After joining a cycle club just over a year ago, Alisha has become a dedicated ride leader who is breaking down cultural barriers around cycling. Learners find her to be patient and kind. She helps women build their confidence as well as giving them a sense of achievement and purpose in looking after their wellbeing.

“As a grownup and a Muslim woman I looked at cycling as something not quite ‘fitting the image’. Only having discovered that other modestly dressed women cycle too I decided to get a bike sometime after the first lockdown. My life was completely transformed!”