Cycling for Health and Sustainable Transport

1. Cycling for Health and Sustainable Transport Simone Makepeace Regional Cycling Development Manager 24th September 2008

2. Agenda • Background • Our Purpose and Vision • Company structure • Focus for today • Cycle Champions • Outcome of bid • Geographical coverage of projects • Projects

3. CTC • 130 years old • 60,000 members • 360 local groups • 150 affiliated groups with circa 10,000 members • 300+ registered campaigning volunteers • 50 employed staff, circa 10 FTE outsourced staff • £3M turnover

4. The Purpose of CTC • We bring together the largest, most dynamic, most diverse, most passionate group of cyclists in the country as an independent organisation working for and representing cycling and cyclists. • Our Vision • A future in which CTC is an innovative, thriving organisation of cyclists and supporters working to promote cycling for all people; cycling that is accessible and safe; cycling that is enjoyable and functional; cycling that enriches lives and communities. • CTC improves lives by promoting cycling for fair, inclusive and sustainable access to health, mobility, transport and leisure.

5. Mission and aims Governance Premises Staff Administration CTC – the national cyclists’ organisation CTC Charitable Trust Access to cycling Health Safety Transport Education Diversity Volunteering Membership Products Cyclists and members Services & contracts

6. Work Place Consultancy Work Place travel planning BUG’s Membership Insurance Bike to Work Scheme Cycle Training Work Place Challenge Cycle Champions Health & Physical inactivity Obesity Sustainable Transport BME Women Deprivation Physical Disability Mental Health Focus

7. Cycle Champions • Funded by Big Lottery • Wellbeing fund • £165 million England wide • Lead Bidder Sustrans • Partners/Supporters • CTC, Cycling England, British Cycling, London Cycle Campaign, Ramblers, Living Streets, Walk 21, Transport 2000, National Obesity Forum

8. Sustrans Living Streets Walk 21 The Ramblers CTC/LCC Active Travel Bike It Travelsmart Walk to School Fitter to Walk National Walking Website Get Walking Cycle Champions Outcome

9. Cycle Champions Projects Manchester Manchester PCT Rochdale Rochdale PCT Sefton Sefton MBC East Hampshire East Hampshire DC/Forestry Commission North Yorks North Yorkshire Sport Bradford Bradford Community Environment Project South Yorks Heeley Development Trust Leicester Leicester City Council Derby Derby City Council Reading Sport Reading/Reading Borough Council Swindon Leisure Services Swindon Borough Council Wolverhampton Wolverhampton City Council Colchester Colchester Borough Council

10. Cycling for Health Work Place Challenge Healthy Workplace Everybody Active Cycling for All Recycling Maintenance Off Road cycling Alafia Bike week events 5 miles to fabulous SEN schools Up and Cycling Paralympics handover Family Cycling City Cycle Workshop U3A Age Concern Cycle Champions Projects

11. Cycling for Health • 10 week programme • Off Road • Cycle Training • Build mileage up from 3 miles to 20 miles, increasing 2 miles a week • Cardio Rehab patients referred by team in local hospital and GP‘s • Visited Practice Nurses

12. Developed marketing material • Originally 3 members of staff to run the course, training provided, also first aid trained, cardiac nurse attend. • Clients sign to say they are fit enough to ride • 250 people have been through the programme • Developed to be a day on bikes • Annual bike ride of 32 miles • Volunteers carry on cycling with the group after the 10 week programme

13. Monitoring • Borg Scale implemented • Participant Pre Programme Activity questionnaire • Personal Agreement • End of programme questionnaire

14. SENsational Cycling • SEN School • Bike Ability cycle skills and road safety awareness • Trained over 80 students • Trained two teaching assistants for sustainability of project • Cycle skills training into the schools curriculum within PE • Ability to cycle following the training to use as a means of transport

15. Cycling for All • Alice Holt Forest • Clients with Physical, learning or sensory impairments • Elderly groups and convalescent • Independent Living Groups • Fleet of specially adapted bikes • Enjoyable and safe environment • Volunteer involvement to ensure sustainability • Changing peoples lives

16. Cycling for AllNick MillsMultiple sclerosis • "I have been pleasantly surprised to discover just how much I can do. I intend to keep cycling and keep surprising myself."

17. Work Place Challenge • Behavioural change programme • To encourage more people to take up cycling • To encourage more people to cycle for transport • To encourage more people to become more active

18. Work Place Challenge • Swindon • Cycle to work • 5 week lead in time • 2 week challenge • 41 Organisations signed up • 903 people logged 4338 trips • 178 people had not cycled in the last year or more • 169 people of the 178 have cycled since the challenge

19. 40,460 miles cycled • 37,000 miles were for transport purposes • 3,557 litres of fuel • Burnt 35 million Kilojoules of energy • Equating to 2388 pounds of fat

20. Following the programme • Surveys • Prior to start of Challenge • End of Challenge • Two weeks after • Two Months • Six Months • Twelve Months • Family cycle challenge • Work with employers • Changed travel behaviour

21. We have • Knowledge • Experience • Resources • We DON’T have • The geographical reach in the South • Funding • We CAN together • CHANGE PEOPLES LIVES THROUGH CYCLING FOR HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT