Funding from the Postcode Community Trust helps provide bikes for local schools Open Trail would like to give a huge thank-you to players of the People's Postcode Lottery and the Postcode Community Trust for their grant of £1,400 to help us get...
National Lottery Funding helps Open Trail cascade the benefits of Forest School to more children “It’s been invaluable for this group. I’ve seen them do and achieve things that I never would have imagined. Then to see Sophie work together with everyone else, it’s...
“Why does Open Trail exist? Because too many adults forget how much fun cycling is and too many young people never get to experience some of the greatest things in life: the freedom of cycling, being outdoors, and the determination to do make great things...
Girls Cycling We like to provide our pupils with different activities, not to traditional PE sports. We want to inspire them to try something new! Especially our girls!” PE Teacher, Sandwell Academy Big Bike Revival, Open Trail and Sandwell Academy have worked...
Bike coaching for all at Comberton Primary School “Let’s go back in time… in 1998 a small girl headed home through the gates of Comberton to find her bike, her smiling father, and NO stabilisers… she was scared! In 2018 she walked back through the gates this...
Bewdley Bike Week & the Big Bike Revival Thanks to the support of Big Bike Revival, Bewdley Bike Week has been able to run for the last 4 years and is now a firm feature of the local events calendar. This year we ran 6 days of events for the whole family! We saw...
Cycling at School thanks to Big Bike Revival “Two of my favourite things in the world are swimming and cycling… swimming because I love the water and cycling because Hannah teaches us stuff that other teacher’s can’t- jumping, riding steps, wheelies… it’s the best...
Beacon PRU experience some of the benefits of cycling for children thanks to Big Bike Revival and Spokes Recycled Bikes “WOW look at the bikes!” “Can I ride that one?” “Are these really for us?” Pupils aged 5-11 at Beacon School This year Big Bike Revival funding and...
The Postcode Community Trust funding helped us provide cycle coaching for disabled young people and people from disadvantaged backgrounds Open Trail would like to give a huge thank you to players of the Postcode Lottery and the Postcode Community Trust for their grant...
In-school bike lessons for Franche Primary Open Trail’s manager Hannah has previously worked as a Forest School leader at Franche Community Primary School, accompanying the children age 2-11 in their on-site forest 4 days a week! The school embrace child-led...
Far Forest Beavers combine cycling and forest school A beautiful warm September weekend at the Frank Chapman Centre found a rabble of Far Forest Beavers having a great time with Hannah and Forest School Leader Jodie. Thirty 7-9 year olds and their wonderful scout...
Summer Clubs at Franche Primary School Franche Community Primary School run a fantastic range of summer clubs and activities for the school holidays as part of their 726 club (runs 7am-6pm 52 weeks of the year) providing quality activities for those gaps between...
1:1 bike lessons for children and adults Summer time! The time for riding through dusty forest tracks, rolling around tarmac off road cycling paths, and exploring our beautiful local area in the sunshine… but of course these experiences are gained from that very first...
Big Bike Revival 2017 Open Trail have had a second great year in the Big Bike Revival! It is a large project run by Cycling UK and funded by the Department for Transport to encourage more people to dust off their bikes and get pedalling! The Big Bike Revival...
Recent newspaper articles... 23rd August 2016 GB Star Hannah Inspires New Cycling Generation, Big Bike Revivalhttp://www.cyclinguk.org/news/20160816-gb-star-hannah-inspires-new-cycling-generation-big-bike-revival 24th January 2016 The PFP Leisure Senior Sportswoman of...
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