Category Archives: Brightkidz Blog

Guest Post from Modeshift by Ross Butcher, Modeshift Chair Happy Birthday Modeshift This year Modeshift is celebrating 15 years of helping our members to support people to travel actively, safely and responsibly. From our humble beginnings mainly working with a small group of local authorities we have grown into a national organisation supporting a large...

‘Be brave.’ I told myself, ‘You can do it - just put yourself forward. It will be good for you and it will be good for Brightkidz’. And so I pressed the ‘send’ button on my email: Yes, I‘m interested in pitching in the 'Dragons Den' at the Good Stories conference. No turning back now....

The kids have gone back to school... maybe to new schools... and maybe they are trying a new way of getting there: cycling. So this week we welcome back guest bloggers and cycle shelter suppliers Broxap with tips on how to keep your children safe when cycling to school... or anywhere! Take it away guys......

Starting school is a Big Thing; it’s exciting, they want to make friends and impress the teacher… and that’s just the parents! But it can also be overwhelming with so much information to take in and a strong desire to do the ‘right thing’. If you want parents and pupils to get the ‘walk to...

Why drive when you can be driven? Personally I'd much rather travel by bus than take the car... my time is my own to check my phone and I don't need to worry about the traffic or finding a parking space. However, many of us are in the habit of driving everywhere and would not...

Wondering what to do this weekend? Why not get on your bike? Tomorrow is the start of UK Bike Week (10-18 June), an annual opportunity to promote cycling and show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life. We love sharing cycling promotion resources with you, so to mark Bike Week here's a guest...

From classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries to this year’s Netflix series The Crown, air pollution in London has played an atmospheric role in our entertainment culture for many years. It may create an air of nostalgia, excitement and mystery but the reality is harsh. A Quick History Lesson In early December 1952 industrial pollution from Europe...

You’ve heard about Walk to School Week and probably taken part too. Now here's something else going on this week; which is helping children make the most of the great outdoors during class time. And we’ve plenty of ideas on how it could also be an inspiration to help you promote safe, active, sustainable travel......

‘I need to make a volcano’! ‘I need a Greek costume!’ ‘I need to walk to school tomorrow!’ Being a parent is one of the most varied and challenging jobs in the world. No training course can fully prepare you. And when your child starts school there is a constant flow of homework projects, dress-up...