Modeshift STARS

View article Hundreds of students take part in Hull’s first active travel festival

Hundreds of students take part in Hull’s first active travel festival

More than 100 primary school students across Hull took part in the city’s first active travel festival in a bid to encourage healthier lifestyles. Schools including Bude Park Primary School participated in a host of educational activities which focused on three key active travel themes including health and wellbeing, the environment and road safety. The […]

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View article “The feeling of getting somewhere under my own steam gives me a buzz”

“The feeling of getting somewhere under my own steam gives me a buzz”

Mum of two Amy Emmerson cycles the school run on a daily basis. The journey takes just five to ten minutes from her home in the Avenues to her daughter’s primary school, less than a mile away. Amy uses a tag-a-long bike for her daughter who she deems a ‘part-time pedaller’, but says she still […]

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View article Milestone for active travel scheme as ten schools take up the challenge

Milestone for active travel scheme as ten schools take up the challenge

Ten schools in Hull have now signed up to take part in Modeshift STARS, a scheme designed to encourage youngsters to travel actively. The programme offers training to children and young people to develop their confidence and skills to make their journey to school by bicycle. Sirius Academy West is just one of those schools […]

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View article Bike to School Week sees launch of new active travel programme

Bike to School Week sees launch of new active travel programme

Students at Bellfield Primary School took part in the launch of Modeshift STARS, a programme designed to encourage youngsters to travel actively. As part of Bike to School Week, Modeshift STARS are now offering training to children and young people to develop their confidence and skills to make their journey to school by bicycle. The […]

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