THE Bradford Bulls have "saved the day" by offering a child safety project a new home, according to delighted youth workers.

Stay Safe is project which uses attention-grabbing, interactive sessions to teach children about the risks posed by railways, reservoirs and other everyday danger areas.

After the project's venue in Leeds closed, the Bradford Bulls stepped in to offer use of the Provident Stadium in Odsal instead.

An eight-day event is now under way at the stadium, in which almost 1,500 children at 25 Bradford primary schools are learning how to keep out of harm's way.

Event co-ordinator Dave Towers, of Keighley Work Safe Project, said: "This is great news and the support from the Bradford Bulls, offering a new venue for Bradford schools, gives us hope for the future.

"I believe the skills we are teaching could help save a life and make children more aware of the dangers facing them every day and what they can do to avoid them."

Youth development officer at the St John Ambulance, Linda Clark, added: "We're absolutely delighted and relieved that Bradford Bulls has saved the day with a new venue so we can teach hundreds more children vital first aid skills."

Rachel Bingham, of the Bradford Bulls, said they very much hoped it would be the start of a series of similar events.

The Stay Safe project is funded by Bradford Council.

Councillor Ralph Berry, Bradford Council's executive member for children's services, said: "This is an incredibly important project for children in the district which we feared could have been lost.

"It is great to have this new venue which allow more of our young people to get this safety training which could help to keep them safe in the future."