Organisations providing support and resources
We compiled a list of local organisations that can help you if you’re looking to run some of our suggested activities.
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Bath & North East Somerset
| Resource | Description | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
| Sustrans | National charity enabling people to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys. Website contains incentives, competitions, curriculum resources, fact sheets and info sheets. | Click here to visit Sustrans For Education website |
| Modeshift STARS | National schools award scheme recognising schools that support cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable transport. | Click here to visit the Modeshift STARS website |
| Sustrans School Mark | National Schools award scheme recognising and supporting schools’ excellence in active and sustainable travel. | Click here to read about Sustrans School Mark |
| Bristol Healthy Schools | Programme for Bristol schools wanting to improve the health and wellbeing of their pupils, staff and local community. Schools achieving both best practice ‘Standards’ and behaviour change ‘Outcomes’ can gain the prestigious Mayor’s Award for Excellence as a Health Improving School. | Click here to visit Bristol Healthy Schools website [email protected] |
| Bikeability | Level 1 – basic cycling skills in the playground. Level 2 – basic on-road skills to enable children to make local cycle journeys. Level 3 –advanced road-riding techniques to enable riders to cope in all road conditions. | Click here to book Bikeability training online Click here for more information on Bikeability Bristol City Council contact: Emma Downey 0117 9224123 [email protected] |
| Playing Out | Provides a range of advice and support for residents to help children play out more. | Click here to visit the Playing Out website |
| Living Streets | National charity working to create safe, attractive, enjoyable streets where it’s great to walk. Range of resources available to support schools such as toolkits for setting up a Park and Stride, Walking Buses, Walk Together Scheme, online travel tracker tool and walking challenges. | Click here to visit the Living Streets website |
| Storage suppliers | Scotty’s: Local company providing bespoke scooter and bike storage. Lockit-Safe: National company providing bike shelters. Scooterpods: National company providing bike and scooter pods. | Click here to visit Scotty’s website [email protected] 0117 977 8865 Click here to visit Lockit-Safe website Click here to visit Scooterpods website |
| Dr Bike: | Book a mechanic for the day to check pupils’ bikes are safe to ride. Try: 73 Degree Bicycles | Click here to visit the 73 Degrees Bicycles website |
| APE project | Great range of fun workshops plus a Children’s Bike Exchange scheme where families can swap their old bike for a refurbished one, purchase a refurbished bike or donate their old bike. | Click here to visit APE project website [email protected] 07903 798333 |
| Wheels for All | Provides a range of bikes for those with balance issues or disabilities preventing them riding regular bikes | Click here for more information on Wheels for All |
| Active and Sustainable Travel Information | Travelwest provides information for travelling in the south west including links to journey planners for walking, cycling, bus and rail. Better by Bike provides information on local and regional maps, news, events and cycling inspiration in the southwest. | Click here to visit the Better By Bike website |
| Stunt shows | Matti Hemmings: Professional BMXer and a Guinness World Record Holder. MAD Team: Professional Mountain Bike Stunt/Trials Display Team. Andrei Burton: shows can include Trials Riders, BMX Flatland Riders, Extreme Unicyclists, Free Runners, Free-riders. Inspire shows: world class team of professional stunt cyclists performing a unique display of tricks | Click here to visit Matti Hemmings website Click here to visit MAD website Click here to visit Andrei Burton website Click here to visit Inspire Shows website |
| Theatre groups | CoResist have written and performed interactive shows to primary pupils based on the Active Travel theme. | Click here to visit the CoResist website |
| Staff training opportunities | Bikeability instructor training: Lifecycle, Bristol offer training to become a Bikeability Instructor Staff may be interested in learning about or extending their maintenance skills: · LifecycleUK offer beginner, intermediate and individual tuition. · British Cycling offer various coaching courses, including Cycling for Schools which provides training to deliver cycling and coaching skills to pupils in your playground. | Click here to visit Lifecycle Instructor Training website Click here to visit Lifecycle training website Click here to visit British Cycling website |
| Bike | The Better By Bike website has a maintenance and tools checklist | Click here to visit the Bike Maintenance DIY website |
Bristol
| Resource | Description | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Sustrans | National charity enabling people to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys. Website contains incentives, competitions, curriculum resources, fact sheets and info sheets. | Click here to visit Sustrans For Education website |
| Modeshift STARS | National schools award scheme recognising schools that support cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable transport. | Click here to visit Modeshift STARS website |
| Sustrans School Mark | National Schools award scheme recognising and supporting schools’ excellence in active and sustainable travel. | Click here for more information on Sustrans School Mark |
