The Ladder Association is asking the public to send in the worst pictures of ladder use they can find, to show just how dangerous it can be to misuse a ladder.

The annual contest is part of a two-pronged push to help ensure ladder users are safe.

The Ladder Exchange – which lets people trade their old ladders for safe new ones at a discount – takes unsafe equipment out of circulation while Idiots on Ladders looks at the role of people using the equipment.

Last year’s winner

The contest is held on the Ladder Association’s Facebook page, where pictures sent in by the public are added to an album, and the one with the most ‘likes’ at the end of the year is the winner.

To enter a picture, simply post it onto the Facebook page or email it to [email protected]

Cameron Clow, Ladder Association Chairman, said: “Most people these days understand what makes ladder use safe or unsafe.

“For two years now we have been running the Idiots on Ladders contest, and each time pictures have come flooding in.

“That shows that the public knows when people are doing something on a ladder they shouldn’t, and are shocked by it, but it also shows that misusing a ladder is far too common.

“We’re devoting a month of the Ladder Exchange to promoting safe use so that everyone knows the guidance and training they need is available.”