Cycle Training

Cycling instructors consider strike action as real-terms pay cuts and poor working conditions spark mass exodus

“Transport for London said they want every child and adult to have access to cycle training… Yet we don’t have the staff to deliver this promise”

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Transport for London accused of “breaking promises” after funding for cycle training cut

Hundreds of cycling instructors in the city face losing their jobs following TfL’s decision to suspend funding ‘until further notice’

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London cycling instructors protest over slashed training budget

Cuts to pay and poor working conditions were also highlighted in ride from Trafalgar Square to City Hall

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Offer adults free training to help shift to cycling, say experts

Training will help returning cyclists navigate the roads with patchy cycling infrastructure

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Lawyer calls for compulsory cycle training in schools – but appears to put the onus for safety on cyclists alone

Cycling UK also wants Bikeability on national curriculum - but reasoning is entirely different

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Cycle Training UK to close after two decades

Worker-owned co-op makes instructors redundant as future contract work dries up over winter months

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GPs welcome plans to let them prescribe cycle lessons

But will waiting rooms be clogged up by those wanting to try?

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Guildford cyclist offers free cycle training to locals

Bikeeability instructor Terry Duckmanton wants to encourage less confident cyclists to get around by bike

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Cycle instructor crash victim says it’s important for cyclists to be careful

Angie Cook waited over 90 minutes for an ambulance after being hit by a car

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Oxford City Council launches £5 training for adult cyclists

Council teams up with Broken Spoke Co-op for training for first-time riders or those lacking confidence riding on road

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