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Celebrating Cycling CDT Update No.45 March 2008
MARCH / APRIL EVENTS
CTC / Tandem Club Ride
Saturday March 22nd
50 mile ride to Kendal area via Beetham. A special ride to join Tandem Club members here on their Easter meet.
Meet: 9am Beaumont College entrance. Contact Mike Hutchinson for further info on 0152436061 / mikehutchinson@fastmail.fm
Go Ride @ Salt Ayre
2008 sessions start Saturday March 29 - see Regular Events for details
Women on Wheels (1) - The Lune Estuary
Sunday April 6th 11am
See below for further details
Easter Holiday Cycling Skills @ Salt Ayre
Cycle Training Levels 1/2 (10-13yrs): Monday 14th - Friday 18th April (9:30 - 12pm) £20
This is a week long course to national standard. See www.bikeability.org.uk for what this entails
Cycle Skills (6-9yrs): Tuesday 15th April (1-3pm) £5
Cycle Skills (6-9yrs): Wednesday 16th April (1-3pm) £5
Mountain Biking in Grizedale Forest (10-16yrs) Tuesday 8th April (10 - 3:30pm) £9
Call the Holiday Programme Booking and Information line on 01524 842493 between 10.00am and 4.00pm (Monday to Friday) - this is for bookings over £10 only. Alternatively call in to Salt Ayre in person or book by post using an application form/cheque.
3rd Bike Film Festival @ the Dukes
Monday 7 - Monday 14 April
Full details out next week. Events include 'A Boy, A Girl and A Bike' (Wednesday 9 April); a Children's Workshop with Dr Bike and dustcap making (Monday 14 April) and fingers crossed a pedal powered premiere of B.I.K.E (see www.bike-films.com) so bring your comfy trousers and cycling shoes!!
Maintenance Training
Easter Holidays with Pedal Power at their centre on the Ridge. Call 65328 for full details.
Maintenance level 1 - Saturday 12th April (10:30am - 12:30pm)
Maintenance level 2 - Saturday 19th April (10:30am - 12:30pm)
Arnside Trolley Dash
Saturday April 12th
Leaves Arnside (Village Market) at 11am - Sandside - Milnthorpe - return to Arnside by 2pm
If you've got errands to do in Milnthorpe this Saturday then why not join us and see how easy it is to cycle there. This there and back ride will start and finish at the Arnside Village Market. So, if you can't get what you need there why not join us for this new Trolley Dash ride to Milnthorpe. It's a short, flat and beautiful ride and cycling with others makes it a social outing too. Armed with panniers and trailers (if we need them), we'll make our way along the estuary to Milnthorpe.
Then after a stop for shopping or refreshment (you choose!), we'll load up and head back. We can lend panniers, trailers, tag-alongs, bikes and bike seats on request. Give us a call for details. Accompanied children welcome.
www.wheelygoodcommunities.org/ or call Stuart/Kirstie on 01524 782351
COMING SOON
Women on Wheels 2008
Following on from the success of Women on Wheels in 2007. Once again we will be running a programme of rides from April to September - on the first Sunday of every month.
These interesting rides will follow routes from our Cycling for All Guide (call 01524 582086 or your copy or download here). The rides aim to encourage all women - whatever their ability - to get out and about with other like-minded women and explore our area by bike.
All rides will start at the Millennium Bridge (south end) at 11am. No need to book - just turn up!
April 6th - Glasson Dock & Lune Estuary
May 4th - Crook o’Lune & Lune Valley
June 1st - Sunderland Point
July 6th - Carnforth
August 3rd - Halton
September 7th - Hest Bank & Morecambe
Lancaster Cycling Club are pleased to present Le Terrier - a Cycle Sportive - Sunday June 29
2 challenging route lengths - 45 & 80 miles on quiet roads in the Forest of Bowland.
The 45 mile route is a challenging ride taking in Jubilee Towers with over 1,500m of ascent and a choice of route
to the finish (you have the option, on the day, to finish through Wray)
The 80 mile route, with over 2,600m of ascent, is bound to be a classic finishing through Wray, Roeburndale, Scout
Camp and Stocka Bank - it has no junk miles!
On your return to Dalton Square there will be bicycle storage, a host of exhibitors, great food and drinks, live music. Perhaps even treat yourself to a massage!
Proceeds and extra donations this year will go to Lancaster’s Homeless.