| Bristol Healthy Schools | Programme for Bristol schools wanting to improve the health and wellbeing of their pupils, staff and local community. Schools achieving both best practice ‘Standards’ and behaviour change ‘Outcomes’ can gain the prestigious Mayor’s Award for Excellence as a Health Improving School. | Click here to visit Bristol Healthy Schools website [email protected] |
| Bikeability | Level 1 – basic cycling skills in the playground. Level 2 – basic on-road skills to enable children to make local cycle journeys. Level 3 –advanced road-riding techniques to enable riders to cope in all road conditions. | Click here to book Bikeability Training online Click here for more information on Bikeability Bristol City Council contact: Emma Downey 0117 9224123 [email protected] |
| Playing Out | Provides a range of advice and support for residents to help children play out more. | Click here to visit the Playing Out website |
| Living Streets | National charity working to create safe, attractive, enjoyable streets where it’s great to walk. Range of resources available to support schools such as toolkits for setting up a Park and Stride, Walking Buses, Walk Together Scheme, online travel tracker tool and walking challenges. | Click here to visit the Living Streets website |
| Bristol City | Lesson plan ideas. Free practical road safety resources. Free Theatre in Education. | Click here for more info on Bristol City Council Road Safety Sessions |
| Storage | Scotty’s: Local company providing bespoke scooter and bike storage. Lockit-Safe: National company providing bike shelters. Scooterpods: National company providing bike and scooter pods. | Click here to visit Scotty’s website [email protected] 0117 977 8865 Click here to visit Lockit-safe website Click here to visit Scooterpods website |
| Dr Bike: | Book a mechanic for the day to check pupils’ bikes are safe to ride. Try: Bristol Bike Project Lifecycle UK Taylored Cycles Local bike shops can provide bike repairs, see Better by Bike website for a list of local shops. | Click here to visit the Bristol Bike Project website Click here to visit the Lifecycle UK website Click here to visit the Taylored Cycles website Click here to visit the Better By Bike website |
| APE project | Great range of fun workshops plus a Children’s Bike Exchange scheme where families can swap their old bike for a refurbished one, purchase a refurbished bike or donate their old bike. | Click here to visit the APE Project website [email protected] 07903 798333 |
| Family Cycling Centre | The Bristol Family Cycling Centre opened in Spring 2016, on the site of the former Whitchurch athletics track in Hengrove. Since then we’ve built a cycle skills training facility, helping people of all ages and abilities to learn to ride a bike in a safe, traffic-free environment, to encourage regular everyday cycling, to improve riders confidence, health and fitness. | Click here for more information on Bristol’s Family Cycling Centre |
| Active and Sustainable Travel Information | Travelwest provides information for travelling in the south west including links to journey planners for walking, cycling, bus and rail. Better by Bike provides information on local and regional maps, news, events and cycling inspiration in the southwest. | Click here to visit the Better By Bike website |
| Stunt shows | Matti Hemmings: Professional BMXer and a Guinness World Record Holder. MAD Team: Professional Mountain Bike Stunt/Trials Display Team. Andrei Burton: shows can include Trials Riders, BMX Flatland Riders, Extreme Unicyclists, Free Runners, Free-riders. Inspire shows: world class team of professional stunt cyclists performing a unique display of tricks | Click here to visit the Matti Hemmings website Click here to visit the MAD website Click here to visit the Andrei Burton website Click here to visit the Inspire Shows website |
| Theatre groups | CoResist have written and performed interactive shows to primary pupils based on the Active Travel theme. | Click here to visit the CoResist website |
| Staff training opportunities | Bikeability instructor training: Lifecycle, Bristol offer training to become a Bikeability Instructor Bike maintenance Staff may be interested in learning about or extending their maintenance skills: · LifecycleUK offer beginner, intermediate and individual tuition. · British Cycling offer various coaching courses, including Cycling for Schools which provides training to deliver cycling and coaching skills to pupils in your playground. | Click here for Lifecycle Instructor training Click here for Lifecycle training Click here to visit the British Cycling website |
North Somerset
| Resource | Description | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Sustrans | National charity enabling people to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys. Website contains incentives, competitions, curriculum resources, fact sheets and info sheets. | Click here for more information on For Education from Sustrans |
| Modeshift STARS | National schools award scheme recognising schools that support cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable transport. | Click here to visit the Modeshift STARS website |
| Sustrans School Mark | National Schools award scheme recognising and supporting schools’ excellence in active and sustainable travel. | Click here for more information on Sustrans School Mark |
| Playing Out | Provides a range of advice and support for residents to help children play out more. | Click here to visit the Playing Out website |
| Living Streets | National charity working to create safe, attractive, enjoyable streets where it’s great to walk. Range of resources available to support schools such as toolkits for setting up a Park and Stride, Walking Buses, Walk Together Scheme, online travel tracker tool and walking challenges. | Click here to visit the Living Streets website |
