The Safer Tourism Foundation is a registered charity that aims to prevent serious harm, injury and deaths to people travelling, both at home and abroad. The Safer Tourism Foundation works in collaboration with a wide range of partners to develop practical solutions to help UK travellers stay safe and well when they are on holiday. We are building an evidence base of the accidents (including fatalities) occurring to UK tourists, based on the data shared by British travel companies, and use this to prioritise and evaluate our work. We act as a portal for practical advice and information on all issues to do with health and safety for UK travellers. The charity was born out of the deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning of Bobby and Christi Shepherd, who died whilst on holiday in Corfu in 2006. Their mother, Sharon Wood, worked with Thomas Cook to set up the charity, with Thomas Cook providing the initial funding.
