PedalPower: The inclusive cycle club in North London

By Brian Leveson
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18 Dec, 2021
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PedalPower: What the heck was she thinking???? £10,000 in 15 days? So, when our friend and PedalPower founder Jo Roach mentioned she was doing a Crowdfunder for PedalPower, we did not know that she had a huge target with a tiny deadline of £10,000 by 3rd January 2022.

Difficult Parent cycling at PedalPower inclusive cycling club in Finsbury Park, Haringey

It is not often that I get the opportunity to go cycling with my son. The conditions need to be flat and safe for a start – with no traffic.

This is Jo Roach, North Londoner and founder of PedalPower

What is PedalPower?

PedalPower is an inclusive cycle club for learning disabled people of all ages and all abilities.

How did PedalPower start?

Jo’s daughter is a really good cyclist who happens to be learning disabled. Jo was looking for a cycle club for a daughter to go to. When Jo could not find a cycle club for her daughter, she set one up herself!

How many people have PedalPower helped?

Set up in 2004 with 2 people, PedalPower has helped over 2,000 people over 17 years.

Where is PedalPower?

PedalPower have sessions at Finsbury Park, Emirates and New River Athletics Track

You can find out about PedalPower and make a booking on their website: https://www.pedalpowercc.org/

What are the facilities like at Finsbury Park?

At Finsbury Park they also have a Changing Places which helps make the sessions more inclusive for people with profound and complex needs.

Why are you Crowdfunding?

At New River they need to do some CrowdFunding.

This is the link for the Crowdfunder page: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/specialised-cycles-for-pedal-power

And there is another site here: https://www.goldengiving.com/fundraising/PedalPowerTricycles

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