@cycleboost

Helping more people make more journeys by bike, more often in South Yorkshire

 Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham
cycleboost.org
Joined June 2013
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❗ TPT - Free Activity Pack for Kids ❗ Just launched our packs full of fun activities, including rock painting, twig towers, bug hunts and more! Use the activity packs on the go by downloading it to your mobile or alternatively you can print at home!🐞 bit.ly/376du6J
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How will the pandemic influence the habits of commuters in the long-term? 🚊 More people than ever working from home 🚍 Safety concerns in a socially distanced world @ChrisCoates95 speaks to @TSYActiveTravel's Richard Pilgrim about what to expect More: unltdbusiness.com/how-will-t…
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Obesity is now a bigger cause of deaths in Scotland and England than smoking. Between 2003 and 2017 deaths from smoking decreased from 23.1% to 19.4% whilst deaths attributed to obesity and excess body fat increased from 17.9% to 23.1% bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-5…

Obesity 'bigger killer' than smoking in England and Scotland

Excess body fat is now a bigger cause of deaths than smoking, Glasgow University researchers found.

bbc.co.uk
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It would be great to see some local bike shops in the shortlist for this year's Best Small Shops competition! If your shop has done something innovative during COVID-19 then why not enter the competition here bestsmallshops.uk/. Entries close this Friday at midnight!
Indie Retail UK@ShopIndieUK10 Sep 2020
Just two days left to enter the Best Small Shops Competition 2020! Enter your shop for a chance to be crowned the overall winner or to win the new Covid-19 Innovation category! Enter here bestsmallshops.uk #BestSmallShops
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Well worth sharing this far and wide if you'd like to help effect positive change for the future. Thanks for sharing @WalkRunRideShf @Ollie2Wheeler @DanJarvisMP
Bike Is Best@BikeIsBestHQ23 Jul 2020
New data from YouGov released by us today shows the public is overwhelmingly in favour of measures to encourage walking and cycling with 6.5 people supporting changes to their local streets for every 1 person against. Read more 👉 bikeisbest.com/press-release…
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"It is possible to do things differently." @POB_Delivery @russ_cycle_shed on their new e-cargo delivery services for @theoutdoorcity @sheffchamber @SheffSustainNet @IndpndntShef @SheffBusiness @UrbanArrowcom @SCargoBikes - medium.com/@dbocknews/clean-…
E-Cargo delivery bike in Kelham Island

ALT E-Cargo delivery bike in Kelham Island

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The #MoveMoreSchoolsCycleTour is well on its way at the end of #BikeMonth! Shout out to @craigmalkin & @apnoble5 & donate at justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…

Donate to Bluebell Wood Hospice, Sheffield Children`s Hospital Charity, Sheffield & Rotherham...

Help Sheffield Schools` Cycle Tour raise money to support a great cause

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The Arches SSP@ArchesSSP30 Jun 2020
Still morning and 70 schools in @springsacademy1 #MoveMoreSchoolsCycleTour next up is @Gleadless_Sch @ValleyParkSheff and then Charnock before heading to Handsworth cluster and to Mosborough! 🚴🚴 @movemoresheff 👏👍🚴🚴 remember to give us a 👋 @LinksSSP @ForgeSSP @PointsLN
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It's the final day of #BikeMonthUK 🇬🇧🚲 Make sure all of your bike rides are logged today for a chance to win a £500 voucher to spend at your local bike shop > lovetoride.net/uk #ChooseCycling #BikeIsBest
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Got 5⃣ minutes? This film about #cycling in #Derby is fantastic ⬇️
Hardy D. Saleh@HDSalehFilm25 Jun 2020
The New Normal is here. Over the past month with the support of @LovetoRide_ Derby we have been bringing together your experiences of cycling in lockdown to produce this exciting film. Be sure to like and share to spread the joy of cycling! vimeo.com/432296462

