Be Bright Be Seen stall

Be Bright Be Seen stall

About this activity

Suitable for all schools and nurseries.

Hold a stall selling hi-vis clothing, lights and other road safety equipment to encourage pupils, parents and staff to kit themselves out for travelling on dark mornings and evenings and promote safety.

You can decorate the stall with road safety posters to educate about the importance of being visible when walking, cycling and running in the dark.

Work with your TFL Explorer/Pioneer/Navigator Ambassador, Borough Travel Planning Officer and school travel working group to plan and run the stall.

You can run the stall as a one-off event or regularly throughout the year. A good time to hold your first event is when the clocks go back and it gets darker earlier.

What you’ll need

  • A place to display the merchandise – ideally somewhere busy that pupils and parents/carers pass by regularly
  • Budget to cover the cost in advance
  • Volunteers to help run the stall on the day
  • A cash float or card machine to take payments

How to evidence your activity

  • Involve your borough travel planning officer: Share your ideas, agree your targets and discuss any challenges 
  • Record the feedback from your pupils, parents/carers and volunteers
  • Add your story to the Travel for Life website. Explain the activity, add photos of the stall and include pupils’ and volunteers feedback. Also include any promotional materials you produced

This activity supports the Vision Zero target to eliminate death and serious injuries on London’s streets.

 

Activity steps

1
Funding
Discuss funding options with your borough travel planning officer and head teacher. Discuss the purchase of merchandise/recourses for the stall.
2
Set the date & plan
Choose a date that suits the school calendar to host the stall and find volunteers who can help out on the day.
3
Promote
Spread the word about the stall on posters, the school website and in your newsletters. Let pupils and parents/carers know what they’ll be able to purchase merchandise & send out reminders in advance.
4
Stall day
Price items reasonably to ensure the project is sustainable and enjoy. Promote the key messages behind your stall.
5
Check for success
Get pupil, volunteer, parents/carers feedback. Count how many items were sold, what was the most popular, how many people stopped to look & query. Monitor the success.
6
Tell your story
Provide feedback to your borough travel planning officer. Detail your day in your Travel for Life account, with pictures, resources used & outcome, including feedback, success & challenges.

Tags

  • Road safety

This activity counts towards:

  • Travel activity

How it helps

  • Opportunity for TFL Ambassador to engage
  • Encourages road safety and awareness
  • Encourages parental/carer participation