A CYCLING project teaching children across Glasgow to ride bikes has received its final batch of cycles.

Play on Pedals, which teaches pre-school children, now has 500 bikes and will roll out its programme Glasgow-wide this month.

The community-based project will introduce games and activities to help children develop the skills to cycle.

During June and July, Play on Pedals development officer Polly Jarman piloted training resources with nurseries in Gorbals and Castlemilk.

She said: "With the support of the North Lanarkshire Early Years Team and staff from Glasgow's NHS Health Improvement Sector, we have trialled games, activities and training sessions with volunteers.

"We are really pleased with the resulting resources and are in a position to start rolling out training to more volunteers."

The project is a partnership between CTC, the national cycling charity; Cycling Scotland; the Glasgow Bike Station and Play Scotland, and is supported by the People's Postcode Lottery.

It was winner of the 2014 Dream Fund, receiving £232,000 - the largest individual grant given by the Postcode Trust.

Polly added: "The final bikes are being delivered this week and we have secured free storage for them through the generosity of Scottish Canals.

"In the coming months, we will start piloting our first Hero Organisation in the north of Glasgow, with North Glasgow Homes, through the NG legacy sports programme.

"It's a very exciting time for us and for Glasgow."

The youngsters practise at 100 Borron Street, a business park with a range of tenants including 4c Design, the firm which designed the 2014 Queens Baton and Cordia Services, an arm's-length organisation of Glasgow City Council.

It is on the site of Glasgow's old Port Dundas terminus, which was established between 1786 and 1790.

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