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A Network of Electric Bicycles are set up in Henley-On-Thames

By Anna Cipullo on 12 June 2013
The CTC team in Henley-On-Thames are gearing up to host the first Electric Bicycle Network in the Chilterns!
Chiltern Valley Winery have joined the EBN

The picturesque town of Henley-On-Thames in Oxfordshire is already a real hub for tourists and there is a strong network of businesses there to cater for them. The new Electric Bike Network is aimed at  increasing  the number of cycle users in the town and will hopefully lead to a much wider change in transport and leisure behaviours.

We’re very excited to have an Electric Bike Network in Henley as part of Cycle Chilterns

CTC Electric Bicycle Network coordinator, Anna Cipullo

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Bikes out the shed and into the Scottish sunshine!

By Suzanne Forup on 12 June 2013
Belles on Bikes - supporting women in Scotland to cycle for leisure, transport and sport
Mechanics Abbi and Katy with a happy customer

Bike Club Scotland’s Belles on Bikes project got hundreds of young people on bikes at the weekend, in the glorious sunshine at Leith Festival Gala Day in Edinburgh.

The timber skills trails were a huge success with children and parents; children tackled the course on scoots, balance bikes and a range of borrowed cycles whilst parents chatted with CTC staff and volunteers. Our mechanics, Katy and Abbi, were busy all day adjusting bikes, fixing minor ailments and showing other women how to keep their bikes on the road.

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Inclusive Cycling gets just over half a million Big Lottery Fund boost

By Lorraine Stone on 30 May 2013
30 May 2013
CTC is delighted to have been awarded £590,000 from Big Lottery Fund to enable over 1000 more people with disabilities to enjoy cycling.
Zara enjoying a Sheffield Freedom Disability Cycling Day

The charity will now set up a network of Inclusive Cycling Champions to build on the work that CTC already does to enable people with disabilities to enjoy cycling. The project will run for 2 years.

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Get Britain Cycling report recommends £10 per head, per year funding for cycling

By Chris Peck on 23 April 2013
Six weeks of oral evidence, hundreds of written pages, and the report is out. CTC welcomes its publication and urges the Government to implement its 18 recommendations
Chris Boardman, MP Julian Huppert, Dr Sarah Wollaston and Ian Austin

CTC, the national cycling charity, is calling on David Cameron to act on the report, which calls for 10 per cent of journeys in Britain to be made by cycle by 2025 – the current figure is less than 2 per cent.

It has also called for central government spending of at least £10 per head of population per year to boost cycle use, increasing as cycle use rises. London has recently announced plans to spend £12.50 per person per year over the next 10 years, whilst the Dutch are spending around £24 per person per year.

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Cycle-friendly employers (CTC views)

By Cherry Allan on 12 March 2013
Doing everything possible to encourage employees to commute by cycle and to cycle for work purposes helps improve the health and productivity of a workforce, lowers the cost of business transport and eases congestion at peak time.
Cycle commuters arriving at work
Headline Messages: 
  • Encouraging employees to commute by cycle and to cycle on business, can result in a healthier, more productive workforce and lower transport costs.
  • Workplaces that encourage cycling help mitigate their negative impact on the local and wider environment.
  • If employees are encouraged to cycle rather than drive, congestion is less severe at peak times, which is good for business and the economy.
CTC View (formal statement of CTC's policy): 
  • Employers should recognise the health, environmental and economic benefits of promoting the use of cycles for commuting and work purposes.
  • Actions that employers should take include:
    • making cycling an integral part of a Travel Plan
    • paying the full, tax-free cycle mileage rate
    • subscribing to other tax incentives (e.g. the Cycle to Work scheme)
    • incentivising cycling through Workplace Challenges, events etc.
    • providing good quality facilities (e.g. cycle parking, showers and lockers
    • supporting a bicycle users group (BUG)
    • supplying ‘pool’ bikes
  • Employers should not be discouraged from promoting cycling because of liability fears, neither should they make cycle training or wearing a cycle helmet a prerequisite for cycling on business.
Download full campaigns briefing: 
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Publication Date: 
July 2012
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Let CTC help your cycling group move up a gear!

By Julie Rand on 5 March 2013
Are you one of CTC’s valued volunteers and active within a local group? Would you like to share the secrets of your success with others? Would you like some help to resolve issues affecting your group?
Riders from Cycle Bristol

For the first time, CTC is using its AGM at Guisborough, North Yorkshire on Saturday 11 May 2013 as the chance to provide support to volunteers.  CTC Member Groups and Affiliated Clubs are invited to come along to a special networking event before the  AGM in the afternoon. 

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Building a better future for university students

By MeganHardeman on 21 February 2013
The Building a Better Future for Young People initiative gives two University of Reading students experience of promoting cycling. Megan Hardeman explains how working with CTC is helping to improve her CV.

It's not often that an opportunity comes knocking that allows you to use a variety of skills and interests to lend a hand to a great cause - whilst also boosting your CV.  When such an opportunity came up I jumped at it.

As Communications Officer for Cycling Development in Reading, I'm responsible for documenting and advertising events that the charity puts on throughout our community by using my journalism and marketing skills.

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Enter a new health and fitness study to win £100 in vouchers

By Chris Peck on 18 February 2013
Researchers from University College London are asking for your help to learn more about cycling and health by entering a new study.
UCL researchers are launching a study into the effects of cycling on health

This may be the first time you have entered a scientific study, or it may be one of many. Either way, it’s natural to have questions.

Who is running the study?

University College London, in collaboration with CTC, is undertaking the largest most comprehensive study into the effect of cycling fitness on health and disease in the UK population.

What are we trying to find out?

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Free cycle training in West Yorkshire!

By ginnyleonard on 24 January 2013
David Hall from West Yorkshire has benefited from free adult cycle training and now he is such a confident cyclist he's getting ready to ride the 'Way of the Roses'.
Way of the Roses sign

CTC's Cycling Development Officer for West Yorkshire Ginny Leonard was contacted by David Hall in the summer of 2012, he had never had the opportunity to learn to ride a bike. Being over the age of 40 David told Ginny he lacked confidence in his ability to ride a bike and after he had taken a tumble,  he thought he never would ride a bike. However, with support from CTC David decided to give cycling one more go.

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CTC supports Greater Manchester Cycle Commuter Project

By Seamus Kelly on 9 January 2013
Seamus Kelly, Cycling Development Officer, is working with TFGM's cycling team to support business engagement and community development programmes.
Cyclists riding through a park in central Manchester

Transport for Greater Manchester (TFGM) established a cycling team as part of their ambitious Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) programme.

The cycling elements of the programme include hard measures, such as secure parking facilities at purpose-built cycling hubs and cycle storage grants to businesses, and soft measures such as cycle training, events, group rides and try-a-bike sessions. 

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