AS THE winter months bring darker mornings and evenings, CALA Homes has joined forces with St Mary’s Primary School in Tetbury to raise awareness of road safety among st pupils as part of Road Safety Week.
The housebuilder has donated a ‘Be Safe Be Seen’ pack, which includes 30 high visibility vests for taking children on school outings and clip-on reflective badges for all pupils, to help them be seen on the journey to and from school.
Gill Sabin, sales and marketing director for CALA Homes Midlands, said: “Health and safety is of paramount importance at CALA so we were really keen to work in partnership with St Mary’s Primary School to raise awareness of road safety amongst pupils. Many of our new homes developments are located close to schools so it makes perfect sense for us to do what we can to help pupils stay safe and seen as they walk to and from school during the winter months.
“We hope that the reflective badges and vests will reinforce the importance of children being visible to motorists and the need for drivers to watch their speed, particularly in residential areas and around schools.”
Jo Woolley, head teacher at St Mary’s Primary School, said: “Road safety is always a priority for us and we would like to thank CALA Homes for their kind donation.
“The vests will be really useful when taking classes on educational visits and the badges went down brilliantly with all the children. The donations will help our pupils to be much more visible over the winter months, which gives parents and teachers peace of mind. It’s great that CALA Homes recognises the importance of road safety and is supporting us in this way to help keep children safe.”
High Trees, on Cirencester Road, is a collection of 28 traditional two, three, four and five bedroom homes with prices starting from £674,950.
For further information, visit the sales centre and showhomes, which are open 12.30pm to 5pm on Wednesdays and 10.30am to 5pm Thursday to Sunday, call 01666 718 211 or visit cala.co.uk
For further information on Road Safety Week, visit roadsafetyweek.org.uk
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