SBC Outdoor Education Department

16/09/2025

Great opportunity for anyone and everyone, but especially schools, to learn how to save a life!
Online, free resources, Weds 1st October.

WE’RE BACK. BUT BIGGER! Sign up Restart a Heart Live 2025.Wednesday 1st October WE’re BACK BUT BIGGER. Restart a Heart Live 2025.Wednesday 1st October Sign up Be Ready to Save a LifeLast year, we broke a Guinness World Record. This year, we’re aiming even higher: to train 1 million people in C...

19/11/2024

Great opportunity to increase access to cycling for people across the Borders - get in touch with Just Cycle Ltd to find out more.

04/09/2024

Quite a special day yesterday leading the Primary Schools rideout for the start of The Tour Of Britain, with pupils from Ednam Primary School Broomlands Primary School and Edenside Primary School & Nursery. What a day for it, and great to see so many kids enjoying life on two wheels 😁

01/04/2024

Last of the primary aged bike deliveries last week for the Cycling Scotland Access to Bikes funding. Lots of happy people looking forward to getting out riding over the Easter break at Newcastleton Primary School Denholm Primary School Trinity Primary School Drumlanrig St. Cuthbert's Primary School Stirches Primary School Kingsland PS, Halyrude Primary School Newlands PS, Lilliesleaf PS, Philiphaugh Community School and Community Centre Clovenfords Primary School Earlston Primary School

21/03/2024

A wild and windy day of Access to Bikes deliveries today, stopping off at Balmoral Primary School Burgh Primary School St Peter's Primary School, Galashiels Tweedbank Primary School Broomlands Primary School and Edenside Primary School & Nursery
That's it for this week, more to come next week! 👍🚲😁

Cycling Scotland

https://cycling.scot/what-we-do/cycling-friendly/access-to-bikes-for-young-people

21/03/2024

Do you know a child or adult who needs to build confidence cycling? 🚴

Sea the Change have 3 spaces available on their Learn to Cycle session on Friday 29th March.

Book your space here -

Get ready for some Easter fun at the Eyemouth Easter Bike Bash - Learn to Cycle event where you can improve your biking skills.

20/03/2024

Day 2 of Access to Bikes deliveries took us to Lauder PS, Melrose PS, Newtown St Boswells Primary School , and St Boswells Primary School. As well as the long term loan of bikes, pupils receive some accessories to help them on their cycling journey 👍

Cycling Scotland

https://cycling.scot/what-we-do/cycling-friendly/access-to-bikes-for-young-people

19/03/2024

First of several days delivering bikes and cycling equipment to young people across the Scottish Borders Council area today. Thanks to Acces to Bikes funding from Cycling Scotland we're enabling young people to access cycling for fun, leisure, and local active travel. Today we were at Greenlaw Primary School , Duns Primary School , Reston Primary School , Cockburnspath Primary School , Ayton Primary School and Swinton Primary School Berwickshire 🚲 🚲 🚲👍👍👍

https://cycling.scot/what-we-do/cycling-friendly/access-to-bikes-for-young-people

09/01/2024

Nice little good news story to start the new year 👍😁
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=762339525926715&id=100064520238829

Every P6 pupil across the Scottish Borders received Bikeability Scotland cycle safety training in the past academic year, and we're on track to repeat this success in the current year.
Find out more in our news story. https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/news/article/4568/cycle_skill_success_as_all_p6_pupils_receive_lessons
Cycling Scotland; Transport Scotland; Sustrans Scotland

19/09/2023

Great little news piece on the Bikeability programme from Cycling Scotland, with good news from ourselves - we achieved 100% delivery last year, working across all primary schools with P6 cohorts :)

Figures, collated by Cycling Scotland, reveal that in the 2022-23 session, more than 60,000 children took part in Bikeability Scotland training. This is in