The Clean Air Challenge
Walk, wheel, scoot and cycle for cleaner air!
The Clean Air Challenge is a free event for Hampshire primary schools, designed to inspire healthier and greener journeys. By taking part, your school will help promote the benefits of active and sustainable travel for cleaner air, better health and improved wellbeing across the whole school community.
Let’s get as many families as possible walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling throughout the challenge week - and beyond!
We will be contacting schools about the Clean Air Challenge 2027 nearer the time. Take part, make a difference and your school could win an amazing prize!
The Clean Air Challenge 2026
Fifty-seven schools signed up to take part in the Clean Air Challenge 2026. To enter the competition, schools were asked to deliver an active travel initiative or event to encourage more pupils and families to walk, wheel, scoot or cycle.
The competition is now closed for entries. Winners will be notified before the end of the summer term.
Further information and resources
Air Quality – Resources and information about air quality and The Clean Air project.
Travel Initiative Quick Guides - A set of resources designed to facilitate the promotion and implementation of active travel initiatives in schools, including air quality initiatives.
A Wild Walk to School - For KS1, this book focuses on the air quality benefits of travelling actively to school. The story demonstrates an active journey to school enables time to be spent looking at nature.
A Right Royal Adventure - For KS2, the story focuses on the history of air quality and how we can influence the future.
My Journey Scooter Challenge Stickers - A sheet of fun Scooter Challenge stickers featuring our scooting and wheeling birds. The sheet is compatible with Avery L7161 label template.
My Journey Scooting Film - Meet Baron Karl Von Drais de Saurbrun, who invented the 'street walker' in 1817. He speaks on the importance of making a positive environmental difference in your local community and how greater exercise and active travel can benefit all.
Scooter Training – The Scooter Challenge could be a great opportunity to do some scooter training in school, try out these in-school scooter training guidelines for teachers.
Scooting to School – Includes some top tips to share with pupils for scooting safely.
Start Scooting – A great information sheet from Sustrans about getting going with scooting.