Leicester road user education strategy discussions - leicester city

Discussions are now underway with Leicester City Council regarding the future of the Challenge and a road user education strategy for the City.

Discussions are now taking place with representatives of the Leicester City Council to develop the idea of a long term road user education strategy that will include an annual Challenge.  A report detailing the results of the Challenge held last October will be due soon.  For more information contact RUE.

Post date: 16th January 2010

rue Working with Rockingham speedway

Great news RUE is working with Rockingham Speedway in Northamptonshire to develop an educational approach to this amazing racing arena. This exciting new venture will hopefully result in lots of opportunities for RUE network members.

Work underway at the moment includes the development of a curriculum of activities that will be available to young people and groups throughout the East Midlands. More news later.

http://www.rockingham.co.uk

Post date: 16th January 2010

RoSPA YOUNG ADVOCATES PROJECT TO DRIVE DOWN INSURANCE

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is launching a groundbreaking survey in a bid to get better insurance deals for young male drivers.

The survey, for drivers aged between 17 and 21, is the brainchild of Rohan Bennett, a young advocate working at RoSPA through the Changemakers Foundation’s Future Leaders programme.

Inspired by the difficulties he faced as a young driver in getting a reasonably-priced insurance deal, 20-year-old Rohan is investigating the motoring experiences of other young men, including the pricing of their car insurance and attitudes to driving. He is seeking their veiws through a short survey. Heres the link: www.rospa.com/roadsafety/youngmaledrivers/

Post date: 30th July 2009 CLOSED

Road Runners road user challenge

Leicestershire Clubs for Young People, in partnership with RUE, staged the first Leicester road user challenge during 19th - 23rd October 2009. The Challenge was funded by the Leicester City Council through Postive Activities for Young People funding.

Teams of four took part in this exciting event. Each team was part of a nominating club/group and faced six sub challenges including:

Challenge one - Side of the road - basic mechanics
Challenge two - Driving - driving with an approved driving instructor
Challenge three - Riding - basic riding
Challenge four - Communication - getting over the road user education message
Challenge five - Navigation - finding your way
Challenge six - Attitude - demonstrating the right approach to using the roads

The top three best teams faced a finalist's challenge, with the winning team receiving a prize for their club or group.

If you would like to know more - contact the challenge coordinator, Andy Oughton or Alison Jolley, County Director, Leicestershire Clubs for Young People on 0116 2750489 or RUE.

Closing date for applications:CLOSED

Post date: 24th June 2009 Upaded: 4th September 2009

A Safer Way: Consultation - Making Britian's Roads the safest in the World

This consultation document seeks views on the vision, targets and measures for improving road safety in Great Britain beyond 2010.

The views received in response to the proposals put forward will influence the final shape of the Department's next road safety strategy, which is due to be published at the end of the year.

Closing date: 14 July 2009 CLOSED

if you wish to contribute to the debate you can download the consultation document on:

www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/roadsafetyconsultation/

Post date: 15th June 2009

youth justice seminar

Following a successful Youth Justice Seminar for London Youth Offending Teams on the 20th March 2009, TfL has agreed to support the delivery of a small number of training days for five London borough Youth Offending Teams and road safety sections. The training will aim to explore the basic principles of Neural Linguistic Programming (NLP) and equip workers with the basic skills to work with young people around their behaviour. Further days will work with workers and young people to explore the benefits of this unique approach.

Free download
Youth justice seminar - PowerPoint presentation available from RUE

Post date: March 2009