After 14 years of campaigning by the Great Ashby Residents, County, District and Community Councillors, County Councillor Steve Jarvis was very pleased to finally delivery the Round Diamond School Crossing Patrol infrastructure and funding.

However, when it came to recruiting nobody applied, which would have meant that the patrol new service would be delayed until a suitable person stepped forward. I decided that this service is too important to have any further delays and successfully applied for the position. This action allowed the School Crossing Patrol (SCP) to start ahead of the new term in September.

Since then I believe that the SCP has been very well received and naming the traffic Island ‘Lollipop Island’ has proved popular with both children and parents alike.

To date, I have attended The Round Diamond school and talked to the reception and year 1 students on separate occasions about road safety and how the crossing works with some fun role-playing thrown in too. I have also followed this up with a talk to the children of the Bunnies reception group based in the GA Community Centre and soon I will talk to the children of a reception group in Chells.

I have, since last September, been posting updates to the Great Ashby Residents Facebook page with regular updates from Lollipop Island.

I must say that I have very much enjoyed delivery his important public service and have built a solid relationship with both the children and parents that use the crossing daily.

Terry