Pupils at a Scarborough School are marking clean air day today by creating their own campaign to promote active travel at the School and reduce the amount of traffic congestion at the start and end of the day.
Pupils at Saint Augustine's School in Scarborough have been working on a campaign this week to reduce traffic congestion around the school and promote active travel.
These students at St Augustine's have been working on the schools' active travel plan.
To mark today's Clean Air Day, students have been taking part in a project to identify ways to promote active travel at the school.
Jason McAleese from Modeshift has been working with the pupils.
The Clean Air Day campaign say:
"Air pollution is the single biggest environmental health risk in the UK and young people are particularly vulnerable to the effects of poor air quality. School communities can play a big role in raising awareness of the need for clean air and taking action to improve air quality in and around their schools. "
Modeshift as an organisation supports sustainable travel, Jason McAleese says they want to encourage more people to walk, wheel or use public transport as part of clean air day to reduce people's exposure and contribution to air pollution
St Augustines recently won won the Modeshift STARS Secondary School of the Year Award for the Yorkshire and Humber region for its commitment to obtaining the Modeshift STARS Gold Award.
To achieve their Gold award, St Augustine’s worked closely with their students, staff, parents, governors, local councillors and North Yorkshire County Council’s Sustainable Travel team, which nominated the school for the Modeshift STARS Secondary School of the Year Award.
The school regularly takes part in sustainable travel initiatives to encourage pupils and staff to walk, cycle and use dedicated school transport to commute. Examples of sustainable travel initiatives include active travel breakfasts, cycle maintenance workshops, youth travel ambassadors, increasing cycle storage shelters, attending the Schools Yorkshire Tour and conducting travel surveys to monitor the Modeshift trends.
Lisa Scott, from St Augustine’s, said:
“We are delighted to have won a Modeshift STARS School of the Year Award. The school remains committed to promoting sustainable travel and encouraging our children to lead a healthier and more active life while reducing congestion and improving air quality outside school.”
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