Bikeability is a government funded national cycle training scheme which is underpinned by the national standards, this was originally launched in Britain during 2005 and the national standards were developed and created after extensive consultation with cycling experts from over 20 cycling organisations and are built upon similar principles for training motorcycle riders and car drivers teaching the importance of assessing the likely risks faced by road users. Bikeability is the new “cycling proficiency” for the 21st century and gives people the confidence and competence to ride safely on today`s roads. National instructors are trained over a 4 day period and are required to show competence in all aspects of Bikeability in order to qualify to be allowed to train cyclists to the National Standards. CRB / DBS security checks are carried out on every instructors on an annual basis. It is estimated that at the moment we have in excess of 10,000 qualified National Standard Instructors available to train in the UK. By March 2015 it is estimated that more than 1.6 million young cyclists will have been trained in Primary and Secondary schools throughout the country and since the Tour de France there has been a distinctly higher interest level in cycling and we anticipate further increases in cycle training uptake in future years. Government funding from the Department for Transport for Bikeability Cycle Training scheme has been agreed at £ 12 million for 2014/15 and 2015/2016 There are many national campaigns and local multi partnership initiatives taking place throughout the UK raising awareness on issues of safety, conspicuity, road positioning and developing a mutual respect for each other among all road users. There is also many schemes for pre-Bikeability children to start cycling earlier and also post-Bikeability training to further enhance cycling for the more experienced rider. (Author/publisher)
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