You are reading a single comment by @TeddyRich and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@TeddyRich
Yo forumengers,
I work for the Facilities Management department at a very well known children's charity headquarters in Clerkenwell – we are an office of about 200 people. The problem we have is that only a handful of us (15 ish) cycle to work, I'm sure lots of you can identify with this....!
We are looking at ways to engage staff in wellbeing and green issues generally in 2012 and part of this will be promoting cycling to work. We are thinking of getting involved with bike week in June 2012 (http://www.bikeweek.org.uk/) to encourage and empower employees in this.
Climate change and the effects of it is something that affects children more acutely than any other group of people, it's strange because people don't seem to make the obvious link between helping kids in their daily jobs and helping them in the way they treat the planet - hey, we're not all perfect right? I'm definitely not...!
As an avid cyclist myself I am taking a lead on how we can capitalise on bike week and need some ideas to start me off. I thought you’d be amongst the best people to ask! It really is a blank sheet to be honest at the moment, I am thinking maybe speak to TFL or another provider about cycling proficiency classes and also maybe a local bike shop do bike repairs (maybe even for free?!).
What would you do if you were promoting it in your offices - large or small?
Do the Olympics offer an opportunity too?!
Thinking of the barriers that stop people riding to work I am guessing that for many people it is the fact they don’t have a working bike and also they don’t feel confident enough to cycle in London. I’m not sure if you lot could enlighten me on what other things stop people cycling to work and what we could do during bike week to encourage more people to get pedaling! In the words of Chris Morris "It's time to shatter a few myths" - seriously though, i think perception of how dangerous cycling is can be a big deterrent for people? Any other ideas?...
Thanks a lot everyone, I know you're a creative bunch...
Ed