Parent/carer involvement
Suitable for all schools and nurseries.
Overview
Education phase
Categories of activity
Types of activity
How it helps
- Encourages parental participation
- Promotes positive travel behaviours
Useful Links
TfL Travel for Life HomepageUseful Resources
Download an Adaptable Parents Survey TemplateAbout the activity
Parents/carers play a key role in influencing their children's attitude towards active travel and how they travel to school and in their spare time.
Ask parents/carers who travel with their children to identify any issues they encounter and share their thoughts on how they could be supported to travel more actively. You could also survey their attitudes towards certain modes of transport to help plan future campaigns. Use our adaptable parents/carers survey template for help getting started.
Work with your school travel working group to help plan and carry out consultations with parents/carers. Consider collecting information through questionnaires, online surveys, face-to-face interviews, coffee mornings, open evening stalls, a suggestion box in reception or informal chats at the school gate.
How to evidence your activity
- Record the letters, emails, newsletters that you send
- Collate feedback from parents/carers
- Upload evidence of your activity and explain your activity and include copies of any surveys, consultations, suggestions and responses
Activity steps
Step 1
Plan your approach - Discuss and plan with your school travel working group how you want to engage with parents/carers to find out what they think
Step 2
Consult - Survey parents to find out about possible travel issues or how they feel active travel could be improved (download template from Resources)
Step 3
Act on your findings - Use your findings to plan future events or carry out follow up consultations to highlight success or the need for more work
Step 4
Feedback - Regularly update parents/carers with your TfL Travel for Life news letting them know how their ideas have contributed through your school’s newsletter and website
Step 5
Tell your story - Add you story to the TfL Travel for Life website and feedback to your borough officer