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In this issue, details of our award win plus your chance to vote for in the National Lottery Awards, an update on our Support Cycling to Work campaign and Pedal On UK, a new school and college resource, and more. You can also see the latest products from our shop including the London to Paris guide, and find out about upcoming events.
Vote for Sustrans in the National Lottery Awards!
We’re a finalist in the annual search to find the UK’s favourite project funded by the Big Lottery Fund, for our 84 new walking and cycling networks across the UK. Please help us win the environment category by voting for us by Wednesday 24 July.
Vote for Sustrans
Six Pedal On UK events announced, and more dates coming soon
Sustrans' eight-stage summer cycle tour is being accompanied by many celebratory events. Dates for six have been confirmed so far, in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, London, Ripley and Southampton. We'd love people across the UK to join us in celebrating our new walking and cycling routes on the National Cycle Network - keep an eye on our website for other dates coming soon. Pedal On UK is being funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
Find out more and keep an eye out for other dates
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Join the 5,000 calling for cycling-friendly workplaces - sign our petition
More than 5,000 people have signed our petition for a national cycle-to-work standard for all workplaces. We’re aiming for 50,000 signatures so please keep spreading the word! We’ve also released the results of our April survey, where over 10,000 people told us about their experience of cycling to work.
Visit our website and find out more about our Support Cycling to Work campaign.
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Sustainable travel award for Sustrans
We won the Eurostar Ashden Award for Sustainable Travel at the end of June, for our work to create 84 new walking and cycling routes across the UK.
Our Chief Executive Malcolm Shepherd attended the awards ceremony in London.
Find out more
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Sustrans responds to Spending Review
Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to fund the largest programme of investment in roads in half a century in the recent Spending Review will do little to boost the UK’s economy, according to Sustrans Policy Director, Jason Torrance.
Find out more
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Moving Up: new guide to get young people active
This new guide gives people working in schools and colleges all the tips and advice they need to engage 11- to 18-year-olds in cycling, walking and public transport use.
View the guide
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Your chance to win…
…everything you need for a cycling and camping holiday: a pair of Dawes bikes, a tent and sleeping bags from Highlander and two sets of Sustrans panniers!
Enter now
Got what it takes to promote cleaner air?
We’re looking for volunteers who live, work or study in Hackney, Havering or Redbridge to help reduce local air pollution and improve the areas we live in.
Visit our website for an application form
Donate
to help us make a difference
£30
could pay for a children's cycle training session
£50
is enough to provide a child with a loan bike
Donate now
Events
8th Brompton World Championships
Free places up for grabs for people who offer to fundraise for Sustrans at the biggest folding bike race in the world. Brompton is offering Sustrans supporters a 25% entry discount.
Full details
Challenge ride
20-22 September
Starting in Newcastle, this three-day fundraising Coast and Castles ride covers 200 miles and will finish with a celebratory dram in the shadow of Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh.
Full details
Talk: the life and work of Sustrans patron and renowned architect
17 October
Sustrans patron and internationally renowned architect Richard Rogers will talk about his life and work including the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Millennium Dome.
Full detai ls
View all events
Online mapping
Discover your local area on foot and by bike.
Search our mapping
Follow us
Find us
on Facebook
Follow us
on Twitter
In this issue, details of our award win plus your chance to vote for in the National Lottery Awards, an update on our Support Cycling to Work campaign and Pedal On UK, a new school and college resource, and more. You can also see the latest products from our shop including the London to Paris guide, and find out about upcoming events.
Vote for Sustrans in the National Lottery Awards!
We’re a finalist in the annual search to find the UK’s favourite project funded by the Big Lottery Fund, for our 84 new walking and cycling networks across the UK. Please help us win the environment category by voting for us by Wednesday 24 July.
Vote for Sustrans
Six Pedal On UK events announced, and more dates coming soon
Sustrans' eight-stage summer cycle tour is being accompanied by many celebratory events. Dates for six have been confirmed so far, in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, London, Ripley and Southampton. We'd love people across the UK to join us in celebrating our new walking and cycling routes on the National Cycle Network - keep an eye on our website for other dates coming soon. Pedal On UK is being funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
Find out more and keep an eye out for other dates
..................................................................................................
Join the 5,000 calling for cycling-friendly workplaces - sign our petition
More than 5,000 people have signed our petition for a national cycle-to-work standard for all workplaces. We’re aiming for 50,000 signatures so please keep spreading the word! We’ve also released the results of our April survey, where over 10,000 people told us about their experience of cycling to work.
Visit our website and find out more about our Support Cycling to Work campaign.
..................................................................................................
Sustainable travel award for Sustrans
We won the Eurostar Ashden Award for Sustainable Travel at the end of June, for our work to create 84 new walking and cycling routes across the UK.
Our Chief Executive Malcolm Shepherd attended the awards ceremony in London.
Find out more
..................................................................................................
Sustrans responds to Spending Review
Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to fund the largest programme of investment in roads in half a century in the recent Spending Review will do little to boost the UK’s economy, according to Sustrans Policy Director, Jason Torrance.
Find out more
..................................................................................................
Moving Up: new guide to get young people active
This new guide gives people working in schools and colleges all the tips and advice they need to engage 11- to 18-year-olds in cycling, walking and public transport use.
View the guide
..................................................................................................
Your chance to win…
…everything you need for a cycling and camping holiday: a pair of Dawes bikes, a tent and sleeping bags from Highlander and two sets of Sustrans panniers!
Enter now
Got what it takes to promote cleaner air?
We’re looking for volunteers who live, work or study in Hackney, Havering or Redbridge to help reduce local air pollution and improve the areas we live in.
Visit our website for an application form
Donate
to help us make a difference
£30
could pay for a children's cycle training session
£50
is enough to provide a child with a loan bike
Donate now
Events
8th Brompton World Championships
Free places up for grabs for people who offer to fundraise for Sustrans at the biggest folding bike race in the world. Brompton is offering Sustrans supporters a 25% entry discount.
Full details
Challenge ride
20-22 September
Starting in Newcastle, this three-day fundraising Coast and Castles ride covers 200 miles and will finish with a celebratory dram in the shadow of Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh.
Full details
Talk: the life and work of Sustrans patron and renowned architect
17 October
Sustrans patron and internationally renowned architect Richard Rogers will talk about his life and work including the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Millennium Dome.
Full detai ls
View all events
Online mapping
Discover your local area on foot and by bike.
Search our mapping
Follow us
Find us
on Facebook
Follow us
on Twitter
