This project is important because it will make journeys to school safer, healthier and easier for children, young people and local communities. By improving the whole journey - from the doorstep to the school - it will help more people to walk, wheel and cycle. This will have many benefits. It will help to make streets safer and more welcoming, reducing traffic on the roads and improving air quality around our schools. This in turn will enable more young people to travel to school independently and build daily exercise into their routine.
The project will engage with pupils, parents and carers, school staff and the wider school community at the Little Heath Primary School, Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School and the surrounding neighbourhoods. It will empower young people to shape a safer, more enjoyable and healthier environment that supports them to choose to walk, wheel or cycle to school.
The project is funded by the UK Government through Active Travel England and Transport for West Midlands.