Liverpool airport teams up with holiday safety charity Jack The Lad

Liverpool John Lennon Airport has partnered with safety charity Jack The Lad to encourage young people to look after themselves while on holiday.

The charity will host a pop-up stand in the airport’s departure lounge for three consecutive Fridays from June 17 to urge young travellers to be mindful of the risks that can present themselves while abroad.

Jack The Lad was set up in 2019 after 19-year-old Jack Howe died while quad biking in Zante on his first holiday with friends.

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The charity was recently invited to be part of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s Travel Aware partnership, where the travel industry collaborates with the government to make British travellers aware of issues and risks while abroad.

Tom Muirhead, Jack The Lad trustee and spokesperson, said: “Being part of Travel Aware is so important to us and we completely share their aims in reducing risk and helping to prevent accidents.

“Our aim is to work alongside Travel Aware with airports and airlines and have Jack the Lad and our stay safe on holiday message at the heart of the travel mindset of every young British traveller.

“We’re incredibly grateful to Liverpool John Lennon Airport for being our very first commercial travel industry supporter and we know that, as summer holidays take off in 2022, our presence at the airport will make thousands of young Brits aware of us and, we hope, make them think a bit more about staying safe than they otherwise would have done.”

He added: “We’re hugely pro-fun as a charity – we just want everyone to take care of themselves and their mates and be more aware of the risks they can encounter while they’re away.”