It'd been a year since my last crazy physical/charity-based event and when the knock on the door came to get involved I simply could not say no! 

With 0 road bike experience I had no idea how I'd fare especially given my turbulent past with bikes/falling off... BUT so far so good.

The training has been brutal at times as I've started to acquaint myself with the world of cycling but with every ride I feel myself growing into it and gaining confidence. Dare I say I'm even beginning to enjoy myself..!



Anyways, more info about the charity below!! 

Kicking Off has always tried to be a modern and dynamic organisation, that demonstrates total transparency at every possible opportunity.With that in mind we created our 100% fundraising model - a model where any member of the public can have total faith that 100% of the money they donate to Kicking Off goes directly to the projects we run and the people we support.To make that system possible we created 'the CORE'. A special collection of donors from the public and businesses that understand that Kicking Off can not run without operating costs and actively make the decision to enable our work through specific donations to our running costs. The CORE helps us pay for a whole range of different things such as insurance payments, paid online services costs, Just Giving membership, wages (at some point soon), some travel, accommodation etc.We'd love you to support this side of the work we do at Kicking Off! Please contact us with any questions about 'the CORE' or our wider work!