Bike Club: Ready for launch! 14/01/2010

In many ways, Bike Club has already launched. We have eight highly enthusiastic development officers who have spent the last few months introducing Bike Club to important people in their regions. We have many youth groups benefitting from our advice and guidance on cycling activities, and we have a large pile of applications for the funding we offer to help children and young people get rolling.

But it’s good to give a project like this a more official welcome, so on Monday 18 January and Thursday 21 January, we’re getting together with some of the key decision-makers in cycling, education, youth work and health to discuss how Bike Club will help to address important issues that face children, young people and their families.

We have some big cheeses speaking at the events: Transport Minister Sadiq Khan will be addressing us in London, and Mike Farrar, of NHS North West, will be sharing his thoughts in Manchester.

We’ve already invited a bunch of key people to join us on Monday in London and in Manchester on Thursday, but if you work in one of our Bike Club areas, you’re a decision-maker in health, education or youth work and you’d like to join us, drop me an email or call me on 07717 721511, ansd I’ll see if we have room for you.

If you’re from the press, or you’re a blogger, then this press release about the Bike Club launches tells you a bit more about what’s going on.