Pedal People Charity

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.

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. For 81% participants they are their only outdoor activity*.  All aboard return exhilarated. People passing rides notice the fabulous big trikes and interact positively, adding community connection to all.  Cycle adventures of 5-25Km per-ride across green and blue spaces make our rides exceptional and effective.

Awarded the MBE for charities. Our small team of just 2 staff and 44 volunteers enable over 4000 rides a year, on an incredibly lean budget we fundraise for every year. All rides are highly subsidised through our fundraising, so are low or no-cost to participants.

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}

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 menu. 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.