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TABS 2016 Bikeability Conference – Workshop Notes
Bikeability Plus – Bikeability Transition, Bikeability Fix, Bikeability Recycled
1. Bikeability Transition
Barriers
Resources
Child ability
Equipment – growth, bike size
Resource / incentive
Luggage
Child achievement – L2?
Catchment issues – rurality, primary differences, no
roads?
Module description could be simplified ?
Contradiction with Level 3?
Cost
Total numbers trained is low
Benefits (Opportunities)
Feed in to Level 3 / Level 3 taster
Cycling to secondary school
Independence, confidence, new friends
Leave to Secondary and Level 3
Route planning
After school activity
More involvement in other projects
Congestion
Higher Level 3
Involve existing Y7
Target schools – class room work
Has to lead to Level 3
2. Bikeability Recycled
Barriers
Qualifications
Insurance
Equipment
Stock of recycled bikes
Cost of parts
Audience
Time
Logistics / transport
Storage
Workshop
Standard of donations – quality
Resistance from children
Benefits (Opportunities)
Areas of deprivation
increase in training
raising general bike ownership
environmental – less dumping
time of year – full down time
upgrade of school fleet
employability skills
school fairs
Change people’s lives!
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3. Bikeability Fix
Barriers
Parents if they feel bikes have been damaged
cheap bikes
insurance – disclaimers
instructors - not getting too technical
instructors - skills / qualifications – over enthusiasm,
cost, variety of bikes
instructors – confidence
instructors – bike mechanics better tutors?
Instructors – need to be willing
Children – strength to use tools
Children – working with tools
Children – get your tools back!
Time – after school activity?
Time – hard to get into schools
time – instructor capacity
Resources – use other funding to supplement tools
eg. access funds
Benefits (Opportunities)
Small children with tools – learning
brings bike back to life
Coincides with Level 2
Builds rapport with trainers
Life skill – demystify the machine
Children can use own bikes
hands-on experience
raise profile within school – staff, other years
can take a whole class in one session
educating that you can fix things
child self esteem
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