General Lighting
23-10-2009, 12:33 AM
I don't have kids but it seems like a good idea to me, if more kids cycle to school it will make the roads safer for them (due to safety in numbers), they will be fitter and it will be better for the environment...
A campaign to recruit more than 1,000 cycling instructors has been launched, focusing on mothers returning to work.
Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis is backing the scheme, launched by Cycling England and implemented by cycling proficiency group Bikeability.
The instructors are being recruited to help train 500,000 children to ride a bike safely by 2012.
BBC NEWS | UK | Cycling plan targets new mothers (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8320036.stm)
A campaign to recruit more than 1,000 cycling instructors has been launched, focusing on mothers returning to work.
Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis is backing the scheme, launched by Cycling England and implemented by cycling proficiency group Bikeability.
The instructors are being recruited to help train 500,000 children to ride a bike safely by 2012.
BBC NEWS | UK | Cycling plan targets new mothers (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8320036.stm)