HRH Princess Anne with Bike Club members in Wales 23/11/2011
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Bike Clubs leaders and members were invited to celebrate the achievements of Young people in Wales by Youth Cymru and Uk Youth. Pembroke Primary School, Chepstow and Morriston Comprehensive School, Swansea were asked to showcase the excellent activities in their Bike Clubs, they demonstrated these through colour displays produced by the young people and presented to HRH Princess Anne at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff.
Pembroke Primary School
both Bike Club members showed real enthusiasm and a sense of pride when discussing they Bike Club with HRH and other guests.
Morriston Comprehensive School
A big thank you to both Bike Club for their hard work, and also thank you to Bike Club leaders and young people from other areas who attend the service to celebrate the achievement of young people in Wales.
Melanie Davies Bike Club Development officer for Wales said ‘Bike Club Wales currently has 21 clubs funded by ASDA Pedal Power, covering a diverse cross-section of community groups and schools, providing many bespoke cycling opportunities. this is currently in the South Wales area, we hope to provide the same opportunities for groups in other areas of Wales in the future.
Bike Clubs would like to thank Youth Cymru and UK Youth who put on an excellent event and provided us this great opportunity to showcase the work of Bike Clubs in Wales, such a great day.
Pudsey from Children in Need meets Bike Club Cardiff 18/11/2011
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Bike Club Cardiff spend the day teaching Pudsey how to cycle, Pudsey had such a great day he put them in his Children in Need Calendar.
show your support to children in need calander cost £4 and can be purchased by emailing your request to melanie.davies@bikeclub.org.uk or through http://hybu.co.uk/1/pudseys-challenge-year-2012-calendar-now-available
Big thanks to Tredz for yet again supporting Bike Club in their many activites!
Bike Club volunteer opportunities in South Wales 14/09/2011
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Volunteer opportunities
Bike Club have an exciting opportunity to train volunteers for Bike Clubs South Wales to support cycling activites for Young People between 10 and 20 in
Current Volunteering posts include
Palmerston Primary School, Barry
2 places for Bike Maintenance support
training level 1
(Volunteer time Appox. 30 hours per year)
Cardiff YMCA
1 ride manager to organise 6 local led rides
Ride Support and Ride manager training
(Volunteer time approx. 6 led rides a year)
Oasis Cardiff
Maintenance support and trainer
Includes Bike Maintenance training level 1, 2 and 3
and
Bikeability/ Standards instructor trainer
Includes Bikeability/ Standards Instructor training
(Volunteer time Sessional)
Youth Achievements Award Training available for all
Due to a high level of interest
and cost of the courses you will need to commit to a minimum of one year
Please contact me for
further information on any of the above
Melanie Davies, Bike Club Development Officer
melanie.davies@bikeclub.org.uk
Mobile – 07500 847381
Cardiff Bike Club wil be at the Wales LGBT Mardi Gras 2011 02/09/2011
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Bike Club will be at the Cardiff Mardi gras on staurday 3rd Sep, come along to the Youth Zone to find out more!
Ybike ride with lunch in Asda Cardiff Bay! 01/08/2011
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Young people participated in a ride around Cardiff Bay,
this also included a free Dr Bike session by Tredz, Bikeability Level 1 and consultation lunch in Asda and presentation of their Bike Club certificate.
After a full day of cycling activities the group were enthused and ready to organise the next Bike Club outing, St Fagans here we come!
Cardiff YMCA Launch YBike 21/02/2011
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On Friday of half term, young people in Cardiff will get the chance to have fun while learning new cycling skills.
Friday sees the launch of YBike, a club where young people can get their bikes fixed and take part in local rides, whether they like BMXing, off-roading, or whether they simply use their bike to get around. Even people who don’t currently ride a bike are welcome.
YBike’s launch event will take place from 11am to 2pm on 25 February, at Cardiff YMCA, on The Walk, in Roath, Cardiff. It will include competitions, quizzes, information and free bike fixing. There will also be a special visit from racing cyclist Magnus Backstedt and members of the UK Youth cycling team.
