SW Cycling (Bikeability) Instructors
This is a list of events that are current within the cycling industry, either involving National Standard Instructors and/or Sustran Rangers
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CycleAbility's Go-Ride registration has been processed and
In celebration of our becoming a registered
GoRide Club, we are holding another event for people who are mentally or
physically challenged and their carers and families on Saturday 23rd July
2011 . To join CycleAbility yourself, download the application form by
clicking here .. Our club name is CycleAbility and the current club
membership no. is 870535.
Originally this had been planned to be held in Cardingham Woods,
however the Forestry Commission have since advised us they 'rarely grant
permission for large events during school holidays due to the risk of
conflict between forest users.' Thus it will now be held at
Siblyback Lake Country Park instead .. all other details remain the same.
To find out more about
Siblyback Lake,
it's location
and facilities please
click here.
Once again Quest 88 will be supplying the
bikes although this time they will be more suited to off road activities
whilst still being all inclusive. We are also hoping to have barbecues
in picnic area near the car park as well. Lady George and her family are also hoping to
join us.
There is
a group
involved
with
Cornwall
Sports
Partnership,
looking
to raise
money to
pay for
specialised
bikes
such as
hand
cycles,
side by
side
tandems, velo
plus and
various
others
can be
purchased
as part
of
setting
up a
disabled
cycling
facility
here in
Cornwall.
If you'd
like to
know
more,
check
out the
website
that has
been set
up at
www.cycleability.org.uk
“I admire those involved for their drive and enthusiasm and I wish
it every success. Cornwall is a wonderful county and I’m so pleased
that it will lead the region in providing a cycling facility that
directly addresses issues of equality and diversity. Our motto is
for 'One and All' and this is a perfect example of that noble
aspiration being put into action.”
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the Kernow's Cycleability facility .. please help us to help others in Cornwall., the specialised bikes that we need are expensive and need to be maintained!!
we now have our Club Membership Number which you too, can now join.
The message from British Cycling read ..
"Thank you for getting involved in the Go-Ride programme and expanding
the opportunities available to young people in the south west." 
The
Launch
Appeal
will
happen
with the
backing
of Phil
Packer
(British
Inspirational
Trust),
Dr Gary
Brickley
(Paralympic
Cycling
Coach),
Lady
Mary
(Lord
Lieutenant)
and Lady
George
who
kindly
picked
up her
late
husband's
baton
after
his
death.
Please
support
us too!
Any
funds
donated
will go
straight
to the
charity
so
please,
help
them to
help the
many
people
who live
in
Cornwall
and
don't
have the
facilities
to be
able to
cycle or
those
who come
here on
holiday
and
would
like to
try it!
They are
all
National
Standards
(Cycling)
Instructors
and one
of them
recently
qualified
as a
'Wheels
for All'
Ride
Leader
under
Cycling
Project's
auspices.
"I
remember when the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and
Families, Ed Balls, visited the Sir James Smith School in Camelford
and he specifically referred to the provision of sport outside of
schools that must benefit the community as a whole, including those
with disabilities. The Wheels for All Centre in Cornwall is a
wonderful way of addressing that objective and I wholeheartedly
support the project. I hope that the commercial sector in Cornwall
will feel able to contribute to the funding of these specialised
bikes."
The
late Lord (Eddie) George, October 2008
(Lady Mary Holborow, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall)
Graeme Willgrass, is a Sustrans Ranger just over the border, next year (2011) will cycle 4000 miles around the mainland UK to raise money for the charity www.sustrans.org.uk. Sustrans have created 12,000 miles of National Cycle Network, one third of which is traffic free, enabling people of all ages and abilities to enjoy stress-free travel to work & school, as well as leisure activities in a peaceful ,low-carbon way. Why 'Cycle for Health'? Four years ago, Graeme suffered a major breakdown, losing everything in the process, including his teaching career. Very slowly, this is changing and are beginning to take effect. Exercise and cycling in particular are a big part of this. Graeme has always done lots between bouts of illness, but this is now part of managing and progressing his life. Mental health is still an area of great fear and stigma, but it needn't be. So, he has a plan (gulp!) for what will be the biggest adventure of his life. Please visit his Just Giving page and help him reach his target, email him or wave if you see a funny looking bike pulling a trailer as it will probably be Graeme., there are not too many people who use a trailer with a folding bike after all. He also has a blogspot at http://roundbritain-cycleforhealth.blogspot.com