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Bike It - SUSTRANS

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By: Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust

Increase in levels of cycling to school. Reduction in obesity. Increased awareness of the environmental and health benefits of cycling. Demonstrating the benefits of cycling to a wider community at both local and regional level.. This was highlighted by the achievement of the London Transport Award this year for Cycling Improvement

Currently unknown. The intention in the future is to look at the annual Travel Survey conducted by the School Travel Officer.

NHS Tower Hamlets funds a Sustrans Bike It programme across a minimum of 12 schools each year in the borough.  The aim is to get cycling more ingrained in school culture and also encourage parents and carers to get involved.

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/bike-it/wheres-bike-it/bike-it-in-london


 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary and secondary schools in the borough

Primarily to address the health and wellbeing needs identified in “Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives” strategy in Tower Hamlets

 London Borough of Tower Hamlets provide the cycling training and the cycle parking infrastructure.

Sustrans provide advice, guidance and information events/school assemblies

NHS Tower Hamlets have provided the funding

£94,000 annually - no additional start up costs

None

Simon Twite, simon.twite@thpct.nhs.uk