Transcript Welcome to Bike Club Dr McBride Chief Medical Officer for Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety.

Welcome to Bike Club
Dr McBride
Chief Medical Officer for Department of
Health, Social Services & Public Safety
Kevin Mayne
Chief Executive, CTC
CTC – the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation
CTC
• Founded1878
• Leading cycling training and
development - Devised Cycling
Proficiency in 1936
• Campaigning on cyclists’ issues
• Promoting the benefits of cycling
• Local groups - CTC Northern Ireland
• Community development projects
Problem?
Existing cycling programmes
• Children who are not
being reached:
– Outside middle
classes
– Girls
– Disabled
– Teenagers
– NEET
– Excluded from school
• Resources not being
used:
– Out of hours
activities
– Youth services, clubs
– Informal education
– Award schemes
– Parenting schemes
– Informal sport
Solution
Extended use of cycling to deliver Ten Year Strategy
for Children and Young People in Northern Ireland
Cycling for new children, in new environments
Distinctive offer for socially excluded communities
Non-sporting community Bike Clubs in the youth and
community sector
Engaging a wider family audience using the school
or club as hub
Cycling as an out of hours focused activity
Joint working with local authority teams and partners
The Bike Club Consortium
•ContinYou
•UK Youth
•CTC Charitable Trust
• The leading national youth work charity with
750,000 young people, 40 local member groups
in England and 3 national members –
Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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Youth Achievement Awards, Foundations
Peer Education and Mentoring
National Activity Centre at Avon Tyrrell
Programmes that support specific groups,
like young mothers and young drivers
ContinYou is a national learning charity that aims to open
up opportunities for learning through:
• working directly with individuals, schools, families and
communities
• developing innovative provision that demonstrates
effective practice
• sharing knowledge about ‘what works’ with others
• acting as advocates for accessible learning
• Innovative programmes, resources, training and
consultancy in the fields of: community-based learning;
health improvement; regeneration; lifelong learning
In Northern Ireland
Also working closely with:
• Belfast City Council
• Youth Action NI
Funding
Cycling England
School Champions and Active
Recreation
8 Bike Club Development Officers
18 towns and cities
Asda Pedal Power
6 further Bike Club Development
Officers
All nations of the UK including NI
Sarah Troke
UK Bike Club Manager – CTC
And the team…
Bike Club
The concept – to provide learning
opportunities for children and young people
aged 10-20 and their families through cycling
activities
Where is
Bike Club?
What has happened so far?
Cycling England Funded Sites (began Sep
2009):
• Recruitment
• 18 towns and cities
• Networking with local and regional partners
• 171 groups applied to be Bike Clubs; 108
successful, 48 in process. 66% from “target
groups”
• £191k in grants issued
What has happened so far?
Asda Funded Sites (Apr 10-Dec 12):
• 6 additional positions:
- Glasgow
- Edinburgh
- Cardiff
- London
- Belfast City
- Newcastle & Gateshead
What has happened so far?
• Tim Edgar
• Partner Belfast City Council
• Community cycle projects and
organisations
• Networking and planning groups
• Consultations with young people
• Events e.g. Santa Cycle 5th Dec
Titanic Quarter to Comber
Target
• Over 500 Bike Clubs across the UK including:
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after-school clubs
community youth clubs
family projects
youth lead projects
under-representation: excluded from formal
education, girls & young women; BME; disabled
– with at least 37 clubs in Northern Ireland
Examples of Bike Club activity
Bikeability Training – Boathouse Youth Group Bike Club, Blackpool
Types of Bike Club activity
Training, off-road, BMX, expedition,
maintenance, etc.
Examples with photos
Duke of Edinburgh Expedition – Lawrence Weston Youth Group
Bike Club, Bristol
Family Community Cycle Sessions – Haddenham
Bike Club, Buckinghamshire
Volunteer Mountain
Bike Leadership
training – Bristol
Bike Clubs
Young people
referral project –
ROCI Bike Club,
Darlington
Cycle maintenance sessions – Connexions Bike
Club, Blackpool
Support on the ground
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Experienced officer
Small grants programme
Publicity and promotion
Youth Achievement Awards
Partnerships
Training
Sourcing and training volunteers
Registered/qualified cycling instructors and clubs
Bike Club Membership – including insurance
Sustainability not delivery
Focus for Bike Club
Empowerment of young people
• On the ground consultation
• Development of positive role models for cycling
amongst their peers
• Devising and implementing programmes
• Passing on passion to other family members
• Bike Club website – activity listings, blogging,
videos
• Accreditation through Youth Achievement Awards
Youth Achievement Awards
Expansion of Bike Club
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Bike Club toolkit, September 2011
Bike Club membership for anyone
Access to online resources and networks
Potential for further partnership working
Identification of new sources of funding
What next for Bike Club in
Northern Ireland?
• Series of local networking events for on
the ground workers
• Invite organisations to apply to Bike Club
Small Grant programme
• Clubs on the ground in New Year
• Further identification of local partners for
new clubs
• Potential for wider partnerships
Communication with Bike Club
• Discuss your ideas with your Bike Club Development Officers
[email protected]
07500 069357
OR
•Bike Club Manager - UK: [email protected]
01483 0238332
•Call Bike Club head office on 0844 736 8450
•Email us at [email protected]
•Online at bikeclub.org.uk
•Twitter at @BikeClub
•Facebook page
Questions for you…
a) How can Bike Club help your aims and targets?
b) How can Bike Club best engage the young people and
their families that you work with or represent as an
organisation?
c) Who is missing from this table who would be a key
contact/organisation for Bike Club to work with?
d) What will you go away and do now you know more
about Bike Club? – Pledge
Thank you &
Questions
Develop “Young Guns” with Bike Club to
include a whole family approach
Asda Community Colleagues to promote Bike
Club in West Belfast
To provide Bike Club with contacts for
Neighbourhood Policing and CASE Officers
Offer on-road cycle training through Bike Club
Support Tim to set up successful and
sustainable Bike Clubs in particular areas of
the city
Support the development of cycling as an
alternative to anti-social behaviour
Build a partnership between Bike Club and Tri
Cycle – national standard on road instruction
Offer on-road cycle training through Bike Club
Develop Bring a Friend Free programme to
skatepark facility to encourage BMX cycling
Make links between Bike Club and the
extended schools programme
Set up a Bike Club with my young people
Promote Bike Club to colleagues