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2 side by side seated tandem cycles, both cycles next to each other with 4 participants on waving and smiling. Buildings in background.

ABOUT US

Accessible Cycle Rides

For elders living in care plus all-ages with disability or health needs

Stimulating outdoor adventures, improving quality-of-life and health.

  • For 81% participants these rides are their only outdoor activity. 

  • Rides enable people with limited or no access to outdoor activity to cycle regularly.

  • The piloted rides are transformative for participants, their families and carers.

  • All aboard return exhilarated. People passing rides interact positively, adding community connection to all. 

  • Cycle adventures of 5-25Km per-ride around our community make our rides exceptional and effective.

  • Awarded the MBE for charities. Our small team of just 2 staff and 44 volunteers enable 4000 rides a year, on an incredibly lean budget we fundraise for every year.

 

We offer two different transformative, quality-of-life services:

1.      Elders living in Care: Weekly set-schedule, piloted by our team of trained Volunteer Cycle-Pilots. We collect and return participants to their care home by trike. Pilots are trained in disability and dementia support skills and provided with ongoing support.

2.      All-Ages Accessible Rides: We train carers/friends/family to cycle-pilot these. Enables, often for first time, riding together.  Bookable via website. Adaptable, suitable for complex needs and hoist available. 

Benefits

  • Accessible, stimulating outdoor activity that improves quality of life (including but not limited to motivation for speech, communication, movement plus mood, mobility, motor skills, sleep and appetite).

  • Improves health, wellbeing, independence and confidence.

  • Increases people and physical community connection and reduces isolation and loneliness.

A trailblazing Brighton charity with unique attributes:

  • Access to 25Km across own community blue and green spaces per ride and open year-round.

  • ‘Elder Care Ride Service’ plus 'All-Ages Ride Service'.

  • Consistent minimum 50% Women Cycle Pilot Volunteers, Staff and Charity Board**.

  • Our ethos enables ‘See it to be it’ with under-represented groups and encourages others to follow.

 * Pedal People survey Sept. 2023. Majority participants live in or with care and are otherwise sedentary.

**Women are under-represented in cycling & cycle organisations. Women cycle half as often as men.  {Sustrans & Cycling UK 2022}