Fund launched to celebrate the power of the bike

The £1million Community Cycling Fund, which is being delivered in partnership between sportscotland, EventScotland and the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships will help support and deliver community cycling projects and events over the next two years. It has been developed with the aim of creating a national celebration of cycling across all of Scotland’s 32 Local Authority areas, in the build up to the Championships, and to create a lasting benefit post event.

The investment is part of a campaign to focus on the benefits of cycling in 2023 as Glasgow and Scotland gear up to host the biggest cycling event ever staged anywhere in the world by engaging new audiences to participate in organised and inclusive cycling activity and events. It will engage local communities by creating a platform to encourage cycling with a focus on underrepresented groups as well as adding value to existing cycling initiatives, programmes, events and infrastructure.

Culture Minister Angus Robertson, who chairs the Scottish Government’s 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships Cabinet Group said: “We welcome the £1 million Community Cycling Fund as it recognises the importance the Scottish Government places on encouraging people across Scotland, especially those in under-represented groups, to take part in cycling activities and events.

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