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Frequently Asked Questions
Which schools are participating in the scheme? Who set up the Bromley School Run scheme? How safe is the Bromley School Run scheme? What is a Criminal Records Bureau check? What are the benefits of the Bromley School Run scheme? What are the financial benefits of sharing journeys? How do I edit my e-mail address, password etc? What are the chances of finding a perfect match to my requirements? Will my personal information be available to other members? What are the insurance implications of sharing the school run? How do I contact the other parents? What happens if the school-run falls through? What happens if, for some reason, I can't do the school run? Can my partner do the school run on my behalf? How do I cancel my membership?
The Bromley School Run scheme enables you to find other local parents, who have children at the same school as you, with whom you can share the school run.
For more information about the scheme go to How The Scheme Works.
This scheme is a pilot scheme, being conducted by the London Borough of Bromley, Transport for London and Liftshare. The 14 participating schools are:
The scheme is a pilot project, being run in partnership by the London Borough of Bromley in partnership with Transport for London and Liftshare. For more information about each of the partners please click on the logos on the left. For more information about the partnership, go to About Us. Anyone who has children at one of the Participating Schools can join the Bromley School Run scheme for free. All you have to do Register your details on-line and follow the simple instructions! All parents registering with the scheme will be asked to complete a Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure Form, which is available from your School Secretary. The completed form will then be sent to the CRB to be checked, and once you've been approved you'll be sent a password via e-mail, giving you access to the Bromley School Run scheme. As soon as you've got access to the scheme you can register your journey requirements and the system will automatically find other local parents with children at the same school/s as you. You can then make contact with any parent you choose, through a secure e-mail, and arrange to meet them to discuss the school run. The scheme has been designed to be as safe and secure as possible. If you would like to know more about safety and security, please Click Here.
The safety of children and parents is key to the scheme, and is a central concern of the London Borough of Bromley, Transport for London and Liftshare. Below are just some of the safety measures we've taken to protect both you and your children:
For further information about safety and security, please go to the Safety and Security page.
The CRB - an executive agency of the Home Office - is set up to help organisations make safer recruitment decisions. By providing wider access to criminal record information, the CRB helps the public, private and voluntary sectors identify candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially that involving contact with children or other vulnerable members of society. The CRB helps to protect the public through a new service called Disclosure which provides a regulated 'one stop' service for England and Wales offering access to records held by the police, together with those held by the Department of Health (DH) and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). For further information about the Criminal Records Bureau and the Disclosure process please go to www.crb.gov.uk or call their call centre on 0870 90 90 844.
Parents driving their children to school make up a significant proportion of this traffic, and current estimates suggest that up to 18% of peak time traffic is made up of parents and children on their way to school. The Bromley School Run scheme has been designed to reduce the level of traffice associated with the school run. In addition the scheme will bring about direct benefits for you, your children, your school AND the wider community in Bromley: Benefits for you:
Benefits for your children:
Benefits for the school:
Benefits for Bromley:
Where possible we suggest that parents arrange to take it in turns to do the school-run, thereby sharing the costs of travel and the time associated with getting children to school. However where this is not possible we recommend that non-driving parents offer the driving parent 10p per mile for each passenger child. Therefore as a driver:
whilst as a non-driving parent you can get your child to school for less than 50p each day! The Bromley School Run scheme is available completely FREE to any parents with children at the 15 Participating Schools. All you have to do is follow the steps below:
The completed form will then be sent to the CRB to be checked (this will take between 4 and 6 weeks), and once you've been approved you'll be sent a password via e-mail, giving you access to the Bromley School Run scheme. As soon as you've got access to the scheme you can register your journey requirements and the system will automatically find other local parents with children at the same school/s as you. You can then make contact with any parent you choose, through a secure e-mail, and arrange to meet them to discuss the school run. Your password will be e-mailed to you as soon as you have been approved
through the Criminal Records Bureau.
You can change your e-mail address and password by going to Edit Password and Email. To change any other information please contact the Louise French at Louise.French@bromley.gov.uk.
We can't guarantee that you'll find a perfect match to your requirements, but it's likely that you'll find someone with whom to share at least part of your school run.
The only information that is available to other users is your 'usually called' name, the street where you live and the name of the school that your child or children attend/s.
"Participating in the lift-share scheme will not invalidate drivers' motor insurance", says Vic Rance of the Association of British Insurers. "Drivers in doubt should contact their insurers". Sharing the school run should not increase your insurance costs, though charging passengers more than their share of the running cost can invalidate your cover.
Having selected a suitable parent with who to share the school run you should make contact through the secure e-mail system on the site. Your e-mail will be sent to them, and will inform them of your e-mail so that they can confirm any arrangements. We suggest that you agree a time and place to meet, so that you can finalise the details face to face.
The Bromley School Run scheme is only responsible for assisting you in finding people with whom to share the school run, and we cannot be held responsible for any journeys that don't work out as planned. If for one reason or another the school run falls through, all affected parents should be contacted as soon as possible. Where possible another parent, who has been registered through the CRB and is part of the Bromley School Run scheme, could drive the children to school. If you are in any doubt as to whether or not a parent has been checked through the Criminal Records Bureau, please contact Louise French at Louise.French@bromley.gov.uk.
You should ring the other parents and explain that you can't do the school run. Don't offer to send someone in your place unless they've been checked through the CRB and are part of the school run scheme.
Not unless he or she is a member of the Bromley School Run scheme or you have the prior consent of the other parents involved in the school run. If your partner or anyone else from your household would like to register with the scheme they should fill in a seperate Registration Form and get checked through the CRB.
To cancel your membership, please contact Louise French at Louise.French@bromley.gov.uk.
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