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Bike Week is an annual opportunity to promote cycling, and show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life by encouraging ‘everyday cycling for everyone’. The 2017 event will take place from Saturday 10 through to Sunday 18 June.
Demonstrating the social, health and environmental benefits of cycling, the week aims to get people to give cycling a go all over the UK, whether this be for fun, as a means of getting around to work or school, the local shops or just to visit friends. For more information check out the Bike Week website.
Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK – and this year it’s taking place from the Thu 1 to Wed 7 June 2017. It’s an opportunity for everyone to say a huge thank you to all the volunteers that make the world a better place.
Here at DRCET we involve volunteers in all the work that we do including workshop mechanism and assistants, community clean up assistants, Neighbourhood Improvement Volunteers (NIVs) and community cycling champions.
We also want to recruit volunteers across each of the community council areas we cover (Scotstoun, Whiteinch, Yoker, Thornwood, Knightswood, Jordanhill and Broomhill) to promote a range of environmentally friendly actions from recycling to picking up litter – you’ll lead the way and encourage others to join in.
We’re also looking for local people to join our Board – so if you are interested in improving the local area and would like to help develop DRCET then we’d like to hear from you.
You can contact Sarah on sarah@dumbartonroad.com for more information.
As part of our We Go Pedal Cycle Friendly Communities project we will be holding more bike breakfasts. The first will be on Thursday 11 May at Balshagray Crescent in Whiteinch from 7.30am to 9.30am!
So pop along and you can get a free Dr Bike check, pick up lots of cycling and active travel related information, find out more about the Cycle Friendly Communities project and get free juice and refreshments! What’s not to like! We look forward to seeing you down in Whiteinch! Download the poster here BikeBreakfast_Poster_May17
And don’t forget if you haven’t already done so please sign up to Team We Go Pedal as part of the European Cycling Challenge. Read the rest of this entry »
St Paul’s Cycle Friendly Primary award
St Paul’s Primary School in Whiteinch has recently achieved the nationally recognised Cycle Friendly Primary School Award by demonstrating a clear commitment to increasing cycling in the school for pupils, teachers and parents.
The school was assessed against a range of criteria – the school has a cycling champion, an up to date active travel plan, delivers Bikeability Scotland’s Level 2 on road training to the pupils, pupils undertake regular litter picks on the local cycle network and the school has a great cycle shelter too! All clearly demonstrating that they fully deserved this Award.
The school also promotes cycling in the local community by working with De’ils On Wheels community bike workshop and being in involved in the We Go Pedal project to promote and encourage more people to cycle, both of which are run by local environmental charity Dumbarton Road Corridor Environment Trust (DRCET).
Play On Pedals are running a Spring programme of FREE drop-in sessions across the city over the next few months. In the local area this includes:
- Sun 28 May, 11 and 25 June, 1-3pm, Scotstoun Leisure Centre
- Every Sunday, 10-11.30am, Drumchapel Sports Centre
Or you can find out more on the flyer below and on the Play On Pedals website and Facebook page
The European Cycling Challenge 2017 is the biggest cycling event across Europe. The idea is to encourage people to use their bikes as much as possible. It’s about everyday cycling for everyone.
ALL cycling is permitted with the exception of sporting and training events. Whether you are cycling all the way to work, to the station, going to the shops or just enjoying being out on your bike, we want you to take part and record your routes to help improve cycling across the Clyde Valley.
Last year, 52 cities, including Glasgow, joined the Challenge. Over 46,000 people cycled four million kilometres (4,000,000 km) during the month of May. Glasgow finished a respectable 18th with 72,000km recorded with the Glasgow boundary but recorded over 127,750 km in total.
Once again the We Go Pedal team will be pedalling for victory. Last year the We Go Pedal team, which was part of Team Glasgow, had 11 members and thanks to our combined efforts we cycled a total of 1268 kms and we came 14th out of all 74 sub-teams that made up Team Glasgow! So we need more people to sign up to the team!
To join Team We Go Pedal you need to:
- Download the naviki app
- Go to Settings > Contests > ECC2017
- Click the button “I’m Participating” to opt in
- Click on My Teams, Select “Glasgow City Region”
- Click on My Teams, Select “Other”, scroll down to “We Go Pedal”
In the run up to the Scottish Local Government elections which will be held on Thursday 4 May we are once again supporting the We Walk, We Cycle, We Vote campaign.
We Walk, We Cycle We Vote is a collaborative partnership of over 50 walking and cycling organisations across Scotland which have come together to put active travel on the agenda for the Scottish Local Government elections, which offers the chance to transform Scotland into a healthier, wealthier, happier country.
The campaign is asking all candidates if they will support the following three asks:
- Investment: Provide sustained, long term investment in both cycling and walking, reaching 10% of the transport budget
- Infrastructure: Build and maintain dedicated cycling infrastructure suitable for people of all ages and abilities
- Local action: To solve the main local barriers to active travel, as identified by residents and businesses
