Under 18 free travel for children
As part of TfL’s recent government funding agreement, it was confirmed that the Mayor and TfL wished Londoners to continue to benefit from travel concessions for under 18s. Young people under the age of 18 can now be reassured that they will continue to benefit from free travel on buses and trams.
Enter our Be Bright Be Seen competition!
We hope that some of you made use of our Road Safety Week resources for Be Bright Be Seen. If you did and would like to win some prizes, send photos to Smarter.Travel@haringey.gov.uk We’d love to see winning photos of bright bags, coats, scooters or bikes! We’ll be picking a winning school and sending out a box of prizes so please enter by Friday 11 December.
New Resources for your Junior Travel Ambassadors!
Follow this link to the JTA programme on STARS and find many great new resources linked. Unfortunately, we don’t have and hard copies of the new booklet, but you can download the new version here.
STARS Hands Up Surveys
We are still urgently waiting for your Hands Up Survey figures. Completing your survey helps to tell us how your pupils and staff are travelling to school and will help us to assess how Covid-19 has impacted on travel behaviours. Please try to complete a survey before the Christmas break.
Contact us if you need help to access the TfL STARS website and we can send you a link to make it really easy. If you don’t have a travel champion in place, please email Smarter.Travel@haringey.gov.uk to get started.
The Golden Lock – Cycling and Scooting Prizes
We have boxes of prizes waiting for schools who want to increase the number of pupils cycling/scooting to school. We have filled them with 16 different cycle/scooter related prizes and will deliver them with instructions to run the competition.
To qualify, you must complete your hands up survey on STARS, email us and we will deliver one of our boxes. Please contact Smarter.Travel@haringey.gov.uk if you are unsure on how to get started.
Cycle Training
Our cycle training company Cycle Confident has funds from us to deliver Bikeability training. Please liaise with them to arrange bikeability for your students, we are very happy to be supporting you with cycle training once again.
Complete a Free Online Cycle Training Course and get 15% off in Halfords!
Whether you’re popping to the shops or going to work, there’s never been a better time to cycle.
TfL’s free online Cycle Skills course will help you to cycle safely and confidently. So whether you’re new to cycling or just want to brush up on your skills, we can help you take to the road.
What you’ll learn:
There are four modules to complete and each one takes less than five minutes:
- Get ready to ride – gives you tips on getting you and your cycle ready for the road including basic maintenance and road handling skills
- First time on the road – shows you how to cycle safely and responsibly and includes tips on setting off, road positioning and stopping safely
- On the road again – helps to get you cycling again with advice on traffic lights, roundabouts and junctions, and how to share the road safely
- Cycling with children – gives you advice on cycling in a group
On completion of the course, you’ll receive a code to redeem 15% off Halfords own-brand locks, lights and helmets! What are you waiting for? Register Now!
Please share this in your newsletters so that staff and parents can take advantage of the online training offered.