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i-Contact November 2012

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November 2012
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The revised National Standard; Teaching New Cyclists; a call to ban BMXs; drivers and cyclists cooperate; Victorian cycle skills; second sight; map your services; and a Birmingham hospital's cycle safety scheme.
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WWF partners with the CTC to get employees on their bikes

By Anna Cipullo on 23 October 2012
CTC ran cycle training and personalised travel planning at WWF's office in Godalming, Surrey, to help encourage more employees to cycle to work.
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Lucy Potashnick, WWF’s Environmental Manager, says: “In a staff travel survey in March 2010, Of the 19% of staff that live within 3 miles or less from work, 40% still use their car to travel into work.”

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- 23 July 2012

Posted by Victoria Hazael
CTC's Julie Rand gives cycle training advice to BBC WM's Joanne Malin. Who has just bought a bike and is cycling again for the first time in years.

If you are inspired to ride a bike again and don't know where to start. Listen to the discussion on BBC WM where CTC's Julie Rand - who is a national standards cycle instructor - offers advice and help to the BBC's Joanne Malin. 

You can listen again on BBC iPlayer for 30 days. Simply scroll to 0.15.

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Train with CTC to become an accredited cycle instructor - working on road or off-road, with young people and with adults.

National Standards (Bikeability)

National Standards (Bikeability) Instructors deliver training to children - usually in schools - and adults - mostly one-to-one. The National Standards work at three levels to promote confidence on a bike, enjoyment of cycling, road awareness and interaction with traffic.

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Cycle training for children

Cycle training for children
National Standard / Bikeability cycle training works at three levels developing cycle control, awareness and experience on the road to give young people the skills to make road journeys by bike and interact safely with modern traffic conditions.

Most cycle training (or Bikeability) for children is delivered free in schools and follows the National Standards for Cycle Training.

What is Bikeability?

Bikeability is a three tier training scheme to teach you how to cycle safety and confidently on the road with respect for other road users. The three different levels are as follows:

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Cycle Swap - cab and bus drivers get lessons in cycling in Reading

By Javed Saddique on 11 April 2012
Inspired by the phrase 'putting the shoe on the other foot', CTC Cycling Devleopment Officer Javed Saddique is planning to deliver cycle training to professional drivers in Reading in an effort to get them to understand how road conditions affect cyclists.

Cycle Swap will start with an awareness exercise involving cab and bus drivers in Reading. Participants will be given cycling awareness skills throughout the morning and in the afternoon they will be provided with helmet cameras to document how they navigate through the varied conditions in Reading.  This exercise will raise awareness and help build a better relationship between road users and cyclists. 

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Free cycling training for the over 50s in Swindon

By Anna Cipullo on 5 April 2012
The Over 50’s Cycling Courses in Swindon have been so popular that it is fully booked months in advance and more dates have been added to cope with demand.
Over 50s begginners line up for their first lesson

Many people have continued cycling in their learning groups many months after their courses finish, which has created a growing cycling scene for older people in the area.

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Deaf children in Derby learn to cycle

By Patrick Trainor on 5 October 2011
Deaf and hard of hearing children from all over Derbyshire have had the opportunity to cycle as part of this year's Royal School for the Deaf Summer play scheme.
Deaf children in Derby learn to cycle

The CTC Cycle Champions project provided training for two volunteers, Ellie Hill and Garry Leivers, who have gave up their own time to gain the National Standards Instructor training qualification. They have been running cycle activities with the help of a young leader Andrew for children and their siblings attending the RSD holiday play scheme. This was the third year that the play scheme has taken place and it has doubled in its popularity.

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