A new initiative is aiming to get Ayrshire kids and parents walking and having fun on their route to school.

Trailblazers is a school active travel initiative developed by Ayrshire Roads Alliance and North Ayrshire Council road safety teams.

Transport Scotland has granted funding to pilot the initiative in nine schools - three in each local authority area.

The initiative will be independently evaluated as part of the pilot and, if successful, will be rolled out to more Ayrshire schools in the future.

Trailblazers are parents, pupils and school staff who want to improve children’s health, wellbeing and safety, helping them to walk, cycle or scoot to and from school and Early Childhood Centres.

The Trailblazer scheme involves signs being placed along popular routes to school highlighting the time it takes to walk to there from that point.

If you live a significant distance from the school, you can still drive to a safe location near a sign and walk, cycle or scoot from there.

Along the route, parents/carers can scan the Trailblazer QR codes on lamp posts which will take them to a daily message, question or challenge from the pony, Blaze.

In East Ayrshire, schools in the pilot are New Cumnock, Whatriggs and Mauchline. 

In South Ayrshire, the schools are Doonfoot, Coylton and Forehill. 

In North Ayrshire, the schools are Skelmorlie, Glebe and St Anthony's.

For more information go to https://trailblazers.ayrshireroadsalliance.org/GetInvolved.