Why Are Taxpayers Funding a Cycling Charity for “Muslim and Ethnically Diverse Women”?
This week, Will Norman, London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner, was photographed trying “the excellent new cycle lanes on Lambeth Bridge”. He was joined by two cycling groups, the London Cycling Campaign and Cycle Sisters UK. In this piece I am going to delve into the latter as an example of how ridiculous identity politics has become, so much so that there are now exercise charities only open to minorities.
Case in point: Cycle Sisters UK describes itself as “award-winning charity which creates accessible and empowering spaces for Muslim and ethnically diverse women to cycle and become more healthy, confident and connected”. It’s not obvious what’s stopping them from doing this in the first place, nor why hobbies and socials are increasingly being turned into registered charities (a trend I have noticed a lot while researching the charity sector). That’s before we get to the fact that Cycling Sisters was awarded £103,346 from taxpayers between 2021-2025.
Although Cycle Sisters is technically open to “ethnically diverse women”, it’s ultimately centred around Islam, with teachings from the Quran on its website:
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