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• Prepare for a power cut

  to boil water or cook food on - you should use these outdoors.  If you have a gas oven it probably won’t work without electricity - this is a safety feature on most modern gas ovens.  You can use a gas hob

• Making sure your flat is fire safe

  if the fire safety instructions change and display them in the building - for example at the entrance do monthly checks on the fire fighting equipment and the lifts firefighters would need to use

• Local authority help with repairs - Housing Health and Safety Rating System

  If your landlord has failed to do repair work, the local authority may be able to force them to take action. The local authority can do this if something causes a risk to your health or safety

• Repairs - what are the landlord's responsibilities

  told your landlord. Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) If you live in a HMO, your landlord has extra legal responsibilities on fire and general safety, water supply and drainage, gas and electricity

• Save money heating your home

  efficiently If you have radiators that are heated by water from a boiler, this means you have central heating. If you have central heating, you’ll usually have ways of controlling how your home

• Complaining about the condition of your shared house

  and a fire escape   making sure gas equipment is safe - your landlord has to get a gas safety check done every year making sure your electrics are safe - your landlord has to get the electrics checked

• Q12 - awareness of hazards or danger

  understand the risks in everyday tasks like boiling water and using sharp objects whether you can stay safe sometimes, but sometimes have accidents - think about why they happen, such as if you've cut

• Getting repairs done if you're renting privately

  and hot water, for example the boiler the safety of gas and electrical appliances You’ll be responsible for minor repairs, for example changing fuses and light bulbs. You’ll also have to fix anything you’ve

• Repairs - damp

  to the height of about one metre penetrating damp, which happens when water penetrates into the fabric of a building from outside to inside, for example, because of a leaking downpipe construction damp

• Disability discrimination in schools

  if there are other ways of overcoming the disadvantage health and safety considerations and the interests of other pupils The duty to make reasonable adjustments in education is 'anticipatory'. This means schools