Her Cycling Connections started with a bicycle riding group of 10 mothers at Hilltop Public School. The benefits of social riding enhance the existing development of bike riding of well-being and identity. In connecting with these women, the power of bike riding and creating stories that form the basis of learning to ride, loving to ride, and riding to live; Addventageous through funding from Bicycle NSW to establish Her Cycling Connections. 

This program runs for women, by women and aims to challenge the misperceptions about bike safety, accessibility, and adversities women face when it comes to riding a bike. 

 

Her Cycling Connections empowers women by increasing their confidence, self-worth and holistic wellbeing in an affordable and approachable way. Women are increasingly disengaged within their community through cultural barriers, structural and frictional unemployment, financial difficulties, health issues, domestic violence, and isolation in general. While many other programs offer support for these women, few can also provide vocational training, mentoring, and both mental and physical fitness in one program. 

Through Her Cycling Connections, Addventageous aims to intervene at an educational level to empower, equip and educate female riders.  Her Cycling Connections is the bridge between awareness, education, and employment pathways that women need to ride safer, ride more often, and ride with confidence.