Be bright be seen

Suitable for all schools and nurseries.

Overview

Education phase

Early years Key stage 2 Key stage 3 Key stage 4 Key stage 5 Key stage 1

Category of activity

Travel

Types of activity

Walking Scooting Cycling Independent Travel Road Safety

How it helps

Opportunity for TfL Ambassador to engage
Encourages road safety and awareness
Encourages parental/carer participation

TfL Explorers Ambassadors TfL Pioneers Challenge

About the activity

Hold a stall selling hi-vis clothing, lights and other road safety equipment to encourage pupils, parents and staff to kit themselves out for travelling on dark mornings and evenings and promote safety.

You can decorate the stall with road safety posters to educate about the importance of being visible when walking, cycling and running in the dark.

Work with your school travel working group to plan and run the stall.

You can run the stall as a one-off event or regularly throughout the year. A good time to hold your first event is when the clocks go back and it gets darker earlier.

What you’ll need

A place to display the merchandise – ideally somewhere busy that pupils and parents/carers pass by regularly
Budget to cover the cost in advance
Volunteers to help run the stall on the day
A cash float or card machine to take payments

How to evidence your activity

Tale lots of pictures and record all preparation
Record the feedback from your pupils, parents/carers and volunteers
Add your story to "my activities". Explain the activity, add photos of the stall and include pupils’ and volunteers feedback. Also include any promotional materials you produced

This activity supports the Vision Zero target to eliminate death and serious injuries on London’s streets.

Activity steps

Step 1

Funding. Discuss funding options with your borough travel planning officer and head teacher. Discuss the purchase of merchandise or recourses for the stall.

Step 2

Set the date & plan. Choose a date that suits the school calendar to host the stall and find volunteers who can help out on the day.

Step 3

Promote. Spread the word about the stall on posters, the school website and in your newsletters. Let pupils and parents/carers know what they’ll be able to purchase merchandise and send out reminders in advance.

Step 4

Stall day. Price items reasonably to ensure the project is sustainable and enjoy. Promote the key messages behind your stall.

Step 5

Check for success. Get pupil, volunteer, parents/carers feedback. Count how many items were sold, what was the most popular, how many people stopped to look & query. Monitor the success.

Step 6

Tell your story. Upload your evidence to "my activities"