Lessons · Environmental dimension
Safety When You Live Alone
Locks, visitors, privacy, power cuts and your personal emergency plan. 8 lessons, about 1.4 hours in all.
- 01Locking up properly: doors, windows and keys11 min At home, someone else usually checked the doors at night. When you live alone that job is yours, and a few simple habits make your flat or…
- 02Visitors, tradespeople and landlord visits11 min When you live alone you will have repair people, meter readers, landlords and couriers at your door. Most are genuine, but bogus callers…
- 03Keeping your address private offline10 min Your address leaks out in more ways than social media: bins, parcels, public registers and delivery notes. Living alone, it is worth…
- 04Your arrival routine: getting home and getting in10 min The Personal Safety module covers getting home at night. This lesson zooms in on the last few minutes: the walk to your door, getting in,…
- 05If you think someone has been in your home12 min Coming home to signs of a break-in is frightening, and living alone can make it feel worse. Knowing the steps in advance helps you stay…
- 06Power cuts and water outages11 min A power cut is rarely dangerous if you are prepared, but alone in the dark with a dying phone it can feel stressful. A small kit and a few…
- 07Small fire habits: candles, chargers and batteries11 min The Running a Home module covers smoke alarms, escape plans and gas. This lesson is about the small daily habits in a bedroom or studio…
- 08Your personal emergency plan and ICE contacts11 min If something happened to you in your flat, who would notice, who would be called, and could a stranger help you? A personal emergency plan…