Finsbury Park Learning Disablity and Disability cycling club needs your support!!

You've probably seen the cycling sessions at the running track on Finsbury Park which are run by Pedal Power and wondered about all of the fantastic bikes and community.

Pedal Power is a learning disability focussed cycling club where people with physical disabilities are also welcome, they provide an incredible range of adapted bikes, tricycles, side by sides and even bikes you can park a wheelchair on. These bikes mean people with some of the most complex support needs can exercise regularly and experience a strong sense of community.

Jo Roach set up Pedal Power 20 years ago for her Daughter Suzie to have a place to exercise and Jo has worked day and night to keep the club funded, growing and always adapting to peoples needs.

I've been a member for about 4 years and I use their amazing recumbent tricycles which is one of the only accessible forms of exercise to me as a wheelchair user. Pedal Power has helped me stay fit, and stopped my disabilities from getting worse, It's also been a fantastic community for to meet people and socialise.

Pedal Power needs your support, please. They have a crowd funder for two side-by-side tandem bikes for the cycling sessions. These bikes allow people with complex support needs to exercise and learn to cycle with the brilliant instructors from pedal power. The bikes are made in holland and allow a instructor or family member to sit alongside the cyclist and help steer, or add power to the bike. 

Unfortunately, there is only around a week left of the crowdfunder and they've only hit 15% of their target of £14,000

It's a brilliant club doing vital work with very limited support from the council. With the Disability benefit cuts looming, now is a more important time than ever for disabled people to have access to exercise and a strong sense of community.

Please show your support and donate at the below link, it will make the most enormous difference!:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/wheels-wanted/backers#start

Here is a recent article about their work in the Islington Tribune: https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/its-on-a-roll-but-cycle-...