwards
@mygorgeousboys
Sarah Wilson
@yosarahw
Lisa Rowsell
@Lisa2062
Emma Fox
@FoxVillagefox
Emma Livesey
@emmalouise81x
Danny Hodgson
@DanDanDiscoMan
Sandra Clarke
@SandraC0206
CM Holding
@dizzymermaid100
Georgie O’Dwyer
@ODwyer_G
Katie Smith
@katslo4
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About Jennifer Howze
Jennifer Howze is the Creative Director and co-founder of BritMums. She blogs about family travel at Jenography.net, tweets at @JHowze and Instagrams at @JHowze. Previously, she wrote the Alpha Mummy blog at The Times and as a journalist has contributed to The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, Travel & Leisure, Budget Travel, CNN.com, Allure, SELF and Premiere, among others. She won The Maggie Award from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America for a health article in Seventeen magazine.