The facts
Client: Blaenau
Gwent County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council,
Monmouthshire County Council, Newport City Council, Torfaen County
Borough Council
Location: South East Wales
Services: Road Safety Education
Sector: Road Safety
Start/Completion: Ongoing
The project
Music Challenge is an annual event run
in senior schools in the Gwent area of southeast
Wales.
Pupils are encouraged to compose a piece of
music on an anti-drink drive theme, often as part of their school
work. These songs are then performed in front of a panel of four
judges, each an expert from the field of music or road safety.
The Chellenge was devised, developed and
delivered by Capita Symonds' Road Safety Team in Cwmbran. Funding
is from the Welsh Assembly Government road safety grant and has
been taken up by several other Welsh authorities.
This is the first time that this type of road
safety intervention has been run. Young people in key stage 4
and 5 are notoriously hard to engage in safety interventions,
so this scheme has been designed to get them
involved in a way they enjoy and allow youngsters
to participate with their peers.