Charles Darwin School bike scheme up for national award

2:33pm Monday 24th September 2012 in News By Heloise Wood

School bike scheme nominated for national award School bike scheme nominated for national award

A SCHEME tackling antisocial behaviour on school journeys through offering bikes from Bromley police property stores is now award-nominated.

Project Schoolbike was launched in 2011 to address problems on the bus routes serving Charles Darwin School, in Jail Lane, Biggin Hill.

Unclaimed, unmarked and disowned bicycles from Bromley police property store were repaired to a roadworthy condition.

The council also organised training, bike marking and provided full safety equipment.

Driver incident reports fell around 90 per cent from 284 in 2007 to 28 last year.

Project Schoolbike is now up for the 2012 Tilley Awards which recognise innovative crime fighting projects created by police, community groups and the public.

Seventy applications have been whittled down to 11 and it is now up to the public to decide the winner.

Minister of state for crime prevention Jeremy Browne said: "The Tilley Awards are recognised across the world for highlighting the very best of British crime fighting and this year is no exception.

"I would encourage anyone to view the excellent projects on the Tilley Awards shortlist and select their favourite."

Charles Darwin School deputy head Rob Jones said: "Project Schoolbike has been brilliant - we have 30 pupils using the bikes every day which means 30 fewer pupils on public transport.

"They are enjoying using the bikes and it's been really good for the school."

Projects entering into the Tilley Awards were expected to provide at least seven months’ data to demonstrate their impact on the problems they were solving.

For more information visit http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/partnerships/tilley-awards/

Comments(10)

CraigBexley says...
3:32pm Mon 24 Sep 12

Who is Charles DAWIN?? Amateur's!! God only know's why I actually read this pile of rubbish...

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Simon Bull says...
3:42pm Mon 24 Sep 12

Thanks Craig. Typo corrected. Incidentally, the word you were looking for was amateurs. No apostrophe. Those in glasses houses, and all that ...

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goldenbroomboy says...
4:08pm Mon 24 Sep 12

For that matter, where is "Biggin Hall"?

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Simon Bull says...
4:13pm Mon 24 Sep 12

Goldenbromboy - again, thanks.

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CraigBexley says...
4:23pm Mon 24 Sep 12

Simon... I am not paid to write articles, headlines or anything related to journalism... You and your colleagues on the other hand are!

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CraigBexley says...
4:32pm Mon 24 Sep 12

Sorry... AMATEURS it is then ! Or will this post also be deleted?

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CraigBexley says...
4:33pm Mon 24 Sep 12

Apologies...Must have been a delay in seeing my previous post that I presumed had been deleted....We all make mistakes I suppose :-)

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Simon Bull says...
4:46pm Mon 24 Sep 12

No worries Craig. Apologies for the spelling slips in this article, and thanks for pointing out the errors. We try to keep mistakes to a minimum.

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PaulErith says...
8:25am Tue 25 Sep 12

CraigBexley wrote:
Who is Charles DAWIN?? Amateur's!! God only know's why I actually read this pile of rubbish...
Don't read it then! One missing letter out of a word is hardly the end of the World? Even in the national press, I 've spotted the occasional typo.

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plasticfantastic says...
9:33am Tue 25 Sep 12

Newsshopper what you failed to mention, is that this initiative earned the Bromley team yet another award, which they have already received.

Bromley have won the POP (Problem Orientated Partnership) Awards for the third time in four years.

https://www.bikeregi
ster.com/news/twenty
-twelve/school-bike-
initiative-scoops-to
p-partnership-award

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