Ride Happy Project Launched in Carlisle

A new cycling project which aims to teach children the essential skills of learning to ride and how to look after a bicycle has launched in Carlisle.

The Ride Happy project is being funded by Active Cumbria’s Active Travel to Schools Team and delivered by Rebike Community Cycle Hub in Carlisle.

Supporting children who are unable to ride or are lacking in confidence to cycle on a regular basis, the project will also give participants the skills to maintain the cycles and to learn about gears, brakes and feel confident about riding to and from school by bike.

Five primary schools participating in the project will each be given 10 bikes to be distributed to children to enable them to take part along with cycle helmets and maintenance equipment such as tyre pumps and repair kits.

The Ride Happy project complements the popular Bikeability scheme, an accredited national training programme to provide the skills and confidence for pupils to navigate the roads safely via bicycle by providing a pathway for those unable to ride or less confident to progress onto the Bikeability programme.

The whole school community can benefit from Ride Happy with support staff, parents and guardians actively encouraged to attend the sessions with the emphasis on equipping them with the knowledge and skills to start a cycling group within their schools and communities.

Sessions have already been delivered at Warwick Bridge and Brook Street Primary Schools.

 

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