Pedal for Hope: KidsCan x Hope Academy Summer Challenge
Pedal for Hope: KidsCan x Hope Academy Summer Challenge
For the past two years, we’ve inspired kids to get outside and improve their cycling skills with our "How To" series during the summer holidays. This year, we're taking it a step further with an exciting new initiative: the Pedal for Hope: KidsCan x Hope Academy Summer Challenge, starting Saturday, July 20th.
Why We're Pedaling for Hope
Our mission is to raise vital funds for KidsCan, a children's cancer research charity. In the UK, 20% of children diagnosed with cancer do not survive due to limited treatment options. Of those who do survive, 60% suffer from life-altering disabilities such as hearing loss, infertility, major organ and bone issues, and even heart failure. These debilitating side effects, known as late-effects, stem from treatments that, while lifesaving, cause significant damage to developing bodies.
Cancer treatments often lead to prolonged hospital stays, leaving children isolated and lonely, unable to attend school or socialise with friends. To address this, KidsCan is launching the KidsCan Community Support and Resource Hub. This innovative platform will use digital technology to connect children across the UK, providing weekly online support groups for parents, children, and educators, along with a wealth of resources and a compassionate community.
How You Can Help
At Hope, we’re rallying all our clubs to participate in a remote cycling challenge that’s open to everyone, regardless of age, location, or cycling ability. By coming together as a cycling community, we aim to demonstrate the unifying power of digital technology and collective action for a worthwhile cause. Through fundraising for KidsCan, we can help create a supportive community for children in isolation and fund groundbreaking research to ensure that every child diagnosed with cancer can survive and thrive without the fear of late effects.
Join the Challenge
Will you pedal for hope? Choose from one of two challenges and be part of a movement that brings support and hope to children in hospital unable to cycle. Through your participation, you can help create a world where every child not only survives cancer but thrives afterward.
Bike Club Challenge - 874 Miles
This challenge covers the equivalent distance from Land’s End to John O'Groats. Clubs are encouraged to reach this mileage collectively between July 20th and September 2nd. Sign up through our JustGiving page and track your miles via Strava or by uploading images of your tracked miles to update your progress.
Individual Challenge - 137 Miles
For individuals not part of a club, this challenge covers the equivalent distance from the Irish Sea to the North Sea Coast to Coast. Sign up as an individual to complete 137 miles over the same six-week period (22.8 miles per week).
Everyone who fundraises for this important cause will be entered to win 12 months of free bike rental, regardless of the miles completed! Plus, we’ll be giving away prizes throughout the six-week challenge, from T-shirts to custom-etched bike parts, to participants who impress us each week. Make sure to post and tag your efforts on social media so we can see your amazing progress!
Additionally, we will randomly select one participating club to co-host an Academy Skills Day with us next year, with all proceeds donated to the club.
Pedal for Hope Participants
During the challenge, we will hold a skills day for KidsCan Ambassadors—young adults living with the life-changing effects of treatments and children currently undergoing treatment. Leading up to the challenge, we’ll release a video featuring these ambassadors explaining why your donations matter.
The Hope Academy will also be participating, with our riders, ambassadors, and staff donating their miles, including cycling stars like Guy Martin, Ed Clancy, Ross Cullen, Trail Rippers, and many more.
We’ll be logging miles at several events over the summer, and we invite you to join us:
- Dalby National XC Champs
- Ard Rock
- PMBA Ae Forest Enduro Nationals
Come get some laps in with us at these events and enjoy special giveaways for everyone helping!
Ready to ride? Let’s pedal for a cause that truly matters!
SIGN UP HERE
Individuals: Pedal for Hope-KidsCan Summer Cycling Individual Challenge | Kidscan (enthuse.com)
Bike clubs: Pedal for Hope - KidsCan Summer Cycling Challenge (Group) | Kidscan (enthuse.com)
Kidscan: Reg. Charity no.1094946
Follow Kidscan on Social Media:
Facebook : @KidsCanUK
Twitter: @Kidscan_UK
