Vikeonabike
CC Neighbourhood Police Constable
- Location
- Bourne, Lincolnshire
Taken from a post by a cycling paramedic friend of mine
The Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust is an award winning
child cyclist's safety charity. The Trust was founded in 1998 by a paediatric
nurse who through her work saw the devastation that head injury can cause not
only to the child but to the whole family. Since its conception the charity has
grown in its drive and commitment to be an advocate for the child and young
person. It also provides a community service by highlighting the need of safer
cycling practices that incorporate the distinctive needs of children and young
people.
The charity is a national resource working with parents, teachers, police, road safety officers, Government departments and healthcare professionals by promoting and providing educational programmes in schools on the need for helmet use and safer cycling practice throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The trust supplies helmets, lights, locks etc etc at cost plus about £1, the profit goes towards buying more helmets and giving them to children who cant afford them completely F.O.C.
They also provide packs that can be handed out to children you spot riding correctly with suitable safety equipment, this contains a few little freebies plus a chance to win a Wii or similar prize in the grand draw they run each year, contact them if you want some packs and they'll post them out to you.
If you visit the site you'll find various resources available to use, the egg helmet is amazing, a minature helmet that will fit an egg which you then drop on the floor to show how a helmet will protect your head, plus order forms for leaflets etc.
http://www.bhit.org
The Bicycle Helmet
Initiative Trust,
71 Milford Road,
Reading,
Berkshire
RG1 8LG.
tel: 0118 958 3585
email: BHIT@dial.pipex.com
The Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust is an award winning
child cyclist's safety charity. The Trust was founded in 1998 by a paediatric
nurse who through her work saw the devastation that head injury can cause not
only to the child but to the whole family. Since its conception the charity has
grown in its drive and commitment to be an advocate for the child and young
person. It also provides a community service by highlighting the need of safer
cycling practices that incorporate the distinctive needs of children and young
people.
The charity is a national resource working with parents, teachers, police, road safety officers, Government departments and healthcare professionals by promoting and providing educational programmes in schools on the need for helmet use and safer cycling practice throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The trust supplies helmets, lights, locks etc etc at cost plus about £1, the profit goes towards buying more helmets and giving them to children who cant afford them completely F.O.C.
They also provide packs that can be handed out to children you spot riding correctly with suitable safety equipment, this contains a few little freebies plus a chance to win a Wii or similar prize in the grand draw they run each year, contact them if you want some packs and they'll post them out to you.
If you visit the site you'll find various resources available to use, the egg helmet is amazing, a minature helmet that will fit an egg which you then drop on the floor to show how a helmet will protect your head, plus order forms for leaflets etc.
http://www.bhit.org
The Bicycle Helmet
Initiative Trust,
71 Milford Road,
Reading,
Berkshire
RG1 8LG.
tel: 0118 958 3585
email: BHIT@dial.pipex.com