Park & Stride
Many families live too far away from school to be able to walk and some parents have to drive on to work and so need to take the car. Even the most regular walkers sometimes might need to take the car, especially after school if you going on to do something in a different place. The Park & Stride scheme is a simple solution to these problems and means that children at least walk some of the way to and from school.
 Parents are encouraged to park a good distance away from the school and walk the last five or ten minutes. They may park in a pub or supermarket car park with the agreement of the owners or just in a quiet side street which means cars aren’t concentrated in one mass outside the school gates.
To encourage parents to Park & Stride you can promote this as a proper scheme. A letter to parents is a start but it needs more than that. One of the best way to get a message to parents is via the children if you can get the children enthusiastic about it. An assembly about Park & Stride (maybe as part of a general walk to school assembly), a poster competition and class charts of the number of children who Park & Stride or walk to school should get them motivated. Children from participating families can earn stickers or badges as rewards.
Getting the local press involved will get people even more interested and you never know, other schools in your area might decide to copy your good example.
Park & Stride stickers and badges may be available from your local authority school travel team or you can purchase them from our sales web site www.brightkidz.co.uk. telephone 01536 454994.
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