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Article: GBP3 million handed out for child road safety lessons.
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- M2 Presswire
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- September 13, 2001
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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 September 2001-UK Government: GBP3 million handed out for child road safety lessons (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
RDATE:13092001
The Government today announced where it will spend GBP3million to pilot a network of road safety schemes for children, many in deprived areas.
The DTLR has approved 38 bids from local authorities for the new government grant to pay for local child pedestrian training co-ordinators. It will be the job of the co- ordinators to train and support parent volunteers who will take young schoolchildren out on the streets to teach them key road safety skills.
DTLR Minister Alan Whitehead said: ...