This November, as the world comes together for Global Giving Month, BYCS is turning the spotlight toward CareGiving — recognising the women who care for others every day, often without recognition or support.
CareGiving Month is a new campaign from BYCS that shines a light on and supports women caregivers in low-income urban communities, who often face disproportionate challenges in their daily mobility. Through this campaign, we invite you to give back to those who give the most.
Building on the success of our project Bicicatarinas in Mexico City, BYCS is hoping to expand the program to four cities: Bogotá, Mexico City, Delhi, and Bangalore. Each city faces unique mobility challenges, yet they share a common goal: creating more inclusive, accessible, and caring urban spaces where women can move freely and safely.
Your donation will directly support programs that provide women with bicycles, training, and safe mobility opportunities — enabling them to reclaim their time, connect with their communities, and unlock new possibilities for themselves and their families. A single bicycle can mean more time with children, access to better jobs, and the freedom to move without financial strain.
BYCS is an Amsterdam-based global NGO supporting community-led urban change through cycling.
We believe that a 200 year-old invention is a fundamental enabler of human progress and planetary regeneration.
It is one of the simplest solutions to some of the world’s most complex urban challenges.
ACTIVE PROGRAMMES, FROM BICYCLE HEROES TO BICYCLE BIENNALES.
COUNTRIES IMPLICATED IN BYCS ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMES
CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES CONNECTED AND COLLABORATING
LIVE PROJECTS
Bicycle Heroes
Youth Voices for Active Mobility is an engagement programme that expands upon our work with children in the Netherlands to Dublin, Rome & Lisbon, empowering children to be heard in city-making processes.
SOFT FACTORS
Strengthening the Human Infrastructure of Cycling is a research project examining soft strategies for inclusive uptake of cycling. It highlights good practices from cities and advocacy groups, and provides 6 key recommendations for policy.
MOBILITIES OF CARE
Increasing access to cycling mobilities of care is an international project, supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, running a global survey and pilot projects in Bengaluru, Istanbul, and Mexico City.
THE BICYCLE MAYOR NETWORK
BYCS manages and coordinate the Bicycle Mayor Network, a global community of advocates and activists pushing forward their local cycling agendas. As the human face and voice of cycling advocacy in their cities, we amplify their work and facilitate knowledge sharing, working together towards a common vision of the future of mobility that is sustainable, active and inclusive.
Learn more about the impact of the Bicycle Mayor Network, Youth Bicycle Mayors and the supporting Bicycle Citizens Network.
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The Women Who Carry Our Cities
This editorial piece is written by Mona Khatib – BYCS Marketing & Communications Manager. This piece highlights the importance of supporting women caregivers worldwide, as part of BYCS’ CareGiving Month Campaign. You can contribute to
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Cycle for Better Health
Title: Cycle for Better Health: Healthy and Happy Children on Two Wheels Author(s): Alex Baum, Daniela Abril Gutierrez, Michela Chamonal Publication Date: 2025 The creation of this programme guide and toolkit was made possible by the
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Cycling Conference Imaginaries – Speculating Velo-cities
2025 in Gdańsk sees Velo-city’s 45th year, and the 9th that BYCS has attended. In this piece James Crossley, Creative & Comms Consultant for BYCS, looks at the programme of powerful cycling advocacy that took
