Here is the text of a CTC press release:
A New National Standard for Cycle Training
A grant of £950,000 has been awarded by Cycling England to the CTC
Charitable Trust to accelerate the take-up of new national standards
for cycle training.
Having developed the original Cycling Proficiency test in the 1930s,
CTC has over the last few years been instrumental in the development
of a new up-to-date national standard for cycle training, which
reflects the needs of today's cyclist. The new training uses three
levels of training to give cyclists the practical skills and
confidence to make more cycling trips, safely.
The Charitable Trust will use the money to help create over 1,200 new
CTC-approved national standard cycling instructors and new cycling
instructor centres. Help will also be available for existing training
centres. The work will be carried out alongside the National Cycle
Training Helpline, which the Trust already operates in partnership
with Cycling England.
CTC Director Kevin Mayne said: "This is an exciting start for the new
Charitable Trust, which has been founded to promote the benefits of
cycling to society as a whole. This grant from Cycling England is an
endorsement of the new training standards and the work CTC has done in
this area - it will go a long way towards achieving our shared goal of
helping people make cycling part of their lives."
CTC's bid for the grant from Cycling England was supported by fourteen
other organisations.