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Hi, firstly an erratum: DYCs are currently not looking at all the schools within the Southwark Council boundaries. Around 10000 pupils attend the schools listed in the survey. The reason DYC included the above mentioned schools is that they have representatives on the Dulwich and Herne Hill Safe Routes to School committee. The DYC is a subcommittee, and has inherited these relationships and contacts. We apologies for anyone feeling currently left out, and we will discuss this at our next meeting. Perhaps the survey can be amended to allow parents from other schools to respond too; alternatively you may want to join the DYC or Safe Route to School Committee to make your views heard.

Currently, the DYCs are including all schools within the boundaries of Southwark Council. Hopefully, other schools and boroughs will benefit from their pioneering work in the near future. (apologies, this statement is wrong; only some school are included at present, see explanation below).

Don't know how to do this, Cora, just cut and paste into your browser for the moment, but will consult our IT person and get back to you.

Yes, more cyclists would make for a safer and cleaner environment. Kids who cycle are not even healthier and fitter but, according to this Dutch study (http://pelkhil.edu.bt/?p=3511.), do better at school. Compulsory cycle training at schools for years 5 and 6 is part of the DYC's agenda. Leave a message with your details if you are interested in joining the DYCs.

The Dulwich Young Cyclists (part of Dulwich and Herne Hill Safe Routes to School) are a group of local representatives campaigning for safer cycling routes to schools. I don't know where you can read up about the details of this competition (Boris Johnson's office?). We learned about it from one of our members, who met the Cycling Commissioner Andrew Gilligan at a official function and who told him about this. We think that the responses from this survey will prove that parents are currently too scared to let their children cycle to school and that safer cycling routes may change that (of the 10 000 pupil at Dulwich schools only 2-4% cycle to school). I don't think that a particular number of responses needs to be obtained but of course ?- the more replies the better. We are currently focussing on obtaining the fund the Mayor has promised, which would make Southwark a pilot area for safer cycling in London ('Love London, Go Dutch'). If we don't succeed, we'll continue to campaign to make Dulwich's infrastructure safer for cyclists.

Dulwich Young Cyclists (DYC) are in the process of applying for funding from the Mayor's Vision for Cycling to improve cycling in Dulwich. To support our application we are conducting a survey of parents. We urgently need your response as competition is high from other areas. All information will be treated with utmost confidentiality. Help us win funding for Dulwich! www.surveymonkey.com/s/DYC Many thanks The DYC Team