Big Bike Revival for Workplaces 2022
Why cycle to work?
With no end in sight to high fuel prices, Cycling UK has one solution to help ease the burden on everyone’s purse: encourage employees to cycle to work.
Cycling to work saves on fuel costs for individuals who choose to drive less, but there are many other benefits for both employees and employers:
- Shorter commute with fewer traffic jams
- Saving space and money on parking
- Increased motivation and productivity
- Improved health and wellbeing
- Wider benefits of protecting the planet and improving air quality
How can Cycling UK help?
It makes good business sense to encourage employees to cycle to work and Cycling UK’s Big Bike Revival is here to help. We’ve adapted the programme to offer employers support, expertise and advice in a free package.
Big Bike Revival is one of Cycling UK's flagship behaviour change interventions, funded by the Department for Transport. Since the programme began nine years ago, it has helped and enabled almost 400,000 people begin or return to cycling.
How does behaviour change work?
Led by Behaviour Change Theory and the COM-B (Capability, Opportunity, Motivation) Framework, the Big Bike Revival programme employs the FIX-LEARN-RIDE model to deliver free activities in local communities to inspire a start or return to cycling.
This is achieved by offering events that enable changes in behaviour by providing basic repairs and health checks to bikes, cycle training to increase safety, maintenance workshops to upskill people with repair knowledge, and led rides to build cycle confidence.
How does the programme work?
Cycling UK commits to:
- Deliver free Dr Bike basic cycle repair services
- Enable Workplace cycling champions to run behaviour change activities
The employer commits to:
- Recruit workplace cycling champions to attend our informative webinars
- Promote Dr Bike cycle repair sessions to employees
- Deliver evidence-based behaviour change activities to reach employees who do not currently cycle to work
Cycling UK’s unique package of support includes:
- Dedicated support from our Workplaces Officer for bespoke advice.
- Dr Bike cycle repair events offering basic repair and safety checks to employee bikes.
- Free 1-year Cycling UK membership
- Webinar sharing best practice on promoting behaviour change activities.
- Webinar sharing expert knowledge on behaviour change activities and how to deliver them at your workplace.
- Webinar sharing best practice on cycle commuting.
- Networking with local cycling providers to sustain cycling levels.
- Sharing programme insights to enable workplaces to improve their provision and do more to encourage employees to cycle to work.
- Introduction to our Cycle Friendly Employer (CFE) Scheme.
Next steps: become a cycle friendly employer
Once more employees have started cycling to work, the help from Cycling UK doesn’t have to stop there. We’ll introduce employers to our Cycle Friendly Employer Scheme as well as providing valuable tips and expert advice to support employers on their journey to becoming a cycle friendly place to work.
Contact the Big Bike Revival team
The expression of interest for the current programme is now closed, however if you have questions relating to any part of the Workplaces programme, please email us.