Category Archives: Brightkidz Blog
Inspiring safe, active travel for children – news and views from Brightkidz social enterprise.
Brightkidz has moved! We are now out in the country with some lovely brambles, sheep and soaring red kites for company. There is now more space to store our wonderful products before packing and despatching to you… after the challenges of doing this from split locations over the past year due to lockdowns this really…
This week saw the annual launch of the Big Pedal for schools – a fortnight active travel challenge organised by Sustrans charity across the UK. Here at Brightkidz I got on my bike and joined one of the local schools we regularly work with – Grange Primary Academy in Kettering – for the event. Local…
2 minute read + activity Did you know bicycles are not the only kind of cycle? A bicycle has two wheels but there are lots of other cycles which don’t have two wheels or are different in some other way. Big Loads or Clowning Around Cycles often vary because they have been adapted for different…
2 minute read + activity Take a look around you. How good is your street? What makes it a nice place to be – pleasant and safe? What makes it not so great? How could it be improved? This fun activity gets children thinking about where they live and how their street could be improved…
2 minute read + 2 minute videos No that’s not a light sabre! Children are often intrigued by the regalia of our local civic traditions. So involving your local dignatories such as your mayor in active travel celebratory events is a good way of not only raising the profile of walking and cycling amongst local…
2 minute read Promoting safe travel is one of our aims here at Brightkidz and by that we mean all sorts of safety – not just road safety – but also helping enable people to feel safe and included whilst out and about. After all the more people who feel welcomed and part of active…