Two key cycling organisations in the UK, Forestry Commission England and CTC, the largest cycling membership organisation in England, have announced a partnership to promote cycling across the nation.
The partnership agreement sets out a joint ambition to increase the role that cycling plays on the Forestry Commission Estate to enhance the health and well being of the nation and to support local tourism. We also would like to see local communities making the most of the natural beauty that the public forest estate offers and cycling is a great way to enjoy the surroundings.
Over the next five years the two organisations will be working together to promote physical activity through cycling in woodlands, delivering new and innovate ways of using cycling to engage young people with the natural environment and seeking new funding and partnership opportunities in order to reach new audiences.
Kevin Mayne, CTC Chief Executive, added: “The CTC and Forestry Commission continue to make a real difference in providing cycling opportunities to a very diverse range of cyclists, across all age groups.
“CTC is very happy to cement our relationship with The Forestry Commission and we very much look forward to continuing our involvement with current cycling projects, alongside delivering a number of new and exciting opportunities across the Forestry Estate.
“We really want to encourage as many members of the community to get the most from their local woodland and at the same time gain the full range of benefits that cycling offers.”
The Forestry Commission England and CTC have already been successfully working together. Projects delivered together include introducing cycling to disability groups at Alice Holt in Hampshire, encouraging families on holiday to try cycling for the first time Sherwood, Haldon, the New Forest, Kielder and Dalby, supporting young people developing new community trail projects in the south east of England and developing a new network of off road trails in the South West.
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