Bikeability
@BikeabilityUK
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Providing the skills to build confidence through cycling, Bikeability is the DfT's national cycle training scheme for children across England.
United Kingdom
Joined March 2017
To the entire Bikeability family: a huge festive thank you 🎄 From instructors to training providers, families and young riders — you’ve helped make 2025 a record year. As a charity, your support helps keep the wheels turning. Donate this Christmas: 🎁 https://t.co/0cFy1rGtzA
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Happy New Year! 🎉 2026 will see us reach an amazing milestone — 6 million children trained to ride safely with confidence. Here’s to another year of empowering young cyclists and safer streets for all! 🚲💚
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Cycling Tips for new riders #5 – Why cycling matters 💚 Cycling builds confidence, independence and lifelong skills. Keep the adventure going with a Bike Bus — a fun, safe way for children to cycle to school together with adult support. Find out more: https://t.co/MH3IXPo8bP
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Cycling Tips for new riders #4 – Stopping safely 🛑 Learning control is one of the first skills children master on their Bikeability journey. Practice safe stopping & control before heading out on the roads. Learn more about teaching braking and control: https://t.co/9Y5zqjrWz5
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Cycling Tips for new riders #3 – Pedal power! 🚲 Are your kids ready to get moving? Encouragement, practice, and active learning are key. Get them ready for their first Bikeability adventure: https://t.co/SiZHr36BW8
@FrogBikes lightweight design make the perfect first pedal 🐸
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Cycling Tips for new riders #2 – Safety first! ✅ Before your child sets off on their new cycle, check tyres, brakes, gears and lights. A quick pre-ride check keeps the ride fun and safe. Learn how to perform an M-Check with the cycle safety pro's: https://t.co/pJz0vHmmoR
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The only thing we love more than seeing children cycle for the first time, is seeing them do it safely. Cycling Tips for new riders #1 – Choosing the right cycle 🚲 Check out our guide for choosing the perfect cycle: https://t.co/O8LZ6RviN9 Hop over to shop @FrogBikes range 🐸
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Merry Christmas from all at the Bikeability Trust 🎄 To our instructors, training providers, partners, schools & families—thank you for being part of a movement that gives children the skills & confidence to cycle for life. Wishing you a joyful day & a peaceful festive season.
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🏆 Winner Spotlight: Individual Contribution to Sustainable Travel🏆 Two for the price of one 🫶This award recognises individuals that have made a significant contribution to sustainable travel locally. 👉 Find out more: https://t.co/zJCHWN1Qe7
#NationalTravelAwards
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🏆 Winner Spotlight: Innovative Active Travel Project of the Year🏆 This award celebrates projects that push boundaries in promoting sustainable and active travel & @BikeabilityUK Club website is a brilliant example! 👉 More at: https://t.co/zJCHWN1Qe7
#NationalTravelAwards
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Ready for adventure? We’ve teamed up with @frogbikes to share our top safety tips for young mountain bikers – from gear checks to trail etiquette. Read the blog below, and check out our channels for your chance to win a MTB 69 today 🎁 https://t.co/T3NPHJoUaR
bikeability.org.uk
We’ve teamed up with our partner, Frog Bikes, to bring you our top mountain bike safety tips!
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1️⃣2️⃣ Day 12 – The BIG Bike Reveal 🚵 Freedom & adventure await… A Glacier blue MTB 69 for 10–13yrs💙 Comment🚲 below & follow @frogbikes & @BikeabilityUK for a chance to #win! T&Cs: https://t.co/izH3aWjjHO
#FrogBikes #PrizeDraw #Giveaway #Bikeability #12DaysOfChristmas
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Active Travel England’s 2025 Capability Ratings are out – and Bikeability now directly contributes to how councils are assessed. Great to see @mkcouncil highlighted for their progress, with Bikeability delivery supporting ambitions to scale active travel.
Councils across England have received more than £626 million in government funding to deliver high-quality active travel schemes – enough for 500 miles of new walking and cycling routes and 170,000 more active trips👩🦽🚶🚲 Read more here: https://t.co/2Z4nrfovzu
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Schoolchildren in @mkcouncil invited their council leader on a Cycling Santas ride after thanking him for backing Bikeability in schools 🚲🎅 With a 40% rise in Level 2 places, confident young riders are leading the way. Ride takes place Saturday ⬇️ https://t.co/DJOgUi04nf
mkfm.com
Local schoolkids ask council leader to join them on festive bike ride.
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Councils across England have received more than £626 million in government funding to deliver high-quality active travel schemes – enough for 500 miles of new walking and cycling routes and 170,000 more active trips👩🦽🚶🚲 Read more here: https://t.co/2Z4nrfovzu
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@MayorWestMids has secured £36m of extra funding to invest in active travel projects to get more people cycling and walking across the region. We will work with local councils to build more safer routes and expand the School Streets and @BikeabilityUK programmes.
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9️⃣ Day 9 – Ride with Pride 🚴Enter to #win a #FrogBikes cycling jersey + #Bikeability stickers (@bikeabilityuk). Perfect for riders 4-13yrs who love to move & look the part💚 Comment 🐸 for your chance to win! T&Cs apply. #PrizeDraw #Giveaway #12DaysOfChristmas
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CWIS3 must move from good intentions to a clear national plan for walking, wheeling & cycling — with a joined-up ‘network of networks’ linking homes, schools, stations & healthcare. We’re proud to support this call alongside 50+ organisations. https://t.co/xStIzqc8Zx
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail
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A big well done to all the children who completed bikeability this week 🚲 we’re very proud of how well they listened and worked hard to complete the course 🚲 @BikeabilityUK
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18 years. Millions of confident riders. This year, we’re inviting you to support the work that sits behind the scenes—the research, innovation & national advocacy that help shape safer, more inclusive cycling for all. Help us keep the wheels turning: https://t.co/YVGseTxBg7
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