News on cycling education and bicycle encouragement

De campagne ‘Bike To Work Days’ van Lease a Bike levert ook dit jaar concrete steun aan De Fietsschool. Dankzij de enthousiaste inzet van honderden werknemers en de schenking van Lease a Bike kunnen wij verder investeren in fietslessen voor volwassenen, en dus in de strijd tegen mobiliteitsarmoede.

In Leuven, ten adults with little or no cycling experience successfully completed their cycling lessons.
During the final lesson, they received a cycling report from the hands of Lothe Ramakers, Leuven alderman for Diversity and Equal Opportunities.

During the Bike To Work Days from 12 to 16 May 2025, Lease a Bike will donate €0.23 per commuting kilometre cycled to De Fietsschool. With this support, more people in mobility poverty can learn to cycle and thus participate more independently in society.

Eighteen proud children received their cycling reports from Mayor Mohamed Ridouani today. They successfully completed the lesson series of Fietsschool XS, which teaches children aged 6 to 12 years how to cycle in traffic safely and confidently.

In Diest, the cycling classes started successfully with seven enthusiastic participants and a strong team of volunteers.

The City of Ghent opened a brand new Fietsschool in Muide-Meulestede, where young and old can learn to cycle safely.

At the Flemish Road Safety Congress on 18 March, our trainers Lotte and Hannelore were our guests to introduce De Fietsschool. With De Fietsschool, we move heaven and earth to combat mobility poverty by giving cycling lessons to children, young people and adults who have a bicycle arrears. Especially people who are new to Belgium and have little experience with the traffic rules are thus given the chance to learn to cycle safely and independently.

Together with De Fietsschool, the City of Leuven recently started organising cycling lessons for primary school children. Under the name "Fietsschool XS", young beginners are given the chance to learn to cycle safely and fluently in four lessons. Other towns, municipalities and schools can also get started with this low-threshold approach.

The first cycling lesson of the year in Leuven is over, and what a pleasure to see the children take their first steps on the Blauwputplein.

Not every child learns to ride a bike at the same speed. For parents and teachers, it is not always easy to assess whether a child is ready to ride a bike on the street. Thanks to our bike test for children aged 5 to 12, you can find out in a few simple steps whether a child is ready.

A brief thank you to our wonderful volunteers.

Our reaction to the article ''Why don't many parents bother to teach their child to ride a bike anymore?" from Knack, 29/10/2024.