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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland

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Formerly Sustrans. Updates from the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust team in Scotland. We're the charity making it possible for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle.

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 8d

The big reveal 👀

We are now Walk Wheel Cycle Trust 🚶‍♀️ 👩‍🦽 🚴‍♀️

For our health, our wellbeing and our world 🌍

#ActiveTravel #NationalCycleNetwork

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 1d

We won a National Transport Award! 🥳

Roseburn to Union Canal, our #PlacesForEveryone project with @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social, scooped the award for Exemplary Approach to Active Travel & Public Space at last week's ceremony 🏆

More 👉 walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/r2uc

#UKNTAs25

Two long lines of school pupils in hi-vis vests and helmets, smiling and riding bikes on the Roseburn to Union Canal path in Edinburgh. Image Credit: City of Edinburgh Council.

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 2d

New brand, same heart 💚

Sustrans got us here. Walk Wheel Cycle Trust will take us even further.

Because when we change how we travel, we change everything.

It’s people-powered movement for our health, our wellbeing and our world 🌍

➡️ walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 5d

Ch ch ch ch changes 🎶

As Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, we're gearing up to do more than ever.

Walking, wheeling and cycling might sound like small actions. But they add up to something much bigger. They ripple out and change everything 🌍

New brand, same heart 💛💚

➡️ walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 7d

A new brand for an ambitious future ⏩

Sustrans took us on an amazing journey to what we are today.

We may have a new name, but our mission hasn’t changed.

We make it possible for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle.

The journey continues as Walk Wheel Cycle Trust 👋

walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk

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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 7d

It’s the first day of #InternationalWalkToSchoolMonth 🚶🌍

We have lots of family-friendly activities to keep kids busy including our #AutumnStreetSafari to add adventure to your autumn walks 👉 https://bit.ly/481SJto

A green graphic featuring two children, a post box, a bird, a snail and a cat. The text reads: There's lots to see and do when you walk or wheel to school.

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 8d

The big reveal 👀

We are now Walk Wheel Cycle Trust 🚶‍♀️ 👩‍🦽 🚴‍♀️

For our health, our wellbeing and our world 🌍

#ActiveTravel #NationalCycleNetwork

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 10d

Could your organisation make the switch to an e-bike? 🚴‍♀️🔋

Hear from Glasgow Tool Library in this video 👇

Find out more about the use of e-bikes in Scotland in our latest blog ➡️ buff.ly/eKjtS4W

#LetsDoNetZero | #ScotClimateWeek

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 10d

Did you know #ScotClimateWeek starts tomorrow?

One way to reduce our emissions is by driving less 🌍

Glasgow Tool Library uses an e-cargo bike instead of a van for their courier service.

It ties in with their sustainability aims and it's easier to get around the city 🤝

Photo of a man in a workshop. Quote reads: Our e-cargo bike and trailer can be a lot quicker to get around the city centre than a van that gets stuck in traffic.

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 11d

Our latest report explores how e-bikes can help us reduce our transport emissions 🌍

As well as benefitting our climate, e-bikes are transformational for so many people's lives - like Judith in Inverness who experienced vision loss 👇

Full report: buff.ly/eKjtS4W

Photo of a woman wearing sunglasses, standing on a path with greenery in the background. She is holding an e-bike. Quote reads: I can honestly say it has transformed my life. Losing driving made me feel like I'd lost so much - my e-bike has given me back a sense of independence.

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 13d

#ActiveTravel is connecting North Ayrshire's coastline ⚓

We worked with @north-ayrshire.bsky.social to build a new traffic-free path in Ardrossan's upcoming Coastal Quarter - connecting people to education, homes and businesses

Find out more in this video 🦊

#NationalCycleNetwork

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 14d

Exciting changes are coming...

🚶‍♀️ 👩‍🦽 🚴‍♀️

#HealthWellbeingWorld

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 15d

Could you consider switching up your commute?

#ActiveTravel is good for our health, our wellbeing and our world 🌍

With #ScotClimateWeek just around the corner, get inspired to take small but meaningful actions ➡️ netzeronation.scot/climate-week

Green poster for Scotland's Climate Week from 29 September to 5 October 2025 #ScotClimateWeek. Image features a pair of hands holding the earth.

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 15d

Our latest research explores e-bikes in Scotland 🚲⚡

During the pandemic, Oz was a carer for someone vulnerable and could no longer take the bus. He started cycling to work and never looked back 👇

Find out more about the research in our latest blog: buff.ly/eKjtS4W

Photo of a man in a helmet and high-vis vest, standing with an e-bike. Quote reads: I round a route with shared paths, cycle lanes, and quiet roads. I started out with a regular bike, but quickly invested in an e-bike to help with Dunfermline's steep hills!

