Ed Clancy OBE

This will be more than racing this time too … No doubt Sheffield’s hills will create an epic race - but the Social Impact work around the TDF - connecting to the incredible local projects already happening will be especially welcome 🏆 🥇 🥂 Exciting times 🚴‍♀️

Big moment for @SouthYorksMCA and @BritishCycling Tour de France stages announced with Sheffield in the heart of the action🏆 Biggest free to watch sporting event this country has hosted First-ever UK start for the TDF Femmes Hills that won’t flatter anyone Epic race inbound!

@CaritasSalford @BritishCycling @N_CyclingCentre Happy to help - all credit to Eve and Daisy in our team. 140 meals a day really is heroic - keep up the great work 🏆 👏

Huge thanks to @britishcycling @n_cyclingcentre for the fab donation of lots of gift sets of toiletries. Your kindness means people coming to our services over the festive period for a nutritious Christmas dinner will each have a lovely gift to unwrap. Thank you ❤️ @ed_clancy

It unlocks £17m to make walking, wheeling & cycling safer and easier across South Yorkshire. Still more to do - but today’s a big win. Onwards. 🫡 #SouthYorkshire #ActiveTravel @SouthYorksMCA @olivercoppard

South Yorkshire has just been rated a 3-star region for active travel - one of the highest ratings in the country. News I’m most proud of since finishing with sport. Thanks to our incredible team; 4 brilliant councils, and communities who refused to give up on this mission.

@EmilyCherryCEO @SouthYorksMCA Amazing work by you and the team, Emily! Thanks for coming to see us in @SouthYorksMCA 🦸‍♀️

Day 3 of #CycleToSchoolWeek In Sheffield w/ @Ed_Clancy & team at Tinsley Meadows Primary, where dozens of children learnt to ride today through our Get Cycling in Schools programme. Early skills. Lifelong confidence. Thank you Ed for your super support across @SouthYorksMCA 🏅

Huge thanks to @BikeabilityUK for making the session possible. Let’s keep empowering kids to choose walking, wheeling and cycling as part of everyday life. 💪 #ActiveLives #Bikeability #CycleToSchoolWeek #WalkAndWheel #SouthYorkshire #ActiveTravel

So much energy from the pupils during our cycling workshop as part of the Mayor’s Walk and Wheel Challenge prize draw. Great to see young people getting active, growing in confidence, and having fun on two wheels. 🙌

We’re starting where challenges are greatest – linking up neighbourhoods with buses, trams & trains so no one’s left behind. Moving towards a region where every journey starts with confidence & ends in opportunity. A place we’re proud to call home. 🌍

South Yorkshire doesn’t copy & paste solutions – we build our own. People want what many of us remember: safer streets, better connections & choice to walk, wheel & cycle. 🎥 See more 👉 southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk/explore/active…

I’ve seen it first-hand: belonging changes lives. Celebrating active lives and the great outdoors at community events brings people together. Well done @RightUpRStreet @MyDoncaster 🏆 youtube.com/watch?v=00G05A…

Always special to see my @BritishCycling family in action. Amazing racing and a strong crowd at Wentworth House yesterday! Loved catching up with loads of my old pals - congrats to everyone involved in such a successful event 👏 🚴‍♀️ @RMBCPress @SouthYorksMCA

3/3 🧵 Proud to now be South Yorkshire’s Active Lives commissioner. Already started work with our amazing partners @Sport_England @YorkshireSport @WestfieldHealth @NHSuk & Local Authority partners in Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsely & Sheffield. 🏆 🤝

2/3 🧵 For me personally, it hasn’t always been easy. There have been ups and downs, struggles along the way - but this has been the right path for me - and we have built this strategy the right way.

1/3 🧵 South Yorkshire’s new Walking, Wheeling & Cycling strategy is about to launch 🚀 🚶‍♀️‍➡️👨‍🦽‍➡️🚲 Huge thanks to @olivercoppard for his ambition, for backing me every inch of the way and helped me build an incredible team at @SouthYorksMCA 🙏

As long as I’m able, I’ll be riding bikes. And for as long as I can speak, continue to champion the joy and freedom of the humble bicycle! Very happy to still be in roles that promote and support cycling. Happy #RideToWorkDay x 🚲💨 #choice #walkwheelcycle

To all my pals turning 40 this year… here’s a sneak peek at your birthday present 🤠 Full Gas Forever - the guide for the “mature cyclist” who still wants to push watts without pulling hamstrings! Out Aug 28 🚨 25% off ends today! 🔗 shorturl.at/5yUUc #Cycling

And with the launch of the Sport Legacy Institute - in partnership with @WestfieldHealth - we’re stepping things up. We’re tackling health inequalities head-on and putting prevention at the heart of where we live, work, and learn. 👉 southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk/news/article/1…

🚴‍♂️ Sport played a huge part in my life - but this is about more than that. This new agreement between @Sport_England, the NHS, and @SouthYorksMCA builds on the brilliant work already happening in our communities…

The school run’s at the heart of our plans because it’s where good habits start and healthy journeys begin. 🚶‍♂️ 🦽🛴 🚴

Great to see @olivercoppard & England's Mayors signing up to giving communities healthier, happier and better-connected travel choices 👏 Here in South Yorkshire we’re proud to back safer streets, and routes that give everyone the freedom & choice to walk, wheel and cycle.