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Launch Of Cheshire’s Junior Road Safety Officer Scheme

Cheshire’s Junior Road Safety Officers scheme for this school year has been launched.

Each primary and junior school is invited to nominate one or two Year 6 pupils to serve as Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO) and for the first time they have been asked to choose an adult supervisor known as the ‘JRSO buddy’ who can be a teacher, teacher’s assistant or a parent.

This year there will be 510 JRSOs nominated from more than 250 schools in Cheshire. The scheme is organised and run by the County Council’s Road Safety Unit.

The County Council’s Director of Environment Tom McCabe has also been made an honorary JRSO.

“The role of the Junior Road Safety Officer is extremely important” said Mr McCabe.

“Each one highlights the road safety message and pinpoints dangers which must be avoided.

“I know that each child takes the role extremely seriously and I look forward to hearing of their successes over the coming months.”

The launch took place at Brookside Primary School, Ellesmere Port because the school is the current holder of the JRSO award 2006/7.
Lead member for Children’s Services David Rowlands presented the school’s two new JRSOs Warren Evans and Kelsey Bristow with their certificates and badges of office.

Said County Councillor Rowlands: “Each Junior Road Safety Officer will receive an information pack from the Road Safety Unit which outlines their duties and activities for the year ahead.

“The guide, a certificate and badge of office will be presented to them by their JRSO ‘buddy’.

“A new guide has also been launched which Junior Road Safety Officers will use throughout their year in office. The children can also ask their ‘buddy’ and County Council Road Safety officers for any help or advice they may need on road safety issues

””I am sure that road safety habits learnt now will last school children all their lives.”

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Photo Caption 1: Cheshire’s Lead Member for Children’s Services David Rowlands and honorary Junior Road Safety Officer and Director of Environment Tom McCabe with the new guide book

Photo Caption 2: Sarah Collins, Senior Road Safety Officer, Lead Member for Children’s Services David Rowlands, Road Safety Manager Richard Nickson, Director of Environment Tom McCabe, Road Safety Officer Lue Ellis together with Junior Road Safety Officers Warren Evans and Kelsey Bristow at the launch of this year’s event at Brookside Primary School, Ellesmere Port.

Note To Editors: For more information please contact Richard Nickson, Cheshire’s Road Safety Manager on 01244 973600 and County Councillor Rowlands on 01244 300655.