Woke up to some great news - our innovation fund application had been accepted. This will allow us more time to train riders with SEND, work to lower ratios, buy, store and transport suitable equipment and offer SEND awareness training for our instructors. We can’t wait to get back to work now to start this exciting new project.
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Excellent news. Well done 👏
Whilst it’s a bit quiet on the training front, it’s all go still at HQ, refreshing and updating our training resources so that our riders get the very best we can give them. We can’t wait to get back to work and to put it all into practice.
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Parents - if you are home schooling and live in Trawden please contact us if you would like to borrow our bikes for self guided, family adventures (at your own risk) for an hour or so this weekend. Our equipment is all anti viral wiped between use. This might help let off some steam as we appreciate its hard for home educators right now. ***attention grabbing pic, fully aware it’s not summer***
The Department for Education has confirmed "Bikeability training can take place in schools for vulnerable
children and children of key workers subject to the measures described in the guidance. It can also be provided
as wraparound care and extracurricular activity outside of the school day."
Go Velo can therefore deliver Bikeability to Key worker and vulnerable children, should this help teachers with the current situation in schools. Please get in touch if you would like further information.
COVID update - If your school is scheduled in for this half term, we have a few slots left to reschedule Bikeability in April (assuming we can deliver by then!). Please get in touch ASAP as we will be very busy playing catch up and our diary is already full for Summer term! Big thanks - crossing fingers we can see you all again soon.
Happy New year to you all from Team Go Velo. Here’s a little snap shot of 2020. In addition to Bikeability 1,2 and 3 and Adult Training, we did loads of holiday clubs, Dr Bike sessions and Bike Maintenance courses, were film stars on numerous occasions and have worked well together to keep the wheels turning. We look forward to 2021 and working with you all to encouraging cycling in Lancashire. HNY from GV
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Well done Go Velo and all the very best for 2021. Keep cycling 🚵♀️! Xx
Go Velo ... you’re absolute stars. Very proud of you indeed 🥰🥰
What a great Christmas present! We got some chocolate bike tools through the post from PropelU who we have worked with since Covid struck. What a thoughtful and funky gift. ThankU xx
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We are still hard at it, despite the cold weather. Our pop up Dr Bike mechanics were at St Christopher’s High School in Accrington today fixing bikes for staff and pupils. 33 bikes were fettled, including cables and brake blocks changed, derailleurs fixed, gears indexed and loads of tires pumped up. All funded by the Big Bike Revival Cycling UK. Off to Park Primary School, Colne tomorrow for more!
Not only have we been filming but the team have also been busy helping the Bikeability Trust with some amazing photos. Our blue T shirts were swapped for orange. Great to have super professional photographer Karen Clark out with us for the day! Watch this space for some ace pics!
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Wowsers! How many sneaky pics did you take? 🤣 Absolutely a pleasure and a privilege as always 😊🚴🏾♂️🚴♀️🚴🏻
A little taste of things to come! Filming Bikeability Level 2 and 3 and keeping it in the family with 3 Instructor’s kiddos taking part over the weekend. Here’s lovely Lily doing level 2. It was a long cold day and she was incredible, nailing the outcomes and she didn’t complain once! What a super young lady. Two teenagers in a busy level 3 environment will be a different filming experience tomorrow! Thanks to Michael and Sparky from Booth Film production, who are ace to work with and super patient!
And we’re off! First day of filming with the fabulous Little Lily! What a star.
When you find the perfect child’s helmets! Buzzing! #branding #goveloblue
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They are great.
Looking for a child’s bike for Christmas? There will be some fabulous ones, rebuilt and checked by trained mechanics and ready for collection in Rossendale......oh and they also do loads of adults bikes too!We currently have a great selection of kids bikes in stock perfect xmas prezzie 🙂🙂🚲🚲🚲
Our ace instructors spent the last few weeks at Tor View Specialist Learning Community delivering Level 1 and 2 Bikeability. It's so good to know we are making a difference and helping people learn skills for life. Here's what they had to say
"Hi, thank you so much for running this course with our students. All our students have special educational needs and therefore having the ability to safely access the community to become an active part of it means such a lot. Many of our students do not have the confidence to get out and about without an adult and hopefully this will help them to build on their confidence and develop essential life skills, whilst taking care of their health and wellbeing. Thanks again you have been amazing.
From Julie and all my students at Tor View School."
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It was a pleasure, really enjoyed working with the youngsters
Lovely to read this.
Winter Wheelers Advent Calendar
Love to Ride has launched the Winter Wheelers Advent Calendar for adults today! They are giving prizes away every day until Christmas day. On Christmas day they have a star prize…
A brand-new E-bike!
