TransNet seeks help with travel plans for infant schools and nurseries

Young TransNet - which is using the internet to give young people a say on transport issues - is exploring opportunities to engage with very young children in developing travel plans for pre-school establishments.

"We currently have more than 900 schools using our web resources," says Andrew Stuck, Young Transnet project manager. "Of these around 45 are infant schools or nurseries.

Working with two local authorities - Birmingham and Somerset – Young Transnet has developed an on-line travel plan ‘wizard’ that enables school managers to develop a travel plan.

"Increasingly we are getting enquiries from pre-school establishments about how they can develop travel plans," Andrew Stuck adds. "So we are trying to find out if there is anything that someone else has developed in this field - and if not whether another organisation would like to work with us to develop something."

Andrew Stuck can be contacted at the National Children's Bureau on 020 7843 6325, or by email at astuck@ncb.org.uk.

Footnote: Examples of the travel plan ‘wizard’ can be viewed at http://www.youngtransnet.org.uk
and http://www.youngtransnet.org.uk