Registration is now open for the first of two live presentations taking place as part of Road Safety GB’s online cycling event.
The presentation takes place at 11am on Thursday 17 June and is being facilitated by Fatima Ahmed, road safety manager at the London Borough of Hounslow.
Registration for Fatima’s session, titled Cycling for All, is free-of-charge and now open. It is anticipated Fatima will present for around 20 minutes, before inviting questions from attendees.
This session will be recorded and made available at a later date for anyone unable to attend on the day.
Fatima Ahmed was part of Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling 2019 list for her instrumental role in getting more people on bikes in Hounslow.
Back in 2016/17 there were just under 100 people attending Hounslow’s adult cycle training sessions, but under Fatima’s watch participants jumped to 1,686 by 2019.
Encouragingly, more than 80% of the participants are women and from ethnic minority backgrounds, with a huge age range from 16-82 years.
Fatima says Hounslow is doing everything possible to create an environment for inclusive cycling, and will explain this during her presentation.
The second live presentation takes place on Wednesday 23 June and is being facilitated by Natalie Grohmann and Ian Bradfield from the Welsh Government. Registration details for this session will be announced in due course.
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The three-week event, titled ‘More cycling, safer cyclists: how can we make it safer for more people to cycle, more often?’, will be aired free-to-all during June 2021, commencing Monday 7 June.
The programme will comprise a mix of pre-recorded and live content including video presentations, podcasts, workshops and discussions.
Organisers have now published a timed agenda, outlining when sessions are taking place.
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