Participants simply need to register and log a ride or rides in December.
Register – Love to Ride Lancashire
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Here’s Pendle’s MP Andrew Stephenson observing one of our Bikeability sessions. It was great to discuss all things cycling and his enthusiasm for what we are doing.Last month I was pleased to join Go Velo Ltd and students from Lord Street Primary School in Colne to observe a Bikeability lesson.
Bikeability is Department for Transport’s flagship national cycle training programme for schoolchildren in England, and is a key component of the Government’s long term vision for cycling and walking.
Bikeability training provides schoolchildren with a life skill. It is a practical training programme, enabling trainees to cycle safely and confidently on today’s roads. More than 3 million children have now received Bikeability training since the programme’s inception in 2007.
The Prime Minister’s vision for cycling and walking published in July set an aspiration to “offer cycle training to everyone who wants to undertake it, whether free or at a nominal charge”. This includes both children and adults. 2019/20 was a record year for the programme with more than 420,000 training places delivered. Bikeability training has now resumed in schools and training is delivered in a COVID secure environment.
Photo by 5 Little Boys Media.
A fabulous start to the new week! Well done team Bowerham. Great job!! We can’t wait to come back in to do learn to ride in January with Reception.
“I want to say thank you for all the help and guidance your tutors have shown our children over the past week whilst going through levels 1,2 and 3.
The children have loved it, it has been a dream.
Please thank each staff member - they are amazing!”
Debbie Steel.
Two days with Lancashire Constabulary training up officers to use their bikes for work. Level 1,2,3 Bikeability and some bike maintenance thrown in to ensure no one gets stuck with a puncture. Great people to work with and we don’t have to lock the bikes up!!
Keeping it in the family - 5000 postcards of niece Flick arrived, helping keep children in Lancashire safe. We can’t adjust helmets due to social distancing and nor can we go into school buildings to help teachers, so Cousin Andy from T Creative made us these!
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Looking forward to working with Lancashire Police again later this week, delivering cycle training and bike maintenance to officers. Our instructors will be on their best behaviour.
Are you new to cycling? Is your saddle in the correct position?
If your saddle is at the wrong height, this could lead to injury. 🚴♀️🚵♀️ #Cycling #beginner #saddle #Height #lancashire
Thank you Waterfoot Primary School, Rossendale - super quick turn around. 4 working days from initial booking to training starting and a huge 90 children taking part. That's incredible organisation.
"Even though we had a quick turn around getting letters out and the children ready, all the staff have been extremely happy with they way it has been organised and run. We have known each day what time to have the children ready and what they have needed and the instructors have done their best to ensure that the children have had what they needed.
From the children, they have all been extremely happy and upbeat about the training they received, especially those who are now able to ride a bike and do so more confidently. They are very proud of themselves and a number of them have thanked us for organising it for them.
Below are some messages from parents when I sent the message to them that they were doing the training:
Glad you’re still doing this sort of thing! Sal is very excited x
Sal loved it. In fact he’s bringing his bike to school tomorrow. We only 5 mins walk away!"
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Brilliant to see, well done 👏
That's fab feedback
We love teaching children - today's funniest moment included a child stating proudly that they spoke three different languages. English, Scottish and Whalesish.
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Was that a child or Kirsti Grayson?!
Yaki dah
Here you go - 7 easy steps to change an inner tube!
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Our instructors are bending over backwards to be inclusive, whilst providing Bikeability in schools during these ever changing times. It’s lovely to get this feedback from one school and we are all delighted to hear this.
“I just wanted to say a big thank you from Yealand. Through dedication and work one of the Year 6 was able to complete the training which we really appreciated. Giving that extra time and consideration to her needs and supporting the school to ensure she completed the training before the end of her primary years was much appreciated.”
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Well done everyone! You've probably given that child a confidence boost that will stay with her forever. Good work! 🙂
Well done
Wearing a correctly fitted helmet whilst cycling can help protect you from injury and potentially save your life if you fall off of your bike. #staysafe #bikehelmet #safetyfirst #Cycling #lancashire
Cycling is great fun for all the family, it's good for your health and the environment. #KeepCycling #lancashire #fun #Cycling #goodforyou
@lancashirecc and @OfficialUCLan want to know your travel habits as a result of covid. They are asking Lancashire residents to complete a survey about changes to how they travel and you could be entered into a free prize draw. The survey will help them understand the impacts of the pandemic on travel behaviour as well as the temporary highways social distancing measures. uclan.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6hWZpJW5Swg8T1r
In these darker winter months it’s important to wear reflective clothing when cycling. This will help to keep you safe on the roads and make you more visible to drivers. #cycle #staysafe #visible #reflective #lancashire #winter
If you have signed up to Go Velo half term activities this week, please check your emails. Due to low numbers some courses have been cancelled. Thank you.
