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Cycle training scheme to launch to help job seekers and apprentices get on the road

Wednesday, 9 August 2017 07:00

By News @sunriseradiouk

A West Yorkshire Combined Authority scheme is offering job seekers and apprentices discounted bikes and free cycle training to help them make the most of local work and leisure opportunities.

Funded through the Department for Transport’s Cycling and Walking to Work Fund, CityConnect Cycles will support anyone across West Yorkshire claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit or undertaking an apprenticeship with reduced cost bikes and access to basic, intermediary and advanced cycle training courses.

The cycle training offer is also available to local people in West Yorkshire who would like to learn the skills and gain the confidence to cycle to work.

The new scheme will officially launch tomorrow, 10 August.

The basic training courses cover off and on-road cycling techniques for new cyclists, refreshing skills and building confidence. Meanwhile, the intermediate and advanced courses are specially designed to help people cycle efficiently and quickly in busy urban centres and places where there isn’t an alternative off-road cycle route. The three levels of the course offer something for everyone – from someone who’s not cycled since childhood to someone who’s out on their bike every day.

To sign up, you can go to the CityConnect Cycles website.

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