Schools Bike It

Cycle Shrewsbury will be doing lots of work with and in schools to promote cycling. We have two employees working specifically with schools and children in Shrewsbury. Kim Williams, our BikeIt Officer started working with schools in September 2009. Richard Stephens, the community cycling coach started in March 2010.

Find out more about these projects below.

Bike It

Bike It is a Sustrans project. The Bike It officer, Kim Williams, will work with schools mostly during school hours to organise loads of great, fun cycling activities and events, including bike checks and skills sessions. She is available to give assemblies and will talk to parents and governors about the benefits of cycling.

In the 2010/11 school year Kim is working with the following schools:

Belvidere Primary
Greenacres Primary
Greenfields Primary
Harlescott Junior
Mereside Primary
Mount Pleasant Primary
Oakmeadow Primary
Oxon Primary
St Georges Junior
St Giles Primary

During 2009/10 she also worked with:

Martin Wilson Primary
Radbrook Primary

Find out more about about specific projects happening in these schools. Find out what happened in the first year of Bike It by visiting Kim's blog or her scrapbook page.

Visit the Sustrans website to find out more about BikeIt.

More about Kim.

Cycling coach

Richard Stephens, our community cycling coach is working with school children usually outside of school hours. He will be arranging after school cycling clubs and interschool competitions including both cyclo-cross and track events at the Shrewsbury Sports Village.

Find out more information about cycling clubs for kids.

Richard started work in March 2010, more details of what he is doing will be added to this page in the coming weeks.

Kim and Richard work closely with each other and the rest of the Cycle Shrewsbury team to promote cycling in schools and raise the levels of cycling amongst children in Shrewsbury.

More about Richard.