Primary school students from across the region gathered at Walker Hall in Troon for a Junior Road Safety Officer (JRSO) seminar, designed to introduce them to their new roles. The scheme encourages pupils to promote road safety and active travel within their school communities throughout the year. Pupils are being encouraged to promote road safety within their schools(Image: David Gordon)Councillor Jim McMahon, East Ayrshire Council cabinet spokesperson for housing, transport and communities, said: "Road safety and active travel are such important issues, and seeing the young people’s enthusiasm for promoting these within their schools was very impressive. Pupils also had the opportunity to exchange ideas with JRSOs from other schools and meet the Beat the Street mascot, who travelled from Reading. The seminar aimed to equip the young officers with the tools and confidence to champion road safety.