Kids Bike Life is a project ran by The Bike Station which is designed to get more young people and their adults cycling. It was launched in 2024/25 and Tactran are delighted to be supporting this amazing project with continued funding through People & Place in 2026/27.

It takes a data-driven approach, identifying barriers to young people cycling and targeting activities to overcome these barriers.

Using learning from the previous delivery of their Shifting Gears equalities programme, The Bike Station determined that combining bike distribution with a series of cycling activities and interventions resulted in better outcomes among their target audience. As such, they developed Kids Bike Life to work with children and young people providing cycle training activities to supplement either the bike they already have or the bike they may receive through their Wee Bike Library project.

They also recognised the need to involve parents / guardians in the project given they have a large influence over whether their children cycle. This resulted in the development of an adult element to the programme, distributing bikes and offering cycle training, to engage with both parents and their adults.

In the first few months of the project in 2026, the project has delivered cycling sessions in schools, Dr. Bike events, Bike Buses, family cycling workshops and has distributed adult bikes to the parents/guardians of children who are involved with the project.

More information:

Kids Bike Life | The Bike Station | Scotland