Entry Fee: £20
Riders depart from Dalton Square 7.00 - 8.30am
Registration in Lancaster Town Hall
If you've always wanted to set yourself a challenge then enter now (at https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/event.php?event_id=130) and take part in the very first 'le terrier'. Then if you enjoy it you can take part in the 2nd Ride of the Roses (100 miles to York -details coming soon).
Images of route at www.lancastercc.co.uk/html/le_terrier.html
2008 Events Guide
Full events programme available shortly.
REGULAR EVENTS
Get up and go!!
Youngsters across the district now have something to get out of bed for on a Saturday morning.
The Salt Ayre Cog Set - Lancaster’s cycling club for young people - will be recommencing their weekly sessions on Saturday 29 March. The club, formerly known as Go-Ride, is suitable for all youngsters between the ages of eight and 16.
For the price of a can of fizzy pop and a chocolate bar, children can keep fit and healthy in a safe environment. The sessions will focus on essential bike handling skills for riding both on and off road.
Everyone is welcome, whether new to cycling or experienced in the sport. The sessions start at 10am and last for two hours. All you need is a working bike and a helmet. Children younger than eight are able to take part as long as parents accompany them for the session.
Based at the Salt Ayre cycle racing circuit, the club is run by qualified coaches. The Salt Ayre Cog Set has also recently been affiliated to British Cycling, the sports awarding authority.
Last year the club proved hugely popular with around 25 children regularly turning up each Saturday morning. They were able to try their hand at mountain biking, stunt riding and track riding with a few youngsters even gaining some racing experience against other North West riders.
For more information on the Salt Ayre Cog Set club visit the interactive website at www.go-ride.org.uk or contact coach Paul Andrews on 01524 36777 or go to http://www.celebratingcycling.org/more_info.asp?current_id=219
"Healthy Wheels" EVERY FRIDAY (Please note there will not be a session on Friday 21st March)
Healthy Wheels our new drop in cycling sessions for those seeking a healthier lifestyle in 2008 start on Friday January 18. So whether you’re trying to beat the bulge or just fancy a leisurely ride, why not scoot along to Salt Ayre Sports Centre on Friday mornings.
The free rides start at 11am, last for an hour and are not only a great way to keep fit and healthy but also a chance to meet new friends. The sessions can help returning cyclists or those who lack that bit of confidence to get back on their bikes. Instructors will be on hand to offer advice and support to riders.
Cyclists should bring their own bikes although there is a limited supply available for hire from Salt Ayre. Those wishing to hire a bike should contact the CDT Team in advance - see contact details below.
There’s no need to book - just turn up!
For more information please contact the CDT Team on 01524 582392 / 582086 or celebratingcycling@lancaster.gov.uk
BIKE IT UPDATE
Numbers of cyclists at the Bike It schools are increasing as the weather improves. All the new Primary Schools have now had launch events with Dr Bike, bike breakfasts, cycle skills, shelter launches, poster competitions and more… Winter activities have included maintenance classes and lessons about being seen.
Bikeability Training
Most Bike it schools from this and last year are doing Bikeability (www.bikeability.org.uk) cycle training funded by the CDT project and delivered by Pedal Power. Bikeability is ‘cycling proficiency for the 21st century’ and includes on road training to prepare the pupils for cycling in today’s traffic. Pupils receive certificates and badges.
Cycle Round the World
6 Bike It Primary Schools in Lancaster and Morecambe are racing to cycle around the world ('virtually').
You can see what they're doing here www.celebratingcycling.org/more_info.asp?current_id=236 and where they've got to here www.celebratingcycling.org/more_info.asp?current_id=282.
Skerton High are also having their own race – lower school vs. higher school vs.. staff!
Cycle Storage
Heysham High, Mossgate and Skerton High schools all now have new cycle shelters funded by their School Travel Plan grants, CDT funding and a Sustrans grant (Skerton only).
Skerton High have done lots of other cycle promotion activities such as maintenance courses and cycle to school days and we are hoping to get funding for a bike loan scheme at the school to allow more pupils to benefit and further extend the cycle storage.
Heysham High already has high numbers of cyclists but hope to increase this and fill their new huge cycle shelters [for 100 pupil and 20 staff bikes!] They will be officially launching their project in April with afternoons devoted to cycling for all year 7’s. Activities will include shows from trials cyclist Ben Slinger, Go-Ride cycle skills training, bike rides, and bike maintenance.
