Tag Archives: mental health

Mental health issues have risen due to COVID-19, with experiences of isolation, anxiety and loss. Negative mental health can sometimes lead its victims to take their own lives. We want to help. Exercise can help to reduce feelings of stress, depression and anxiety. It releases endorphins and can change our …

Rebecca Morley speaks to Cyclescheme director and chair of the Cycle to Work Alliance Adrian Warren about how COVID-19 could have a lasting effect on our everyday lives

YuLife has added cycling to the range of wellness activities which users can participate in on its AI-based, gamified app. The app aims to incentivise and reward healthy living, offering users vouchers and benefits from brands including ASOS, Avios, M&S, Fitbit, Nike and John Lewis in return for completing everyday …

The digital edition of BikeBiz May/June is now available. Inevitably, our latest issue looks at how the industry has adapted to COVID-19 and hears from Raleigh UK, SPOK’D, Yellow Jersey and SwissStop. This month’s sector guides are children’s bikes, cycle computers and indoor trainers and power meters. A tenfold increase …

By Edward Pegram, business manager, Cycle to Work at Raleigh UK

Action for Happiness and The Mental Health Foundation will benefit from 100% of the ticket cost of the Inside Out rides

More than 1,000 people have now taken part in the referral scheme across West Yorkshire after being prescribed cycling by health care professionals

The Cycle for Health scheme is aimed at tackling health inequalities by offering people with long-term conditions a 12-week programme of cycle skills training

"Our mental health strategy now focuses on the development of resilient people through a more psychologically informed environment"

A survey by Cycleplan, which aimed to understand the health benefits people experienced after taking up cycling, discovered that three-quarters of respondents noticed an improvement in their mental health...