Train the Trainer with the Lilias Centre
We work with women at the Lilias Centre to complete cycle leader training, so they can lead rides in their own communities.
Teach one person, reach ten
We work with women at the Lilias Centre to complete cycle leader training, giving them the skills and confidence to lead rides in their own communities.
That shift matters more than it sounds. Being the person who knows how — who leads the group, checks the bikes, teaches someone else — is a different experience of yourself than being the person on the receiving end of a service. And a qualification travels in a way a session does not.
The cycle shed
We helped the Lilias Centre establish its first on-site cycle shed, giving women in custody regular access to bikes and weekly cycle training.
Without somewhere to keep bikes, cycling is an event that happens when a visitor turns up. With a shed, it becomes something you can do on a Tuesday.
Afterwards
The connection does not end at release. Women leaving custody can come to Sister Spokes for a bike and support, and to our workshop for anything that needs fixing. That continuity is the point — a course that stops at the gate helps nobody.