Wheels for All, run by Bath & North East Somerset Council, is holding a series of indoor cycling sessions for children and adults with health, learning and social needs, this winter.
The sessions will be held at Beechen Cliff School Sports Barn and are being made possible thanks to funding from St John’s Hospital in Bath.
Sessions take place from 12 noon – 1pm on the following Saturdays: January 16 & 27, and February 12 and 27.
To find out more or book a place, call 0753 026 3014 or email [email protected]
Based at Odd Down cycling circuit, Wheels for All is run by Bath & North East Somerset Council, and benefits over 250 people every year.
It has over 30 adapted bikes, tri-cycle, hand cycles and wheelchair-compatible cycles.
Councillor Martin Veal (Conservative, Bathavon North), Cabinet Member for Community Services, said: “Wheels for All is a fantastic initiative, supported by volunteers in the community, which aims to get anyone on wheels, whether under their own power on a pedal or hand trike or in a special wheelchair transporter bike.”
Chris Revill, project co-ordinator, said: “To continue to run this important service we need more volunteers and I’d like to encourage anyone who can spare us some time, or can help us fundraise, to get involved.”
Volunteers help run the Saturday sessions at Odd Down in the summer and at Beechen Cliff sports Barn in the winter.
They also run the Friends of Wheels for All, a supporters and fundraising group made up of parents and users; the group has only been running for 12 months and has already raised £5,000 towards the cost of new activities, replacement and new trikes and special bikes.
The Friends have run coffee mornings, applied for grants for new bikes, and been involved in a charity tennis tournament that raised £2.6k.
Saltford & Keynsham Cycling Club has also recently donated £1,000 to The Friends towards the cost of new adapted bikes and trikes.
To find out more about the sessions or volunteering call 0753 026 3014, email [email protected] or visit www.bathnes.gov.uk/wheelsforall.