| Road Safety | North Somerset Council offer a range of Road Safety advice, pedestrian training for KS1, and can sign post you to further road safety info. | Email: [email protected] |
| DR Bikes and | Local bike shops can provide bike repairs, see list on Better by Bike website | Click here to visit the Better By Bike website |
| Active and Sustainable Travel Information | Travelwest provides information for travelling in the south west including links to journey planners for walking, cycling, bus and rail. Better by Bike provides information on local and regional maps, news, events and cycling inspiration in the southwest. | Click here to visit the Better By Bike website |
| APE project | Great range of fun workshops plus a Children’s Bike Exchange scheme where families can swap their old bike for a refurbished one, purchase a refurbished bike or donate their old bike. | Click here to visit the APE project website [email protected] 07903 798333 |
| Stunt shows | Matti Hemmings: Professional BMXer and a Guinness World Record Holder. MAD Team: Professional Mountain Bike Stunt/Trials Display Team. Andrei Burton: shows can include Trials Riders, BMX Flatland Riders, Extreme Unicyclists, Free Runners, Free-riders. Inspire shows: world class team of professional stunt cyclists performing a unique display of tricks | Click here to visit the Matti Hemmings website Click here to visit the MAD website Click here to visit the Andrei Burton website Click here to visit the Inspire Shows website |
| After School | Sole Cycling offer cycling after school clubs for pupils. Sessions can take place in school grounds, or surrounding areas, and can include trips. All sessions are delivered by trained instructors | Click here to visit the Sole Cycling website |
South Gloucestershire
| Resource | Description | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
| Active and | Travelwest is a one stop shop for travelling in the south west. It includes links to journey planners for walking, cycling, bus and rail. Better by Bike includes information on local and regional maps, news, events and cycling inspiration in the southwest. | Click here to visit the Better By Bike website |
| Andrei | Mountain bike stunt show | Click here to visit the Andrei Burton website |
| APE project | The APE project run a Children’s Bike Exchange scheme. The scheme fixes up and safety checks unwanted children’s bikes which can then be swapped for free or at a very low in the community. If you wishing to arrange an exchange at your setting please call Guy on 07903 798333 or email [email protected]. Please see website for more details. | Click here to visit the APE Project website [email protected] 07903 798333 |
| Car Sharing | Can be used to encourage staff and parents to travel more sustainably and help save money by sharing regular journeys | Click here to visit the Faxi website Click here to visit the National Car Share website Click here to visit the Liftshare website |
| Living | National charity working to create safe, attractive, enjoyable streets where it’s great to walk. Range of resources available to support schools such as toolkits for setting up Park and Stride, Walking buses and zones and walk together scheme, a travel tracker online tool and walking challenges. | Click here to visit the Living Streets website |
| Local bike | The Road Safety team can offer free Dr Bike sessions, see above, for schools which engage with Bikeability. Local bike shops can also provide bike repairs, see list on Better by Bike website | The Road Safety team can offer free Dr Bike sessions, see above, for schools which engage with Bikeability. Local bike shops can also provide bike repairs, see list on Better by Bike website |
| Matti | BMX stunt show | Click here to visit the Matti Hemmings website |
| Modeshift | National schools award scheme recognising schools that support cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable transport. | Click here to visit the Modeshift STARS website |
| Playing | Provides a range of advice and support to residents to help children play out more. | Click here to visit the Playing Out website |
| SG Council | Primary Schools can receive a ‘Road Safety Workshop’ – deliver workshops on pedestrian safety, cycle safety and incar safety to year groups 3 & 6. The following training and services are also available: • Bikeability cycle training – Level 1 and 2 • The ‘Way to Go’ booklet is available to year 6 to address road safety through the transition period to year 7 • Mini scooter training sessions are available to schools and train the trainer to enable you to cascade further training • Dr Bike maintenance for schools engaged in both levels of Bikeability | For more information on primary and secondary schools: email: [email protected] [email protected] Call: 01454 868004 |
| SG Council | Secondary Schools. A range of resources and presentations are available for all year groups – see website for more information. The following training and services are also available: • Bikeability cycle training • Dr Bike maintenance sessions for schools engaged in Bikeability | For more information on primary and secondary schools: email: [email protected] [email protected] Call: 01454 868004 |
| Storage | There are a range of suppliers available who supply cycle storage and facilities. For information and advice on cycle storage please contact South Gloucestershire Council | [email protected] |
| Sustrans | National charity enabling people to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys. Incentives, competitions, curriculum resources, fact sheets and info sheets | Click here to visit the Sustrans For Education website |
| Sustrans | National school award scheme recognising and supporting schools’ excellence in active and sustainable travel. | Click here for more information on Sustrans School Mark |
