The charity, which raises money for skin disease and skin cancer research, is aiming to get 100,000 signatures to have the issue of sun safety in early years settings and schools debated in the House of Commons.
At present no standardised policy covering the responsibility of sunscreen re-application in nurseries and schools exists. The decision about re-applying sunscreen to children is made by individual schools and local authorities.
According to the British Skin Foundation, the issue of children’s sun safety in schools was previously raised in the House of Commons in 2009. A survey of 1,000 parents was also commissioned by MPs on the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin, which revealed that almost 40 per cent of pupils have suffered from sunburn while at school.
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