In this edition… Get Back Into Cycling with ‘Try Cycling’ and Our Innovative Loan Bikes Know Your Travel Options… In Need of Some Inspiration… Volunteer Training Update – You’ll be Amazed at What’s on Offer! Cycle Through Huddersfield? Proposed Route Consultation Know How to Get From Home to Uni or College with our Huddersfield Active Travel Summer News Letter Welcome! With the sun constantly trying to get its hat on, this edition is all about helping you to make as many journeys active ones as possible. For those who are not sure what HAT’s about, essentially we provide an exciting range of advice, support, activities and events to help you make healthier, cheaper and smarter travel choices. So why not take advantage of a bike loan (we have now added an Ebike, tandem and folding bikes to our pool) or some of our cycle confidence building and maintenance workshops, personal travel planning sessions and led rides? Oh, and did I mention that it’s all FREE and there are some great incentives if you participate in 3 or more different activities, like goodie bags and gift cards. For further information please check out our website and make sure you join our Twitter and Facebook so you’ve no chance on missing out on anything!
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In this edition…
Get Back Into Cycling with ‘Try Cycling’ and Our Innovative Loan Bikes
Know Your Travel Options…
In Need of Some Inspiration…
Volunteer Training Update – You’ll be Amazed at What’s on Offer!
Cycle Through Huddersfield? Proposed Route Consultation
Know How to Get From Home to Uni or College with our New Route Cards
Caption Competition Time!
Round Up
Huddersfield Active Travel
Summer News LetterWelcome!
With the sun constantly trying to get its hat on, this edition is all about helping you to make as many journeys active ones as possible.
For those who are not sure what HAT’s about, essentially we provide an exciting range of advice, support, activities and events to help you make healthier, cheaper and smarter travel choices.
So why not take advantage of a bike loan (we have now added an Ebike, tandem and folding bikes to our pool) or some of our cycle confidence building and maintenance workshops, personal travel planning sessions and led rides?
Oh, and did I mention that it’s all FREE and there are some great incentives if you participate in 3 or more different activities, like goodie bags and gift cards.
For further information please check out our website and make sure you join our Twitter and Facebook so you’ve no chance on missing out on anything!
Get Back Into Cycling with ‘Try Cycling’ and Our Innovative Loan Bikes
Have you ever thought about starting to cycle but wanted a chance to try before you buy? Or perhaps you needed some extra moral support to get going?
Huddersfield Active Travel (HAT) runs a scheme called Try-Cycling designed to give all staff members at the University of Huddersfield and Kirklees College an opportunity to have a go at riding a bike with all the support you might need.
It is essentially a free bike loan scheme for staff of all the HAT Partnership. Participants can sign up for:
A free high quality bike for 5 weeks (with
lock, lights, pannier and helmet)
Choice of standard, electricor folding bikes
Free cycle training for all
abilities – Inc. Beginners
Motivational support from Sustrans.
An online goal setting and journey logging website
Maintenance support
Route advice and anything else you need to get started.
Places are limited so to sign up or find out more email [email protected] or visit
www.huddersfieldactivetravel.wordpress.com
We also now have a power-assisted bike (Ebike), folding bikes and a tandem. So if you’re in the situation that you need a little extra help, then the Ebike perfect. Want to do a part bus/train/car part bike combo then our folding
bikes are perfect for you. Know someone who would want to do the journey with you? Then the tandem might be the answer.
Know Your Travel Options…Get legless:
We had a great Walk to Work Week (11 – 17 May) where over 35 staff pounded out a massive 400,000 steps but if you’ve missed out then you might like to try these links:
Target 10,000 a day. Sounds like a lot but our 45min lunch time walk clocked up 4500 steps. http://www.livescience.com/43956-walking-10000-steps-healthy.html
National Walking Month May 2015: http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/national-walking-month Discover Huddersfield Walks? The websites gone missing but don’t worry, HAT’s got your back, just see the
HAT website to download.
Get on your bike:
Sky Ride programme – Mainly led bike rides on Sundays, and also Ride Social and Breeze women’s rides: www.goskyride.com
MTB challenges, Cote de Holme Moss sportive weekend, Huddersfield Criterium E.g. http://www.penninex.co.uk/ - http://cvmbc.co.uk/ - http://www.holmfirthcc.com/ - http://www.huddersfieldcriterium.co.uk/
Join the “Cycle Kirklees Consultation Group” and become actively involved in the development of the cycle infrastructure in Kirklees! Contact Lynnette Evens for more information: [email protected]
Ride calendars for CTC rides – http://www.huddersfieldctc.org.uk/ Women and Cycling conference, 30 April - A partnership, including Sustrans, British Cycling and Travel York
are hosting a “Women and Cycling” in York. All information is at: www.womenandcycling.org Cycling statistics - http://www.ctc.org.uk/resources/ctc-cycling-statistics Bike Week - http://bikeweek.org.uk/us/ KC has access to EBSCO Education Source and EBSCO Business Elite. These databases do social issues, travel
and tourism and things related such as the environment you will find material on cycling without too much effort. For further information contact: [email protected]
Hop on a bus:
Join the Corporate MCard - Scheme & get 3 months travel free! Did you know that KC has ‘real time bus information in your workplace…
check out the LCD displays just as you head for the main reception
See the ‘Be a Smarter Commuter’ - A guide to sustainable travel in West Yorkshire
Did you know you could save money on your train tickets for long journeys by splitting the ticket? Try: http://www.splityourticket.co.uk/ - TicketySplit tool
In Need of Some Inspiration…
Don’t think you’re fit enough to ride a bike? Think again…
“I have only been on one led ride but I have definitely felt the benefits already! I think it helped immensely that we had a very supportive and informative instructor, Chris, who was completely non-judgmental and encouraged me from start to finish. I would have never have taken up biking on my own so this has opened up a new active hobby. I also met new people and discovered new sides to the town that were unknown to me”. Tasneem.
