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Schools gear up for Car Free Challenge
Five Herefordshire secondary schools are taking part in a regional Car Free Challenge which aims to reduce the numbers of children travelling to school by car.
Pupils from Aylestone Business and Enterprise College, Hereford Cathedral School, The Hereford Academy, Minster College in Leominster and Kingstone High School will be competing against a further 31 schools across the West Midlands in the challenge which runs from April 26 until May 7.
The campaign, funded by the West Midlands Department of Health as part of its Change4Life campaign which aims to get people moving more, eating better and living longer, challenges schools to come up with innovative ways of reducing the number of cars coming to school.
It is being organised by TravelWise West Midlands.
Ideas so far generated in schools include podcasts, video documentaries, competitions to promote walking and cycling, poster campaigns, leaflets and newsletters to parents, promoting car sharing amongst staff, drama around the journey to school, sponsored walks and many more.
The most innovative and successful school in Herefordshire will win £100 for their school and a chance to win the top prize of £500 for the best school campaign in the West Midlands.
Andrew Ashcroft, Herefordshire Council’s head of planning and transportation, said: “By 2050 almost 60 per cent of the population could be obese, with nearly 30 per cent of two to 15 year olds currently being classed as overweight or obese. Walking or cycling to and from school provides an easy, daily opportunity for exercise and gets students outdoors and more active.
“With the ever increasing petrol price, walking to school will help parents save money. Reducing car use will also reduce school carbon emissions, 16 per cent of which result from school travel and transport.
“This is a great campaign that will not only help the environment by reducing the number of cars on the road and combat the increasingly growing obesity problem, it will also motivate students to become creative and organised about a real life issue that has to be tackled,” he added.
The challenge is for student groups who will need to be as innovative as possible to encourage people to go car free for a two week period. The challenge is due to take place between April 26 and May 7.
An awards event will be held next autumn to award the winners and the winning campaign will be turned into a new campaign for all secondary schools.
Hereford Cathedral School are starting the week on April 26 with a school assembly in Hereford Cathedral to explain the aims of the Challenge and Hereford Academy are launching the Challenge with an open morning and display at the school on the same day.
Posted
: 20/04/2010 11:27:36
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