Wheelability
Sports category:
Activity
, Cycling Sports
Overview
The Wheelability project provides access to cycling to disabled and non-disabled people. The project is all about cycling together and helping everyone to enjoy the beautiful Thanet Coast, in a fun and relaxed way. We have a large range of bikes including hand bikes – suitable for people with limited or no lower body mobility, tricycles including one with a front seat that people can transfer from a wheelchair onto, tandems which enable one person to take over the peddling and steering so provide good access for people with visual impairments, as well a number of regular bikes.
Club features
Impairment types:
Learning impairment
Mental health
Social or behavioural
Visual impairment
Physical impairment
Staff experience:
We have a lot of experience working with disabled people
Activity format:
Individual
Location:
Minnis Bay Car Park
The Parade
Birchington
CT7 9QP
United Kingdom
Telephone number:
0333 366 0834
Email address:
Attending the club:
If you are interested in joining you can either give us a call on 0333 366 0834 or email wellbeing@yourleisure.uk.com . The cost to use the bikes as many times as you want is £25 for an individual and £100 for a group for a whole year.
Get in contact and we will tell you everything you need to know about the project and answer any questions you may have. You could also just pop along on a Thursday when our lovely volunteers are on hand to be able to welcome you and assist you with the bikes.
You can also join the Wheelability Face book group and keep up to date with ongoing news and connect with other Wheelability users.
Get in contact and we will tell you everything you need to know about the project and answer any questions you may have. You could also just pop along on a Thursday when our lovely volunteers are on hand to be able to welcome you and assist you with the bikes.
You can also join the Wheelability Face book group and keep up to date with ongoing news and connect with other Wheelability users.
When we meet:
Our volunteers are here every Thursday, but once you have had your induction and have joined you can come when ever suits you. You could come as a family or with friends or even start your own group that’s meets at a time that works for all of you.
Is there a specific meeting point at the address:
Drive all the way along The Parade Minnis Bay, Waves Café will be on your left and the Minnis Bay bar will be in front of you. Follow the road round to the left and you will enter the Minnis Bay Car Park.
Drive through the car park with the toilet block on your right hand side, beyond the block on your right you will see two storage containers, you have reached the Wheelability project.
Drive through the car park with the toilet block on your right hand side, beyond the block on your right you will see two storage containers, you have reached the Wheelability project.
Equipment:
You don’t need to bring any special equipment with you the bikes are all provided, you may wish to bring with you your own helmet although we do have some you can borrow.
Wear comfortable clothing that you can move in such as tracksuit bottoms, and trainers. We are situated right on the sea front so remember to dress for the weather. On a sunny day you will need sun cream and a hat and if windy you will need a jumper, coat and perhaps some gloves.
Wear comfortable clothing that you can move in such as tracksuit bottoms, and trainers. We are situated right on the sea front so remember to dress for the weather. On a sunny day you will need sun cream and a hat and if windy you will need a jumper, coat and perhaps some gloves.
Accessibility Information:
There is plenty of parking in the car park with spaces directly in front of Wheelability, please be aware that this car park is charged all year round. There are free parking spaces out on The Parade, this is a short walk from the project without any inclines.
There are Council operated Disabled Toilets available in the car park. The non-disabled toilets are also usually open at this site throughout the year, but it is worth checking the Council website before you visit.
There are café’s and restaurants a short distance from Wheelabillity with hot and cold food and drinks available, and there is also lots of green space and the beach across the road if you want to bring a picnic and make a day of it.
There are Council operated Disabled Toilets available in the car park. The non-disabled toilets are also usually open at this site throughout the year, but it is worth checking the Council website before you visit.
There are café’s and restaurants a short distance from Wheelabillity with hot and cold food and drinks available, and there is also lots of green space and the beach across the road if you want to bring a picnic and make a day of it.
Wheelability online
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