Pictured left to right: Rob Morgan - Motaquote; Susan Storch - Chair Road Safety Wales; award recipient Joanne Yeo and Sarah Morris, Vice Chair Road Safety Wales.
Joanne Yeo is Secretary of the Safer Communities Action Group and Road Safety Sub Group in Glanymor and Tyisha,the work of which she promotes through various sources including the local press.
She is continually fund raising for the group and in her own time looks for ideas for future campaigns/events. Joanne organises Walking Buses for 4 primary schools and has assisted in sourcing funding for Hi-Visibility vests. She also volunteers to deliver the Kerbcraft scheme and throughout June 2010 she organised and delivered a Road Safety Road Show to all schools, nurseries and family centres within her community.
In 2009 she also supported the Road Safety Unit Child Safety Day, she returned in 2010 to read road safety stories to visitors. Joanne has a passion for road safety and has been extremely proactive in her promotion of a variety of road safety project in her community. All her efforts and time have been given freely and she is a perfect example of how to promote road safety with nothing more than passion and commitment.
Joanns said: "I was very honoured to receive a nomination and an award. Donna Davies of Carmarthenshire County Council's Road Safety Team nominated me and I was delighted to be told that I was one of 5 winners. Road Safety is very important to me, I want my children to grow up in a community where it is safe to cross the roads. I can't do all the things I do without the support of the Safer Communities Action Group, Communities First, the community at large and many other partners and service providers."
Press Release also on Llanellitown.com. Just follow the link
http://www.llanellitown.com/local-news/all-local-news/260-road-safety-awards-2010
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