A NEW drive is being made to help thousands of schoolchildren learn to cycle safely.
Retail chain Halfords and the Bikeability Trust, the national charity for cycling training, have launched a partnership to help 25,000 more children of primary school age in England access safe cycling programmes.
The initiative follows a survey commissioned by Halfords, which shows that 56% of parents want cycling safety added to the national curriculum.
The research also found that a third of parents think there should be a cycling highway code for children.
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