“In order to get to work I have to walk 2.3 miles which takes around forty minutes. I can cut the amount of travel time in half if I bike. It’s also useful to help keep my stamina up and stay fit and healthy. As well as being a good way to spend time with mates and do something a little more active than playing video games and going out drinking. Moreover I wanted to try something new and hadn’t ridden a bike for three years”. Anonymous.
Huddersfield students pedal to combat exam stress
Students at the University of Huddersfield and Kirklees College are calming their nerves by taking up cycling and walking to the exam room, as part of the charity Sustrans’ Active Travel project.
The group organises regular cycle rides to the College and University, as well as lunchtime events to give students a breath of fresh air during the intense exam period, while this month students at Huddersfield joined a walk to work challenge.
Sarah Starkey, a student at University of Huddersfield said: “I am quick to get stressed but the rides helped to keep my mind off exams and left me feeling happy afterwards. I want to get more confident on a bike and hope to ride to university next year.”
Michael Beasley, a student at University of Huddersfield said that cycling helped him get fitter and deal with stress better. “I have gained muscle and lost weight and I generally feel better about myself mentally. It has helped with the stress of work and I have got better control over stress.”
Chris Wilson, Sustrans’ Active Travel Officer in Huddersfield said: “Exercise is a great way to control nerves during exam time and get you mentally prepared, but it can be difficult to fit in during a busy period.
Cycling to university or college means students can integrate some exercise into their travel time and some fresh air before sitting in the exam room. We have a variety of events to encourage active travel to the university, as well as cycle rides for leisure at other times. Non-students from the city are also welcome too.”
Volunteer Training Update – You’ll be Amazed at What’s on Offer!We have a number of courses available to any of our volunteers willing to contribute some time in return.
National Standards instructor – 4 Days - To be able to teach anyone how to ride safely on the road and necessary to become a Bikeability instructor (previously known as cycle proficiency). We also include the future assessment day
Cycle Maintenance – 2 Days First Aid – 2 Days Throw Rope with Adventure Activities taster (necessary for anyone leading a group of cyclists or walkers
near canals or other waterways. Includes canoeing and archery)
Further information on requirements:
These courses typically cost between £120 and £500 to get yourself on so it’s not to be sniffed at! HAT would cover the full cost of the course for you
The time you would have to give back is dependent on your circumstances and arranged independently All of our course are the nationally recognised standard and some would set you up for becoming self-
employed if you ever chose to do so If there is enough interested, and a set of dates can be coordinated, then we can get the instructor to come
to Huddersfield. If not, then you are responsible for arranging and paying for any travel and accommodation
Interested? Want further information on course content? Just get in touch…
To give you a taster of bike maintenance basics, and the kind of content one of the courses we are providing would go into detail on.…Read our tips for checking your bike is safe to ride and watch the video about how to do it.
Cycle Through Huddersfield? Proposed Route ConsultationThis is sent on behalf of Kirklees Council’s Investment & Regeneration Service
The below map of Huddersfield Town Centre shows the routes that the council will focus on developing with the funding that the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has recently secured through the “Cycle City Ambition Grant 2” (CCAG2) from Department for Transport.
The concept of these route corridors has been drawn up in discussion with the ‘Infrastructure’ sub-group of the Cycle Kirklees Consultation Group (CKCG). At this stage the plan is simply identifying routes for further consideration. The level of treatment and whether any routes are one- or two -way needs to be determined though the design process, in consultation with the Infrastructure sub-group.
If you have any comments please bring them to the CKCG meeting this Thursday evening or feed your comments direct to the Infrastructure Group, the contact for which is John Lewis [email protected]
John will be presenting this information at the meeting, and it will be for the Infrastructure sub-group to liaise with the wider CK Consultation Group as work progresses.
Know How to Get From Home to Uni or College with our New Route Cards Check out and down load our new route cards
Caption Competition Time!Can you come up with a funny caption to go along with either of these pictures from a local Go Cycling and Sky Ride event HAT supported that some of you managed to get along to....
Email it to me and the first one out of the hat will win one of three £20 HAT vouchers that you can redeem against a wide range of bike and outdoor gear through us.
Winners will be selected at the end of June by email.
Round Up
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