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OUR MONTHLYISH UPDATE FROM THE CAMPAIGN 30 September 2012 Claire, Kat, Scott, and Tan contributed this month’s news items. Happy reading! Summer of Cycling – tell us your story ACTION Remember this? Youtube link http://youtu.be/ipHEHayNK5c So how did it go?…
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We are in the process of writing to candidates for the Police and Crime Commissioner. We will ask them to support our call for a liaison officer. There’s so much to be sorted out when it comes to policing transport…
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An update on what is happening in Gateshead, including the new Cycle Strategy, the council run Cycle Forum and the Gateshead Cycling Forum website.
We are talking to Cycle Training UK (CTUK) who are running cycle awareness training courses for HGV drivers in the Hackney Borough (case study attached, below) to learn from their experience and bring their courses up to the North East….
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Remember this? Youtube link http://youtu.be/ipHEHayNK5c So how did it go? Give us your story of finding a bike buddy. Or maybe your bike buddy would like to tell theirs. We are after some quick soundbites of your recent cycling experience….
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Chronicle (26 September 2012) Cyclists highlight Newcastle travel problems http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/communities/newcastle/2012/09/26/cyclists-highlight-newcastle-travel-problems-72703-31910612/
Thanks to a grant from the SMK and Esmée Fairbairn Foundations, we produced some fab promotional materials for the Campaign. We hope you will like our leaflets and posters (we also have a big banner we can use for events!)….
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Some eyes and ears appear to have popped open recently. We’ve had a fair slice of cake (well, meetings, and too many at that to recall here) and we’ve learnt this: Good – we seem to agree on where we…
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PRESS RELEASE 23.09.2012 On Tuesday 18 September, Newcastle Cycling Campaign took Cllr Henri Murison, cabinet member for Quality of Life, on a bike ride around town. Katja Leyendecker of Newcastle Cycling Campaign said “As part of our 4C = City…
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Journal (20 September 2012) Cycle to work to lose pounds and cure health problems http://www.journallive.co.uk/lifestyle-news/great-north-fitness-revolution/great-north-fitness-revolution-news/2012/09/20/cycle-to-work-to-lose-pounds-and-cure-health-problems-61634-31874010/