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 16d

The power of e-bikes goes beyond the battery ⚡

To celebrate #WorldCarFreeDay, we've published a new report on e-bikes in Scotland and their potential to reduce emissions 🌍

Find out more in our latest blog: buff.ly/eKjtS4W

#ScotClimateWeek #LetsDoNetZero #ActiveTravel

Three women cycling with e-bikes explore an information sign on National Cycle Network Route 7 and the Lochs and Glens Way

A commuter in high vis standing with his ebike near the train station in Dunfermline

Woman cycling a cargo bike on a bi-directional segregated cycle lane in Glasgow

A woman standing with her ebike on a shared used path in Inverness

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 18d

Our Love Your Network programme is open to new funding applications 📬

It provides community groups with maintenance equipment to take care of their local #NationalCycleNetwork routes 🚯🍃

Hear from a group in Paisley about their experience 👇

More: buff.ly/nt3e0wr

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 19d

Young people in Scotland are calling for improved transport 📣

We’re proud to support the new manifesto from @officialsyp.bsky.social highlighting the need for better public transport and #ActiveTravel links 🚌🚲

Read more: syp.org.uk/manifesto

#DearScotlandsFuture #ScottishYouthParliament

Group of young teenagers waiting at a bus stop with a scooter, bike and wheelchair

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 20d

Our #ArtRoots programme is now open for funding applications 📢

ArtRoots offers grants of up to £6,000 to enable communities to produce art projects along their local, traffic-free #NationalCycleNetwork routes 🎨

Just like this one in Dumbarton 👇

More: buff.ly/qMgq1n1

A storage container painted with a mural of a kingfisher by a river,. The container is sitting in front of two high rise blocks of flats.

Close up of a storage contained painted with a mural of a heron by a river.

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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 26d

More than 500,000 schoolchildren in Scotland have completed #BikeabilityScotland cycle training since it launched in 2011, with more schools now delivering it than ever before. Giving more young people the skills and confidence to travel safely by bike and live happier, healthier lives.

Half a million young people all set to travel by bike after Bikeability Scotland cycle training

More than 500,000 young people in Scotland have completed Bikeability Scotland training, with more schools delivering the national standard cycle training than ever before.

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · Sep 8

Are you a community group looking to help improve your local #NationalCycleNetwork route?

Our Love Your Network programme has just opened to new funding applications 📬

Find out about the support available: buff.ly/nt3e0wr

A smiling woman walking on the National Cycle Network Route 75 in Edinburgh, wearing a hi vis vest and using litter-picking equipment.

Signage along the Warriston Path in Edinburgh, showing National Cycle Network routes and local places.

A community group wearing Love Your Network hi vis vests and carrying litter-picking equipment.

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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚲🏆 Katherine Cory and Phil Noble have been announced as Scotland's 2025 Cycling Champions of the Year, in recognition of their impact in helping more people of all ages to cycle. Congratulations Katherine and Phil! 🎉

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2025 Cycling Champions are announced

Winners of the 2025 Cycling Champion of the Year Awards have been announced, with Katherine Cory and Phil Noble celebrated for their impact in helping to enable more people, of all ages, to cycle in S...

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · Sep 7

Today is #WorldCleanAirDay 💙

Changing how we travel changes everything - our health, our wellbeing, and our world.

Could you consider switching the car for an active commute this week?

Read more about what you can do to help reduce air pollution ➡️ buff.ly/RJzUWlv

A man standing in a colourfully redesigned neighbourhood side street, carrying a satchel.

A female cyclist standing with her bike on a train platform.

A female cyclist standing with her bike on a wide pavement in a city centre area. In the background a male cyclist is locking up his bike at a bike stand.

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · Sep 5

This month we're celebrating the #NationalCycleNetwork turning 30 🎈

❓ Did you know ❓

There are around 2,650km of National Cycle Network routes in Scotland, and around 1,100km of those are traffic-free 🌳

Find out more and explore routes near you 👉 buff.ly/yiZbP8o

Blue signs on a shared path showing National Cycle Network routes 75 and 753 in Inverclyde.

School pupil in hi vis and plastic goggles painting a Milepost on the National Cycle Network in Elderslie.

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · Sep 4

Last week we were in Hawick to launch their new #ActiveTravel Network 🥳

With improved paths and new bridges, the Network makes getting around town easier than ever 🅰️➡️🅱️

Find out what locals had to say 👇

More: sustrans.org.uk/hawickATN

#TransportScotland | #ScottishBordersCouncil

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our #ArtRoots programme is now open for funding applications 🎨

ArtRoots offers grants of up to £6,000 to enable communities to produce art projects along their local, traffic-free #NationalCycleNetwork routes 🦢

Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/qMgq1n1

Swans on the Water of Leith, with an ArtRoots funded mural in the background in Coalie Park, along the National Cycle Network.

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ardrossan Coastal Path was developed in partnership with @north-ayrshire.bsky.social 🤝

The path completes an 8km traffic-free stretch along the North Ayrshire Coastline, using #NationalCycleNetwork Route 753 🦭

Find out more: buff.ly/JtDZ7Sf

Funded by Transport Scotland | #ActiveTravel

The National Cycle Network Route 753 runs along the shoreline, with views across to Arran which can be admired from benches along the way.