YMCA’s Youth Worker, Caroline Ryan, said: “YBike will support more young people to take up cycling as a way of keeping fit, as a means of ‘free’ sustainable transport and as a social activity, helping them gain independence.”
Cardiff YMCA is launching the club thanks to a grant from national development organisation Bike Club, which is a consortium of charities including the UK’s national cycling organisation CTC; youth work charity Youth Cymru and education advocates ContinYou. Bike Club has been brought to Cardiff with funding from Asda’s ‘Pedal Power’ project.
For more information on the launch event, phone Melanie on 07500847842, or email melanie.davies@ctc.org.uk
Young people in Cardiff cycle into the new year with Bike Club 10/01/2011
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Bike Club has been brought to Cardiff with the help of funding from Asda’s ‘Pedal Power’ project. Bike Club works with local youth and community groups, schools, voluntary and statutory organisations to help young people be creative and explore their cycling interests. It offers young people, volunteers and youth workers support in a range of ways including training, funding and help to ensure they are confident and equipped with the right resources to lead activities.
Cardiff YMCA and Llamau are two of the groups that have successfully set up Bike Clubs with the aid of a Bike Club grant and support of Bike Club Development Officer for Cardiff Melanie Davies. Melanie says: “Bike Club offers a great opportunity for children and young people to engage in fun, interesting, bespoke cycling activities and in doing so provides the opportunity for young people to keep fit, healthy and gain independence.”
With a wide range of Bike Club activities in Cardiff and the surrounding areas, young people will become healthier and more active, and have access to effective non-formal education, improving the community as a whole. Young people’s achievements will be celebrated and they can also gain valuable accreditation for their hard work through Youth Achievement Awards.
Regardless of location, all areas in Wales can benefit from becoming a non-grant member of Bike Club, which brings together practical advice to support children and young people all over Wales. Bike Club will further promote the development of a sustainable approach to learning and exploring through cycling.
Bike Club has organised a networking day 26 January 1pm to 4pm at Youth Cymru, Upperboat Business Centre, Treforest, CF37 5BP. It will be an opportunity for leaders, groups or schools to come along and discover how they can apply for a Bike Club grant. To attend, please contact Melanie Davies on 01443 827 842. www.bikeclub.org.uk
Bike Club Cardiff meets winner of new bike from Tredz 10/08/2010
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Bike Club Cardiff hosted the UK Youth Nigel Mansell Challenge event in Cardiff on 23rd July.
The day was a great success with over 300 participants and spectators who attended through the day to welcome the peloton to Cardiff. To further celebrate the day Tredz Bike shop kindly donated a bike for a prize draw, all young people who participated on the day were entered into the free draw. Charlies name was drawn by Youth Cymru and Charlie is now the proud owner of a new Raleigh Bike.
Charlie is a real bike enthusiast and enjoys spending a lot of his time riding. Recently his bike broke so he was overwhelmed when he received the call from the Bike Club Officer to congratulate him on winning the bike. When Charlie entered the Tredz shop to collect his prize he looked at all the bikes on show, he then fell in love with the Raleigh bike little did he know that this bike was his prize. Charlies mum Heidi said “Charlie lives and breathes bikes”" he will now be able to continue his favourite pastime with his new Prize.
Nigel Mansell event in Cardiff 07/07/2010
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As the Nigel Mansell Cycle Challenge tours Britain, we’ll be preparing a big welcome in Cardiff on 23 July.
From 11am until 5pm, we’ll have a range of activities:
- North shore (wooden ramps)
- Family treasure hunt
- Accessible cycling with Pedal Power
- Doctor Bike
- YMCA Bling Your Bike
- Free Prize Draw
See you by the Light Ship in Cardiff Bay.
If you’re under 18, you’ll need to need to fill in one of these activity consent forms before you take part.
Introduction – Cardiff/ Wales 29/03/2010
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Hi my name is Melanie, I’m the Bike Club Development Officer for Cardiff. Looking forward to working on lots of exciting cycling projects, so call on 029 2082 0451, mobile 07500 847381 or email melanie.davies@bikeclub.org.uk to find out more!
