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15 Apr 2025

Retail Crime Remains Alarming - Bira's Latest Survey Reveals Urgent Need for Action

11 Apr 2025

Bira has cautiously welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement this week on plans to put 'thousands of Bobbies back on the Beat' with a new neighbourhood policing guarantee.

11 Apr 2025

Cycling UK has called for greater, targeted investment in cycling infrastructure across the UK to help more women feel safe and confident to cycle, with the charity urging Government to commit...

10 Apr 2025

Graeme Stickells, Head Trainer at South Africa’s only Cytech training centre Torq Zone Academy, is recovering from a life-threatening hit-and-run incident — and a crowdfunder has...

9 Apr 2025

Seven in ten cyclists in the UK have had their bike stolen, with the average cost of a stolen bike at £612.80 bringing the total estimated cost of thefts to £2.4 billion, according...

8 Apr 2025

MPs from multiple parties are pushing for Cycle to Work scheme to be expanded to include more people, including pensioners and freelancers, with the aim of encouraging more people to cycle.

2 Apr 2025

New regulations around recycling, known as ‘Simpler Recycling’, will soon require non-household municipal premises, including businesses, schools, and hospitals, to separate food...

2 Apr 2025

WorkNest has provided ACT members with essential resources covering statutory employment rates and the upcoming Employment Rights Bill, with the updates aimed at helping independent...

1 Apr 2025

Bira has voiced serious concerns over the latest figures from the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Index for March 2025.

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London Cycling Campaign launches £100,000 community cycling fund to increase cycling within underrepresented groups

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

The London Cycling Campaign has teamed up with Lime and Loud Mobility to launch a new £100,000 ‘Share the Joy’ fund to increase cycling within underrepresented groups and deliver equitable access to its benefits.

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The Share the Joy fund will support organisations and community groups who are improving London’s Accessibility and Inclusion, Health and Wellbeing and Skills and Connectivity, through cycling. Funded by Lime, this community cycling fund is managed by London Cycling Campaign with support from Loud Mobility.

The first cohort of fund recipients are each receiving £2500 to support things like core costs, project costs and new equipment. The first recipients of the funding include Cycle Sisters, London Bike Kitchen, Wheels for Wellbeing, and Londra Bisiklet Külübü , a Turkish and Kurdish focused cycling club that provides cycle training sessions and bike maintenance sessions to community members. 

The fund is designed to support organisations and community groups who are working to increase equitable access to the benefits of cycling. Many of the grants are urgently needed and will be immediately put to use.

For example, London Bike Kitchen will use the funding to help reopen their DIY workshop: an affordable space where Londoners of all backgrounds can learn skills to fix their bikes. The Bike Project will use the funding to distribute more refurbished bikes to refugees and people seeking asylum on their waiting list. C86ERZ will use the funding to provide much needed storage space to help distribute items by bike to serve the basic needs of people experiencing homelessness across London. 

 

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