Annual report & accounts 2024-25

  1. Introduction
  2. Highlights
  3. Education & training
  4. Monitoring cycling, road safety and connecting people
  5. Access to bikes, cycle parking & storage
    1. Access to bikes
    2. Cycle parking and storage
    3. Campus Cycling Officer
    4. Cycling Friendly
  6. Transport Planning & Engineering
  7. Organisation

Access to bikes, cycle parking & storage

Cycling Friendly

Cycling Scotland provided advice and support to more than 200 organisations in Scotland to improve facilities for cycling at work, place of study and within the community.

The Cycling Friendly award programme provides one-to-one guidance and support to workplaces, schools, campuses and communities to enable and encourage cycling. Through the programme, engaged organisations that offer cycling facilities, promote active travel through policies and communications, and show a commitment to cycling can achieve recognition with an award. 

In 2024-25, Cycling Scotland partnered with Nestrans, SPT, SEStran, SWestrans and Tactran through their People and Place Programmes, to engage with and support 212 organisations in achieving the Cycling Friendly award. Across these regions, a total of 66 primary schools and 31 secondary schools were able to achieve the certification.

Following in-depth advice and the installation of new staff and visitor cycle storage, Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund was one of 95 workplaces awarded, along with three South Lanarkshire Council offices and depots. Support was also provided to NHS Lanarkshire for the certification of four hospitals and health centres.

Currently, there are 1,242 workplaces with more than 1.1 million employees which have achieved or are working towards the award, including educational institutions, NHS regional health boards, housing associations, and private, public and third sector employers.