Tour d’Afrique
The two fastest ‘round the world’ schools from last year’s competition are now going to join (and compete against) around 100 Bike It schools across the country in the ‘Tour d’Afrique’ virtual cycle race.
Good luck to Ellel St John’s and Moorside Primaries!
OTHER NEWS
We hope that you find our website easy to use and that everything you need is on there. However if you think there is something that we should have on there then please get in touch at celebratingcycling@lancaster.gov.uk
Last year the website had a monthly average of 4750 individual visits (the average for the last 6 months
of 2006 was 2080 - the average so far for 2008 is 5479)
Kellogg's Active Living Fund
The fund will give small grants to fund projects and activities that directly lead to people taking part in sustained physical activity. The aim of the fund is to help remove the “barriers” which stop people being active.
Our Active Living Fund is programme to provide financial help to individuals and groups involved in making physical activity more affordable and more practical for members of their community. If you’re part of a local sporting or fitness organisation, why not see if you qualify for a grant?
Please contact the Community Foundation small grants team for the Active Living Fund application on 0161 214 0940.
Lancaster University - Cycle to Work Day
Over 90 members of staff managed to bag a free breakfast after pledging to cycle to work on the University’s Cycle to work day on March 11.
Breakfast on Cycle DayThe mass cycle ride to campus was one of the events planned for Lancaster University’s Cycle Day and in addition to a free breakfast, there were free bike checks and the chance to win £400 of prizes.
Travel and Environment Co-ordinator Philip Longton said: “This is a celebration of cycling to and from the University as a commute-to-work. We wanted to make this fun and interesting with these events to create even more enthusiasm and interest.”
All the events were provided as a partnership between Green Lancaster and the Cycling Demonstration Town project for Lancaster & Morecambe.
The numbers of staff cycling to work at the University is one of the highest in Lancashire at just over 13 per cent, while the numbers of students cycling to campus has doubled to over ten per cent in the past two years.
The events consisted of; a mass cycle ride to Campus. The first led cycle ride departed from the car park of Chancellors’ Wharf and followed the new University cycle route along the canal towpath. The second led cycle ride departed from the A6 on the edge of Greaves Park, just south of the Pointer Roundabout; Free “Doctor Bike” bicycle checks and adjustments were offered by mechanic Colin Stones.
Cycling events and promotions were held in Alexandra Square and a selection of cycling information stalls were available as part of the University’s Cycle Day including a pedal-powered fruit smoothie maker.
£400 worth of prizes were won as part of the staff cycle to work departmental challenge.
Health improvement jobs currently being advertised with North Lancs Primary Care Trust
Public Health Improvement Specialist NHS Setting
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.cgi?selection=911957083
Public Health Improvement Specialist Workplace Setting
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.cgi?selection=911957096
Public Health Improvement Specialist Higher and Further Education Setting
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.cgi?selection=911957063
The adverts will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as you can, if interested.
PEDAL AWAY Project Co-ordinator (reference: PEDK1)
Cycling Projects is a leading charitable organisation with an emphasis on community engagement, health improvement and disability inclusion through the mode of cycling. Our purpose is the promotion of cycling as a means of sustainable transport for all sectors of the community. We do this by community education, the promotion of leisure events and the facilitation and creation of cycling initiatives and opportunities for all to enjoy.
£16,695 - £18,250 per annum
35 hours per week - based across the borough of Knowsley
PEDAL AWAY is an exciting community based initiative which is part of the Target Well Being Consortium with a focus on improving the health and wellbeing of community members across the borough of Knowsley.
We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and experienced individual to manage and co-ordinate the Pedal Away project across Knowsley.
The successful applicant will engage and consult with the local communities to reduce barriers and increase levels of cycling and potentially compliment existing walking programs, with an emphasis on the needs of socially excluded and inactive people.
With a related academic or vocational qualification e.g. in Health, Countryside, Sport or Physical Activity and previous experience of project planning and development work in a related field, you must have a sound knowledge of the health related benefits of physical activity and a good understanding of the barriers to participation in cycling and walking.
You must have experience of effective communication, consultation and negotiation with a wide range of agencies and community members. You will work closely with project partners including Knowsley MBC Sports Development Team, Highways and Road Safety Teams, and Knowsley PCT.
For more details and an application pack, please contact:
Ian Tierney, Manager, Cycling Projects, 1 Priory Court, Buttermarket Street, Warrington, WA1 2NP
ian.tierney@cycling.org.uk Tel: 01925 234213.
Closing date: Monday 31st March 2008