The New Normal - A Crowdsourced Cycling Film

Created over the past month, in collaboration with Love to Ride Derby we brought together contributions from the local community to create a promotion for cycling in Derby at this extraordinary time.

vimeo.com
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.@DickinsonTimes asks if ‘Hopes of a golden age for cycling have been punctured’ The article in the @thetimes is behind a paywall, but here is comment from our co-chair @RuthCadbury
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Great piece featuring some of our #BikeMonthUK participants in #Sheffield #Cycling is "the cheapest and quickest way to get to work for employees living within five miles of their office” lovetoride.net #SheffieldIsSuper @movemoresheff @TSYActiveTravel @CyclewalkSCR

Love to Ride

Love to Ride is all about getting more people enjoying and discovering how easy and fun riding a bike can be. Whether you ride all the time, or you're new to riding, join the Love to Ride community,...

lovetoride.net
David Bocking@WalkRunRideShf17 Jun 2020
"The only way to mitigate a return to toxic air, high carbon emissions & traffic congestion will be to make it easier & safer for people to walk & cycle" says @markhowell1982. How some @LovetoRide_ companies improve @theoutdoorcity sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/new…
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The free @LovetoRide_ #activetravel network has helped 340 #sheffieldissuper employers to get moving. At a crucial time for cycling in @theoutdoorcity, how about joining for Bike Month?lovetoride.net/southyorkshir… @SheffCouncil @CyclewalkSCR @movemoresheff
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Get ready to walk, run or ride round the world for @theoutdoorcity: #strideforsheffield starting tomorrow! Sign up (and help local food banks and charities) at: bit.ly/3d9K7kn
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Be reasonable: what we can and can’t do, how long, and how often. Exercise under #Covid19UK in @theoutdoorcity. (& a nod to @NorthernFell @ridesheffield @Ollie2Wheeler & @john_horscroft ) #socialwave @197at197 medium.com/@dbocknews/time-t…
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Over 50 bikes loaned to Sheffield #keyworkers (so far) in free @SheffCouncil @cycleboost scheme for hospital and other workers responding to #covid19UK medium.com/@dbocknews/taking…
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More people #cycling pays off. #BikeLife2019 from @sustrans shows how swapping the 🚗 for the 🚲 reduces congestion and tackles air pollution. Find out more: sustrans.org.uk/bikelife
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We're celebrating #InternationalWomensDay on lovetoride.net Everyone who logs a ride on Sunday will go into the draw for a @BerylBikes Laserlight💡 If you're in #London, come along for the @IBikeLondon ride 🚲💚⬇️ facebook.com/events/99877842…
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A big thank you to all of our volunteers who give up their time to help maintain our Trail - such a great job! #DoncasterVolunteers If you'd like to help maintain the trail and protect it for the future - you too can become a volunteer ranger, it's easy!⬇️transpenninetrail.org.uk/ran…
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Great lessons for building a consensus for #cycling here ⬇️
CyclingWorks@CyclingWorksLDN6 Dec 2017
What if the theatres, hospitals, universities, banks, law firms, developers & churches in your city, all asked for bike lanes at once? It’s an amazing story vimeo.com/245987163

London Cycling Works: How savvy campaigning got 180 employers to...

When I met up with self-professed, "Streetfilms fan for ten years" Chris Kenyon on a recent trip to New York City, I was pleasantly surprised to hear his story of the vital role his advocacy group...

vimeo.com
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So much work needed to make public transport truly accessible but great to see the commitment👇🏻& @CyclewalkSCR are creating a safe & accessible active travel network, so disabled people can choose to make a short journey to their nearest public transport hub without needing a car
Department for Transport
@transportgovuk25 Feb 2020
We remain as committed as ever to creating an #InclusiveTransport system for all, where disabled people will be able to travel confidently, easily and without extra cost. #ItsEveryonesJourney Find out more 👉 everyonesjourney.campaign.go…
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