Car dealer supports taster training sessions in Milton Keynes

RSOs at Milton Keynes Council have launched a new cycle training taster session - with the help of Myltons Chrysler Jeep. The car dealership is supporting the scheme by providing a sponsored vehicle to help deliver the session to schools in the Milton Keynes area.

Levels of cycle training in Milton Keynes have declined in recent years, but now cycling and road safety officers are trying to reverse this trend. Over the next couple of months the Council will be offering ‘taster’ sessions for pupils, parents and teaching staff to show them what cycle training can offer.

Initially the session is being offered to groups of up to 20 students in Year 5. The hope is that schools will then take up the full training course, which involves five one-hour training sessions on local roads.

"We are offering these taster safer cycling sessions to make pupils, parents and teachers aware of the longer training course,’ said David Frost, road safety team leader. "To enable this to happen we need volunteer adult cyclists to train children, and therefore encourage schools and parents to get in touch with us to find out more."

Richard Duffill, cycling officer, added: ‘’We are delighted that Myltons Chrysler Jeep has provided a vehicle to support the launch of these sessions and hope that we will be able to rely on their continued support as the scheme expands in the future."

For further information visit the official Milton Keynes website at http://www.mkweb.co.uk/mkcouncil.