By engaging children and young people with key road safety issues, and speaking out together about the need for safe and healthy mobility for all, we can make our communities safer, nicer and greener, help people to live active lifestyles, and stop needless tragedies before they happen.
Road safety is a great subject to engage children and young people with
Even the youngest children know something about road safety because everyone uses roads, and road danger affects everyone. It’s also a vitally important subject.
Road crashes are a major cause of death and injury among the young, with the risk rising as children reach secondary school age and have more independence. Danger from traffic is also a big factor in whether children and young people are able to walk and cycle to school, to the park or to see friends, and therefore affects their ability to be healthy and socially active.
Here are some ways you can get involved.
Projects for schools
Get the whole school involved in one of Brake's engaging, exciting road safety projects
Fundraise for Brake
Help us support people affected by road crashes and campaign for safe and healthy journeys for all
Campaign for safe roads
Make your community safer and help people live active lifestyles
Take part in Road Safety Week
Every year, thousands of schools, nurseries, colleges, community groups and organisations work together during the UK's biggest road safety event, raising awareness about road safety and helping save lives.
Road Safety Week is a great opportunity to:
- run road safety lessons and assemblies
- launch a campaign for safe local streets
- share important messages with parents and carers and the wider community.
Take part in Road Safety Week
Click here to find out more and sign up to get involvedFundraise for Brake
Fundraising for Brake helps us campaign for safe roads and support road crash victims. As well as supporting a worthwhile cause, fundraising also helps children and young people understand the concept of helping others and empathise with those less fortunate than themselves.
Campaign for safe and healthy journeys for everyone
Want to make streets in your area safe for local people, and prevent needless deaths and injuries?
Everyone has a right to be able to use roads without fear or threat. You can make a big difference by getting together with others and shouting loud and proud about road safety.
Getting improvements for your town or village and helping local people to use roads safely may take time, but it's amazing what can be achieved – and there are lots of examples of communities making big improvements, reducing casualties, and enjoying the benefits of safe streets.
