Safe Routes to Schools
Our aim is to inspire and support safe, sustainable and healthy school journeys.
LATEST NEWS - School Travel competition
We want to hear what Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils would tell the government to do to make it easier to walk and cycle to school.
Get your pupils to either write a letter or newspaper editorial aimed at their government. Winning pupils will also win a bike and there are six runner-up walking and cycling packs up for grabs.
See our News section for more details, or download our flyer. Other resources, plus submission and entry forms are available to download in our Toolkit.
Competition closes 5pm Thursday 1st April 2010.
Information and advice
Sustrans runs a free national schools information service, aimed at supporting schools, parents, pupils, local authorities and all those interested in school travel initiatives. Tel: 0117 915 0100, Email: schools@sustrans.org.uk
National projects
We also have national School Travel teams running exciting new projects in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and our sister project, Bike It, works in hundreds of schools throughout England and Wales to increase the number of young people cycling to school. Sustrans also runs an Active Play project to complement our Schools work.
Resources
Our newsletters, factsheets, curriculum guides, case studies, sample travel plans, useful links, template forms and a host of other material are all available to download free from our Resources section.
News, training and events
Keep up-to-date with our News and Events listings, and information about specific school travel work and policies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can be found in our “Where are you?” section.
We provide training, DVDs, advice and networking opportunities, as well as holding national and regional events and conferences.
Policy
We work closely with policy makers and the media to raise the profile of school travel issues and the commitment to safe, sustainable and healthy journeys to school for every child in the UK.
You can download a summary of our project outlining what we do in more detail and read more about what school travel projects entail.
If you can't find what you need, have a particular enquiry or want to receive our free infosheets, newsletters or e-bulletins, please call us on (tel) 0117 915 0100 or email schools@sustrans.org.uk. You can also sign-up to the newsletters and e-bulletin online.
The School Travel project is supported by the Department for Transport, the Scottish Government and a number of Charitable Trusts.
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The Bike It project
Bike It is a nationwide scheme which aims to increase the number of young people cycling to school and on other journeys. The project is funded by the cycle industry and Department for Transport and supported by the National Cycling Strategy Board. More information on Bike It.