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This event has been postponed. A new Autumn date will be announced soon.
Are you affected by the school run at your school? Dumbarton Road Corridor Environment Trust (DRCET) and De’ils On Wheels are hosting a half-day School Run Summit on the morning of Wednesday 20 September at Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre, 64 Balmoral Street, Glasgow G14 0BL
The event will bring together a wide range of people and organisations from the G13 and G14 postcode areas to share knowledge and experience of the school run. This will include pupils, teachers, parents, parent councils, local residents, community councils, Council officers, elected members and other interested parties.
The event will look at the wider community to see if this provides opportunities for alternative solutions to the school run issue such as:
- How can we work more closely across the community to address the school run?
- How can the school run help improve pupil attendance and attainment?
- How can we better promote school initiatives to tackle the school run?
- How can we increase active travel and reduce cars and vans on the school run?
This event is free to attend but booking is required! You can book online at www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/drcet-school-run-summit
For more info please contact DRCET on 0141 433 0427 or email liz@dumbartonroad.com
If you are using Twitter then please follow @drcet and @deilsonwheels and use the hashtags #wegopedal and #schoolrunsummit
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This event has been postponed. A new Autumn date will be announced soon.
DRCET cordially invite you to attend our 13th Annual General Meeting which will take place on Wednesday 20 September 2017 at 1.15pm (lunch from 12.45pm) at Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre, 64 Balmoral Street, G14 0BL.
Our AGM is a great opportunity to hear about all the work that we have been involved with over the past year as well as to meet up with friends old and new!
We will celebrate our projects and achievements, hear from some of our partners and discuss the environmental issues that are of interest and concern for you and your community. There will be a small lunch buffet and refreshments available!
This year’s AGM will take place following our School Run Summit.
Download the poster here DRCET_AGM2017_Poster
The Hands Up Scotland Survey looks at how pupils across Scotland travel to school and is the largest national dataset on school travel. The 2017 survey will take place from Monday 11 until Friday 15 September with schools selecting one day to carry out the survey.
Each September, schools across Scotland complete the survey in class by asking their pupils ‘How do you normally travel to school?’. Local authority officers distribute the survey to schools and return pupil responses to Sustrans for collation, analysis and reporting.
The results provide a valuable annual snapshot of school travel and are used by Sustrans, Transport Scotland and other groups to inform policy areas, monitor trends in school travel over time, and provide information relevant to a variety of health, transport and education initiatives.
For more information about the Hands Up Scotland survey please visit the Sustrans website where you can also download all the information for the 2017 survey. You can see the headline results from 2016 below.
Four staff members from local environmental charity Dumbarton Road Corridor Environment Trust (DRCET) and De’ils On Wheels recently Braved the Shave to raise funds for DRCET and the Beatson Cancer Charity.
DRCET staff Neil Lovelock, Liz Dorward, Sarah Burgess and Paul Morrice all went under the clippers at the Brave the Shave joint fundraiser, which was held in late March at the Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre, which also held a cake sale to raise more money.
Neil Lovelock, DRCET Project Manager said,
“The response to the fundraiser has been totally overwhelming and we absolutely smashed our £2000 target – who would have thought a wee bit of hair could have raised over £6000! We are delighted to be able to present this cheque for £3000 to the Beatson Cancer Charity, an organisation which has provided much needed support to us in recent times.”
“A massive thanks to Lu at Battlefield Barbers; all the team at Heart of Scotstoun; to everyone that baked something for us; to everyone that came along to cheer us on; a huge thanks to Paul, Liz and Sarah for helping to turn my madcap idea into a reality and going above and beyond; and of course a huge, huge, huge thank you for everyone that sponsored us – it is very much appreciated!”
Kirsty McDonald, Challenges & Community Fundraiser for Beatson Cancer Charity said,
“On behalf of Beatson Cancer Charity, I’d like to express my heartfelt thanks to the Dumbarton Road Corridor Environment Trust for their incredible support and real determination to beat cancer. The Brave the Shave was a brilliant initiative and the funds raised by the team will have a direct impact on patients and families affected by cancer in our community. I would also like to thank everyone who very kindly sponsored and supported the team for all their generosity.”
The Beatson Cancer Charity are determined to beat cancer and committed to securing significant funding to support and enhance the treatment, care and wellbeing of current, former and future cancer patients and their families.
LINKES will be holding their Summer Street Party on Saturday 5 August from midday to 4pm. The event will take place in front of the Lincoln Avenue flats in Knightswood.
There will be lots of fun activities including for all the family including a DJ, food, a climbing wall, face painting and much more!
We’ll be along with our pedal powered smoothies. It is free to attend. Come along and join in the fun!
Glasgow is inviting cyclists to take over its streets on Sunday 27 August!
Bring your friends, bring your family, bring your bike and join us on a traffic-free ride to remember – with loads of free entertainment, plenty to see and have a go at, and a totally new way of experiencing your city. The route will be open from 11am to 3pm.
Register your free place and get…
- Free bike check from Halfords*
- Email reminder with latest event info
- Free HSBC UK City Ride bib – yours to keep
- First 500 riders get free cake*
- Chance to win £100 off a cycle holiday*
You can register your free place on the Let’s Ride website.
Cycle to Work Day is a national event and this year will be held on Wednesday 13 September 2017.
Cycle to Work Day encourages adults across the UK to get on their bike and give cycle commuting a go for one day. Why – because cycling to work is brilliant! It’s an easy way to boost your health and fitness, improve your wellbeing and show some love to the environment.
This year’s event takes place on Wednesday 13 September and it’s the fifth birthday – so the celebration of cycling will be bigger than ever! Today, it’s a way of celebrating those who are already passionate cycle commuters, as well as those who are giving it a go for the very first time.
So dust off your favourite bike and get ready to join in the UK’s biggest one-day celebration of cycle commuting on Wednesday 13 September 2017.
There are lots of great prizes to be won – all you need to do is pledge to cycle to work and follow them on Twitter and like them on Facebook
So why not challenge your friends, colleagues and your employer to take part in this years’s Cycle to Work Day!
