RUTS UPower

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RUTS UPower U Power is a youth led community project, focusing on the promotion of cycling as a low carbon behaviour within the communities of Midlothian.

History:
RUTS was established in 1981, by a group of enthusiastic motorcycling youth workers to provide activity-based groupwork projects for young people. These projects used off-road motorcycling as an activity which took the interest of the young people involved and encouraged involvement, but at the same time provided opportunities for useful growth experiences, such as teamwork and taking instruction. Present Day:
Today, although the project has been expanded to 20+ staff and has been finely-tuned, the philosophy remains the same and two-wheeled vehicles are still the main focus in working with young people referred to us. What we do at RUTS:
We use motorcycles and bicycles, and their related skills and issues to act as a focus in providing support and direction to young people. We promote building pathways to social inclusion. At RUTS we run programmes of motorcycle and bicycle related activities for young people. These can be tailored to the needs of the client/agency.

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U Power is a youth led community project funded by the Junior Climate Challenge Fund, helping tackle climate change through healthy and sustainable behaviour change.

It is inspired by young people for young people and aims to reduce the carbon footprint of Midlothian communities by promoting the use of low carbon behaviours in everyday life. Most specifically cycling.

This project aims to engage, encourage and enable the use of bicycles as a sustainable mode of transport for everyday activities and local travel within Midlothian communities. This will be achieved by increasing confidence of road cycling, bike maintenance and cycle route knowledge through tailored workshops, events and regular cycle support.

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