Ken
soon began campaigning for the introduction of a
National Standard for Training. His experience led
to him being recruited to the Government financed
“English Regions Cycling Development Team
(ERCDT)” as their national advisor on
road safety and cycle training in 2002.
Ken is now a partner
in a private consultancy, Transport Initiatives
LLP. His work includes acting as a senior consultant
in the new “Cycling England Cyclist Training
Consultancy” whose role is to advise training
providers on how to improve their provision and
introduce the national standard. He is also working
on projects in New Zealand and Ireland which should
see national cycle training standards introduced
there.
Ken is very excited
about a current program, the Regional Cycle Training
Benchmarking Pilot. "This programme, supported
by Cycling England (the Government's advisory body
for cycling), provides an opportunity for cycle
training providers to visit each others' training
and to share good practice," Ken wrote. "Benchmarking
group participants also assess the training they
see against the ultimate benchmark of the National
Cycle Training Standards. This helps familiarise
the participants with the National Standard and
teaches them how to audit their own training so
that it can deliver the standard."
"With pilot
groups already proving a success, it is expected
that further groups will be set up in the autumn
of this year," Ken adds. "I am helping
organise the programme and also act as the "resident
expert" on cycle training and the National
Standard."
To take a break from
training programs and standards, Ken plays golf
every Saturday. "As I work from home, I can
sometimes (very occassionally) manage to get a round
in during the week. My handicap is 12 and I keep
trying to convince myself that I can get it into
single figures."
This will be Ken's
first Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference. "I have,
however, been a speaker at two VeloCity conferences,
the European equivalent," he adds.
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