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BTAC Makes Grants to Bike Education and Youth Programs 

The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC) has announced the four recipients of $25,000 in grants. Awarded twice a year and available to cycling focused community groups, BTAC's Grant Program will support projects that put more people on bikes.

This spring the funding goes to organizations that are conducting projects, which fall into the following categories: education. An important selection criterion is whether the project will make measurable improvements to the overall cycling landscape in Canada.

Learning Enrichment Foundation’s collaborative training program, Bicycle Assembly & Maintenance (BAM) will create trained bicycle mechanics to serve the Canadian cycling industry and cycling enthusiasts. The BAM project is a co-operative initiative between LEF, the Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC) and members of the cycling industry, including Norco, Outdoor Gear Canada, Shimano, a number of Toronto retailers and the City of Toronto. BTAC awarded a grant of $9,000 to start the program.

For more info visit www.btac.org/news/index.html?id=09Feb10_1&ext=

Trips for Kids (TFK) Vancouver is a registered non-profit society that offers mountain bike adventures for youth who would otherwise not have the opportunity to participate. Summer 2009 goal is to introduce 500+ youth to mountain biking.

For more information visit http://www.tfkvancouver.org/

Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition (VACC) through a secondary school bike-ed program with classroom, outdoor and road components the VACC will develop and implement the program with affiliate partners LIFECycles.  Goals are to double the existing cyclists at each school site. For more information visit http://www.vacc.bc.ca/home.php 


Velo Quebec's three-year project Towards Pedestrian Friendly Communities will receive $5,000 for activity in the second year. Velo Quebec's target is to provide the necessary technical and organizational tools to help municipalities plan, facilitate and promote cycling and walking in communities across Canada. Velo Quebec Association is an international leader in the promotion of cycling for the transportation, leisure and tourism with 40 years of experience. For more information visit http://www.velo.qc.ca/english/index.php

Full BTAC Grant Applications can be found at www.btac.org/grant_program/index.html.  The next deadline for application submissions are May 29, 2009

To learn more about the BTAC grant program or to reach the representatives of the organizations receiving BTAC grants, please contact: Janet O'Connell, BTAC Executive Director, at 866.528.BTAC (2822) or 905.853.5031 or joconnell@btac.org.