Please only book if you know you can attend. There are limited spaces. If you book and then find you can't attend please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer the places to others.

Please note, this session is for North Tyneside Residents only.

Bikeability cycle safety training is designed to improve your cycle skills, from learning the basics of balance and control to planning and making short journeys on today’s busy roads.

Sport North Tyneside has fully qualified, DBS checked instructors who can deliver Level 2 training free of charge to small groups aged 8-14 years. All you need to take part is a bike in a safe and roadworthy condition (both brakes in working order) and a safety helmet. (Children must be able to ride independently without stabilisers.)

Packed lunches are required.

The training will cover the following:

•Start and finish a journey by road, including passing parked or slower moving vehicles and side roads

•Make a u-turn

•Identify and react to hazards in the road

•Signal your intentions to other road users when someone needs to know what you’re doing

•Understand where to ride on the road

•Use junctions, including turning left and right into major and minor roads

•Decide whether a cycle lane will help your journey

•Use the Highway Code, particularly when it comes to understanding road signs

You will receive a badge and certificate on successful completion of the training.

*Once a booking is placed you will be sent a form to complete. Please include your email address in your booking. Only once this has been sent back will the booking be complete

**please note that instructors are required to take young people through Level 1 training outcomes at the start of each level 2 training session. If they are not able to demonstrate these outcomes safely they will not be able to progress onto level 2.

***There are only 6 places available per date. You only need to book one date as the program is the same on each date.

Level 2 Bikeability - Lakeside Leisure Centre