For the 15th year running two organisations have partnered together to teach primary school children in Bolton about speeding and road safety.

School uniform specialist Recognition Express has teamed up with road safety charity BRAKE to launch its annual ‘design a road safety banner’ competition.

Primary school children aged four to 11 in Bolton are being invited to submit designs for the competition based on the speeding and road safety theme and this year’s BRAKE Road Safety Week, November 19 to 25.

This campaign aims to ask why people think it is OK to speed and remind everyone just how dangerous it is to drive faster than the legal limits with the main message of reducing speed saves lives.

Twelve winners across the UK will receive a full-size high-quality banner of their design to display outside their school during the long winter nights and a personalised trophy for themselves to mark their achievement.

Chris Masters, Managing Director of Recognition Express said: “Our design a road safety banner competition has become a fixture in the calendar of many local schools.

“We are always impressed by the creativity and quality of the designs sent in each year and look forward to seeing more entries in 2023 than ever before.

“The speed limit around schools is set at 20 miles an hour but children all too often see vehicles whizzing by far too fast.

“Keeping to the limit and slowing down saves lives.

“We’re proud to be able to do our bit to help convey this important message and at the same time continue our support for this very important charity.”

Schools have the option to upload entries online or send them in by email, in addition to entering by post.

For full details and to download the entry form visit https://recognition-express.com/brake/

The competition closes on Sunday October 8.

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