Before going out in the car this weekend, if the end destination is only a couple of miles away why not try cycling there instead. #cycle #environmentallyfriendly #travel #friends #lancashire
Back by popular demand, our half term sessions in Lancashire start on Monday 26th October. We have learn to ride, fun sessions and Bikeability Levels 1-3. Sign up is essential.
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Join our holiday sessions - everything from learning to ride all the way through to level 3 BikeabilityAlways be prepared for those unexpected punctures by carrying a puncture repair kit with you. A puncture repair kit will help you to repair your inner tube and keep you moving. #cycle #lancashire #puncture #beprepared #roadsafety
We taught Hamza to ride a bike earlier this year and he’s now in London making use of the Santander Cycles. Thanks for the update, it’s great to see you are enjoying riding a bike! Free cycle lessons continue across Lancashire, check out our website for details.
As we head further in to autumn, it's important to stay visible when cycling. One way you can stay safe and visible is by checking the lights on the front and rear of your bike are working correctly before you start your journey. #cycle #lancashire #visible #roadsafety #lights
Back by popular demand.......our half term sessions in Lancashire start on Monday 26th October. We have learn to ride, fun sessions and Bikeability Levels 1-3. Sign up is essential.
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Thanks Pendle View Primary School for lending us this little trike to make our sessions at Laneshawbridge inclusive. Early start delivering bikes today!
🚵♂️🚵♀️Did you know that two-thirds of all car journeys in Britain are less than 5 miles long? That's less than 25 minutes by bike 🚗➡️🚲
Switching from driving to cycling for small trips like these is a great way to #ChooseCycling 👍
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In two weeks, these riders in Oswaldtwistle have progressed from being new to cycling to confidently controlling a bike with one hand! Two ladies were total non riders too! Amazing. We still have a few spaces left on the next Sofa to Saddle course starting tomorrow in Pendle 5.30pm- 7pm. Get signed up via the Go Velo website if you want a progressive cycling course.
Its been a busy week - Bikeability Level 1/2 in Pendle and Lancaster, Bikeability Level 3 in Pendle, 2 x Sofa to Saddle courses in Oswaldtwistle, Adult learn to ride / improvers in Preston and Burnley and Adult Training with Lancashire Police.
We also got some great feedback from Holy Saviour School in Pendle, well done team Pendle led for the first time by Sam Peel - great job!!
"Just a quick email to say how fabulous the trainers from Go Velo were in school. The children have had a fantastic time and the results from the non riders has been amazing to say the least. Thank you to all of the team for being so proactive and using time so efficiently so that every child was able to get the most out of their training"
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Due to popular demand, we are putting on another Ride Active Sofa to Saddle in Pendle. Starting Tuesday 29th September 5.30pm - 7pm at the Steven Burke Sports Hub, Pendle. Sign up below, places are limited. **All our training is delivered in line with Government and Industry guidelines to comply with the current situation**
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Learn to ride a bike with Go Velo. Training is offered initally in a traffic free environment where you can develop your bike riding skills.Another day working with Lancashire Police, having trained up officers from across the County. Officers are now trained to Level 3 Bikeability and have been given basic bike maintenance training, so will be using their bikes for work. Thanks for having us in!
Here’s Carly Glover from Burnley Council’s Park’s Department. We met Carly when setting up our Dr Bike session in Townley Park last month. The Council have got some new electric bikes through the Access Fund Grant and wanted to make sure their staff used them safely. We set up some on road training for the team, but first taught Carly to ride a bike as she hadn’t learnt to ride earlier in her life! Well done to our instructors Gillian and Adrian who were involved in the training and to all those who took part today! Big thanks to Connecting East Lancashire for enabling this to happen FREE!
Good morning from Pendle and an early start getting things in place for the rest of the day. Happy cycling everyone, it’s a beaut!
Great working with Lancashire Constabulary Specials!
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I did six years in the Specials (1990-1996) and absolutely loved it. Well done all concerned.
Working with Lancashire Police Special Constables today. Cycle training and bike maintenance. If you want to join one of our courses or have one delivered especially for your organisation, contact us on the Go Velo website
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Can you set something up for the employees at Preston Hospital 😁
Calling all Lancashire community groups 🗣
We are offering free adult bike training to community groups across Lancashire, the move away from public transport and increase in people choosing to cycle makes now the best time to offer your groups this service.
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Some amazing feedback detailing our work at a Lancashire school this week. With further lockdown looming across the County, please be assured that Go Velo’s training is conducted in line with Government and industry guidelines.
