Travelling by bike helps connect people to work, education, social activities, and opportunities. Across Scotland, inequality of access and costs related to public transport can isolate people from essential services and job opportunities. Over a third of households lack car access in cities like Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.
For young people, those with low incomes, insecure jobs or disabilities, cycling offers independent travel and a way of accessing essential services and leisure activities.
We work with SEStrans, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, SWestrans and Tactran, supporting the delivery of the People & Place programme.
We can provide one-to-one advice and grant funding to support affordable access to bikes for young people and schools in many areas of Scotland.
The impact of introducing cycling to Yusuf Youth Initiative's programme of activities has been huge, becoming a popular choice among the more than 200 young people who take part weekly in the organisation's programmes.
They now have a fleet of adults and kids bikes to loan out to the community to learn to cycle and take part in activities, and staff trained to deliver Bikeability Scotland training, led rides and bike maintenance classes.
