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About British Cycling
British Cycling is the National Governing Body for cycling in Great Britain whose aim is to inspire participation in cycling as a sport, recreation and sustainable transport through achieving worldwide success. British Cycling manages all elite aspects of the sport including events and performances at GB level and governs the development of cycle sport in England. It also represents Great Britain at UCI, the World Governing Body for Cycling, which oversees the sport at an international level.
British Cycling also provides essential services to the Home Country Governing Bodies in Scotland and Wales, the Scottish Cycling Union (SCU) and the Welsh Cycling Union (WCU) who are involved in the promotion and development of cycling at all levels including the focus on the Commonwealth Games. British Cycling provides essential services to these governing bodies including the administration of membership, licences and insurance as well as providing strategic guidance and support on all aspects of cycling.
British Cycling is entering an unprecedented period of expansion in the run up to London 2012 through increased funding from UK Sport, Sport England and commercial partnerships and will drive a real and tangible legacy for cycling beyond 2012. The legacy has to be one of an increased volunteer workforce and a large British Cycling membership base.
British Cycling Whole Sport Plan 2009-2013
The Whole Sport Plan 2009 - 2013 sets out the work British Cycling will undertake with its partners over the next four years to grow cycling as a sport, recreational activity and as sustainable transport by leveraging the worldwide success of its athletes.
As part of the ‘inspiration to participation' plan, British Cycling has set itself the following ambitious goals:
1. To assert Britain's position as the leading cycling nation in the world by maintaining high performance of its athletes in international competitions and focus on the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
2. To support Sky, the principal partner of British Cycling, in creating a professional road team built on the same performance values as the GB team. Its aim will be to inspire more people to ride and produce the first British winner of the Tour de France.
3. To get one million more people cycling once a month and 125,000 more people cycling once a week by 2013. This will be achieved by rolling out a series of mass participation cycling events in partnership with Sky through the Skyride initiative.
4. To boost cycling at the grass roots level by expanding British Cycling's highly successful Go-Ride programme, increasing the number of quality assured clubs, expanding support to volunteers and constantly improving the quality of coaching.
5. To boost competitive cycling by expanding the nationwide network of traffic free cycling facilities and creating a more satisfactory legal framework for access to the public highway to enable road racing to thrive.
6. To increase the international profile and influence of British Cycling by bringing more major international cycling events to Britain and further developing the relationship with the UCI, the world's governing body for the sport.
7. To grow British Cycling membership from 28,000 to 100,000 by 2013 by positioning the organisation as an essential resource for all cyclists across all cycling disciplines and offering them a range of relevant new products and services.
Ian Drake, CEO of British Cycling, says: "The Whole Sport Plan is now available to view on our website so anyone can see what steps we will be taking over the next four years to grow our sport and chances of our future elite success.
"We have a once in a lifetime opportunity in the run up to London 2012 to really engage Britain with cycling and turn our ‘medal success' into a ‘people success' by inspiring mass participation in our sport.
"With increased funding and fantastic public and commercial partnerships on board, we have the resources in place to drive real progress in all areas of our sport, from our elite team to our volunteers."
Workforce Development
Coaching is at the heart of cycling performance at every level from teaching basic bike handling skills in a school or club through to training athletes for the Olympic Games or Tour de France. The coaching courses available from British Cycling will allow you to achieve your coaching goals; coaching at the level and in the discipline you want.
Activity Coach Award for Teachers
The Activity Coach Award for Teachers (ACAT) is a British Cycling coaching course aimed at all Primary and Secondary School teachers that wish to develop cycling in their school.
Activity Coach Award for Teachers
Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Cycling
The Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Cycling (L1CCC) is the entry-level award into the British Cycling Coach Education Programme, aimed at people new to coaching and cycling. This new qualification provides you with an introduction to the principles of safe, ethical and effective management and coaching of cycling sessions. The certificate qualifies you to independently prepare for, deliver and review pre-prepared coaching sessions to groups of adults or children. The course covers all of the basics of cycle coaching and qualifies coaches to deliver British Cycling Go-Ride Gears 1 and 2 activities.
Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Cycling
Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Cycling
The Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Cycling (L2CCC) is aimed at people new to coaching and/or cycling. The knowledge gained from this qualification will allow you to develop an understanding of safe, ethical and effective cycling coaching. The certificate qualifies you to independently plan, deliver and evaluate a series of cycling activity sessions to groups of beginner and intermediate level children or adults.
Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Cycling
Level 2 Track Coaching Award
The Level 2 Track Coaching Award is aimed at coaches new to the track environment, as well as current track coaches who want to develop their existing knowledge and skills. The knowledge gained from this award will allow you to plan, deliver and evaluate a series of safe, ethical and effective track sessions. The award will also give you all the knowledge and information you need to progress riders from their first session on a track up to their first competition.
Level 2 Road and Time Trial Coaching Award
The Level 2 Road and Time Trial Coaching Award is aimed at coaches new to the road and time trial environment, as well as current road and time trial coaches who want to develop their existing knowledge and skills. The knowledge gained from this award will allow you to plan, deliver and evaluate a series of safe, ethical and effective road and time trial coaching sessions. The award will also give you all of the knowledge and information you need to progress riders from their first road and time trial session to their first competition.
Level 2 Road and Time Trial Coaching Award
Level 2 BMX Coaching Award
The Level 2 BMX Coaching Award is aimed at coaches new to the BMX environment, as well as current BMX coaches who want to develop their existing knowledge and skills. The knowledge gained from this award will allow you to plan, deliver and evaluate a series of safe, ethical and effective BMX sessions. The award will also give you all the knowledge and information you need to progress riders from their first session on a BMX track up to their first competition.
Level 2 Coaching Riders with a Disability
Coaching and Education have developed a coaching resource and CPD workshop for those coaches who would like more information and training on working with riders with a disability.
The Level 2 Coaching Riders with a Disability handbook and one day workshop will give coaches the confidence and knowledge to effectively coach and integrate riders with a disability into their existing coaching sessions.
Level 2 Coaching Riders with a Disability
Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Track Cycling
The Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Track Cycling (L3CCTC) is aimed at Level 2 Track Coaches that wish to develop their knowledge of track coaching and begin to prescribe training for individual track riders.
The qualification will give you the ability and knowledge to plan, deliver and evaluate detailed periodised training programmes for track sprint and endurance riders. You will also be introduced to a number of advanced track skills and tactics to further enhance your track coaching sessions.
Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Track Cycling
Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Road and Time Trial
The Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Road and Time Trial (L3RTT) is aimed at Level 2 Road and Time Trial Coaches that wish to develop their knowledge of road and time trial coaching and begin to prescribe training for individual riders.
The qualification will give you the ability and knowledge to plan, deliver and evaluate detailed periodised training programmes for road and time trial riders. You will also be introduced to a number of advanced skills and tactics to further enhance your road and time trial coaching sessions.