Two people smiling as they ride a side-by-side tandem along the seafront
On the seafront, two trikes next to each other, both with a rider on the back and two people in the front carriage. They are all wrapped up warm as they wave

Support us?

Welcome to Pedal People – we’d be delighted to welcome you aboard

We have just 2 staff and 50 volunteers. We put all our resources into managing rides, so fundraising is always a huge challenge as we have to compete for donations and funds from a starting point of less resources. Many charities are able to employ full-time fundraisers but our operational staff are responsible for this alongside all their other work too.

Our local charity offers accessible cycle rides for Elders as well as ‘All-Ages’ living with disability or health needs.

We provide invigorating, fun, uplifting and (often only) outdoor activity via 2 different services:

1.      Elder Care Rides: Weekly schedule, bookable through care providers. These cycles are piloted by our team of 44 volunteers.

2.      All-ages Accessible Rides: At this service we train carers, friends, family to pilot. Variety of pedal/non-pedal/electric assist trikes available.

We really, really do need your kind support for people of all ages who cannot otherwise access the benefits of being outside on cycles.

  • Give monthly or quarterly or a one-off donation a regular gift to Pedal People is one of the most special ways to give. It means we can better plan for the future – as well as to ensure that we’re able to continue each year.  If you’d like to make any type of donation, please click our red ‘donate’ button at the foot of any of our web pages.

  • Leave a gift in your Will - A lasting legacy gift will help sustain our work for many more people to benefit from in years to come.

  • Celebrate with us! Facebook birthdays – or any other kind of birthdays – are a truly helpful and wonderful way to celebrate with Pedal People. We’d be so glad if you’d choose us. Look for the menu option of ‘raise money’ or ‘fundraisers’ via your Facebook page and you can set-up a fundraiser in 1-minute. 

  • Fundraise at work. Whether you run a business or work with a fantastic team, we’d love to be part of it. You can nominate us as your company’s charity of the year, consider corporate sponsorship (we can send you info on this), payroll giving, or get your colleagues together for a sponsored challenge. Just email us to tell us more about what you’d like to do and we can send you a poster / photos / thank you certificate.

  • Personal sponsored events.   Set up your own organisation/company/individual fundraising page on Go Fund me.

    Your page then collects gift aid (25% extra on UK tax-payer donations). Larger total, faster and no admin! 

    We REALLY really do need your kind support. We cannot keep our wheels turning without it. Our highest need is always day-to-day running costs. This helps us cover things like cycle parts and adaptable specialist cycle equipment (lots needed, our rides are out ‘back-to-back’ and number several thousand a year so there is plenty of wear and tear!) As well as ride team and pilot training.

    If you’d like some ideas for some specific fundraising goals - we are always happy to provide some and here’s a couple to get you thinking…

  • £40   Cycle ride for someone in need

  • £50   Carer-Pilot Cycle-training in specialst trike handling

  • £100  1 week cycle fleet maintenance for half our cycle fleet.

  • £150  Dementia & disability support training for a Volunteer Cycle-Pilot for our Elder Care Service

  • £500 Replacement essential adaptable trike parts to enable people with complex needs to ride for a trike for a year.

  • £1250 Sponsors a Volunteer Cycle-Pilot for all training, support and ride work, Elder Care Rides for a year.

  • £1500 Sponsors a trike for year [provides replacement parts plus weekly maintenance]. We have 7 trikes and each need this to keep them providing 4000 back-to-back rides every year.

    Company sponsorship options include:

    When your company sponsors us we reciprocate with social media post and bonus special ride on our 4-seater tandem. A great opportunity to see the fun and benefits first-hand and the perfect unique team reward/prize/or fundraising incentive! Photos of your ride make a great social media /company newsletter share for you too. Different levels of PR rewards per sponsorship type - email us for more info.

    £1250 Sponsors a Volunteer Cycle-Pilot for all training, support and ride work, Elder Care Rides for a year.

    £1500 Sponsors a trike for year [roviding replacement parts plus weekly maintenance.

    £3000 Sponsors 2 specialist trikes for a year - all maintenance and parts- company name on trike 2 trikes.

    £5000 Sponsors a staff ‘Ride Enabler’ to train Carer Pilots throughout 1 year - All-Ages Service

    £10000 Sponsors whole cycle fleet maintenance for 1 year - company name on all trikes.

    Would love to discuss bespoke and solo sponsorship - we do NOT have a dedicated fundraiser - our 3 staff add up to just 2 full-time total and work across both our ride services daily. We really need company support as a very small local charity and have a brilliantly engaged and large social media offering across LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook to offer.

    THANK YOU!

    Click to read MORE ABOUT US  and our unique attributes and ride benefits

A rider sits on the back of a trike, with two women sitting in the front carriage. A black and white border collie dog is sat between their feet. They are on a beach promenade with beach huts to the left and the beach on the right.
Two smiling men wearing caps are on a side-by-side tandem. The man on the right has a small white dog on their lap.