In support of October’s International Walk to School Month, we're encouraging all schools in Medway to sign up to compete in our active travel challenge.
The campaign aims to inspire schools, families, and young adults to travel to school using active travel over the course of the 2 week event. This is to help create long-term green travel habits.
The challenge runs from Monday 7 October to Friday 18 October 2024.
The 2 categories are:
- Little Trekkers (primary schools category)
- Striders (secondary schools category).
Once a school has signed up, monitoring progress is simple. Each morning, run a simple hands-up survey of how many pupils have actively travelled to school.
Active travel refers to:
- walking
- wheeling
- cycling
- scootering
- park and stride (walking the last 10 minutes of the journey).
Prizes
The schools with the highest percentage of active travel journeys during the competition will receive:
- 1st place: £500 Halfords gift voucher and a personalised framed certificate
- 2nd place: £300 Halfords gift voucher and a personalised framed certificate
- 3rd place £200 Halfords gift voucher and a personalised framed certificate.
There will be winners in both the primary and secondary categories.
We'll also celebrate the most improved school from last year’s Striders and Little Trekkers challenge, by rewarding them with a £100 Halfords gift voucher.
All participating schools will receive an e-certificate in recognition of their active travel commitment.
How to sign up
You can sign up by completing a competition registration form and emailing it to transportinitiatives@medway.gov.uk before Monday 7 October 2024.
Download the:
Once registration is complete, you'll be sent your results table.
You can also download our free e-resources to help run the competition in your school.
Resource packs
Little Trekkers (primary schools)
Striders (secondary schools)
Other active school travel initiatives
As well as October Walk to School Month challenges, there are various school events throughout the year that help to promote active travel.
Find out more on the following websites:
You can also email us at transportinitiatives@medway.gov.uk for more information on active travel.