Setting up Junior Road Safety Ambassadors

We recommend that within School Councils there are 2 designated Junior Road Safety Ambassadors who will have the opportunity to research about road safety themes and with the support of the school council will be able to deliver important road safety messages to the wider school community in a fun and innovative way.    

Junior Road Safety Ambassadors (RSA's) will need some support from teachers/TA's but with the main emphasis being placed on the appointed JRSAs to lead and action activities within school.  A teacher or teaching assistant should be nominated by the school to act as a school guide/liaison-to offer advice and support to the JRSAs.  

Once the JRSAs have been appointed together with the appointed Teacher/Teaching Assistant they can create a flexible working plan for the term/ academic year that enables the school to focus on national Road safety issues and also local issues that are pertinent to the individual school.   

Whilst the ideas and activities in the pack will give the JRSAs a good starting point, the scheme is flexible and Schools/JRSAs may come up with their own ideas with issues that are pertinent to their locality and wider school community.   

JRSA's should meet with the school guide/lead on a regular basis so that tasks and deadlines can be agreed and supported.   It is not anticipated that the role should be too onerous, and it is anticipated that the JRSA's can showcase the work they have done at the end of the school year to the wider school community. Aims and Objectives: 

• Share and promote key road safety messages. 

• Support and raise the profile of safer travel to and from school. 

• Promote responsible behaviour during these journeys. 

• Equip peers with the skills and confidence needed to travel both safely and independently. 

• Empower young people to be responsible citizens and to work in partnership. 

We invite schools to appoint two Junior Road Safety Ambassadors (Road Safety Ambassadors at secondary school) from their existing school councils to act as road safety champions during the academic year. The Road Safety Team would like to pilot this model of working and can provide information, ideas, and some resources to support JRSA's within school.

If your school wants to participate please complete and return the enrolment form, to enable us to track and offer support as required. Send to:

roadsafetyeducation@lancashire.gov.uk

JRSA enrolment form

• JRSA School Enrolment Form DOCX 814 KB