Cycling UK delivers a Ride Managers' Course to Public Sector workers in Reading

By JonathanBillington
Participants organise a hypothetical cycle ride
Cycling UK has developed a course for people looking to organise their own cycle rides in their areas of work. Here is a report of a course we delivered to public sector workers Reading.

This course was designed to give participants the skills needed to organise and run group cycle rides in their given sector of work, ensuring that they have the capability to go out and lead their own rides safely, with confidence and knowledge.

The skills taught included

  • The organisation of cycle rides, e.g., gathering consent forms, choosing destinations.
  • Learning and practising road positions, including 'snaking'.
  • Learning how to keep the riders as safe as possible.
  • Risk assessing (dynamic and static).

The course was delivered by two instructors over two days. 

Feedback

Doug, an already keen cyclist and volunteer with the community mental health team, said that "it sharpened my knowledge" and that it was "informative, fun and hard work!" He now aims to give vulnerable adults the opportunity to take part in different activities, including cycling.

Paula, a teaching assistant from St. Mary's told us how she was going to use the skills used on the course. She was happy that she now knows: "how to teach the children how to be safe when they’re on their bikes and hopefully get them to encourage riding with their own parents".

To see more, view the attached snapshots taken by the participants themselves.

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