'Extra 15M' for school cycling

[Peter Fox]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5115906.stm



£15m boost for children's cycling
Cyclist
Labour has failed to get people on their bikes, the Tories say
Parents should abandon the school run and encourage children to cycle to
school, the government will say later.

Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander will announce that an extra £15m
will be spent over the next three years on the Cycling England
initiative.

This will provide cycling proficiency lessons for 100,000 children and
more cycle lanes will be linked to schools.

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*Cycling deficiency* I hope this is just the BBC's journalistic
standards and not official policy.

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[Tony Raven]

Peter Fox wrote on 26/06/2006 07:08 +0100:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5115906.stm
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> £15m boost for children's cycling

And the Sustrans idiot interviewed on BBC Breakfast said "Parents are
worried about the dangers of cycling on the roads and rightly so"
Arghhhhhhh!!! Stop doing that!!

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

[Tom Crispin]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:08:55 +0100, Peter Fox
> wrote:

>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5115906.stm
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>£15m boost for children's cycling

My school's share of the pot is £14,200 over two years.

Well, not quite.

I have £4,700 this year to establish cycle training for 6/7 year olds
as part of the PE curriculum, and to continue with the on-road cycle
training I already offer to 8 - 11 year olds.

2007/8 I have £9,500 to continue with the training at the school and
to establish a similar project at a neighbouring school.

[John B]

Tom Crispin wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:08:55 +0100, Peter Fox
> > wrote:
>
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5115906.stm
> >
> >
> >£15m boost for children's cycling
>
> My school's share of the pot is £14,200 over two years.
>
> Well, not quite.
>
> I have £4,700 this year to establish cycle training for 6/7 year olds
> as part of the PE curriculum, and to continue with the on-road cycle
> training I already offer to 8 - 11 year olds.
>
> 2007/8 I have £9,500 to continue with the training at the school and
> to establish a similar project at a neighbouring school.

In my LA the amount of funding that has gone into National Standard
Training is...err...

....nil

John B

[Julesh]

Tony Raven wrote:
> Peter Fox wrote on 26/06/2006 07:08 +0100:
>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5115906.stm
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>>
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>> £15m boost for children's cycling
>
>
> And the Sustrans idiot interviewed on BBC Breakfast said "Parents are
> worried about the dangers of cycling on the roads and rightly so"
> Arghhhhhhh!!! Stop doing that!!
>

I doubt if it was an accident as Sustrans have their own agenda to
follow. Perhaps they are taking lessons in statistics from B****.


Julesh

[Andy Key]

In message >, John B >
writes
>In my LA the amount of funding that has gone into National Standard
>Training is...err...
>
>...nil
>

Yes, but look on the bright side, John, at least it's being maintained
at the same level as last year. :-)


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