Bikeability is ‘cycling proficiency’ for the 21st century, designed to give the next generation the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on today’s roads. The initiative follows on from the Level 1 & 2 that is generally delivered in primary schools.  Bikeability in 2022 has, very unfortunately, just been cancelled by the external provider due to a lack of instructors.  

 

National Citizen Service (NCS) is a youth programme designed specially for 16 and 17-year-olds.  Every year, they run summer and autumn experiences in the school holidays, all over England and Northern Ireland. Students mix with people from different backgrounds, pick up skills to set them up for life and have the opportunity to speak up and make a difference in their community.  It provides them with an amazing springboard for the future by developing new skills, confidence and a broader set of horizons. 

More information: https://wearencs.com/what-is-ncs

World Restart a Heart Day is a day aimed at teaching secondary school children CPR and delivered by South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. They have teamed up with the Resuscitation Council UK and The British Heart Foundation to provided hands-on CPR training to our students, and will commence again here at Eggar's post Covid-19. During the last Restart a Heart Day, more than 5,000 youngsters were taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) across the South Central Ambulance Service operating area.

Currently, in the UK, less than one (8.6%) in ten people survive a cardiac arrest. If we achieved the same survival rates of countries like Norway (25%), where CPR is taught in schools, an additional 100 lives could be saved each week - the equivalent of approximately 5,000 every year.