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For Bike Week, Buy Rope is offering 100% of its one-day profit on 5th June, to a cycling charity that gains the most likes of their page shared publicly by the charity. Doing the do depends upon fundraising: thanks Buy Rope and thank *you* for liking this share! 🙏

Buy Rope | Buy Rope will give away their profits made on Saturday 5th of June for Bike Week 2021 to a charity which promotes the benefit of cycling.

Almost there! 80% of their target £2k in donations reached for Innercycle, before their John O'Groats to Land's End ride on 31st May 🙌 Huge thanks to JB, John, Mike, Rob and Will, their donors and supporters! 👏👏👏🚴‍

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=JOGLE2021&isTeam=true

JOGLE 2021 Help John change the world! Make a donation now

Thoughts and well-wishes for the week.
Shared by Adam Busby

Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day. For those with mental health concerns, that can feel like one's world, daily.

The impetus for Innercycle was belief in a fresh approach to the rise in numbers of people struggling to maintain well-being.

On World Mental Health Day 2016, the UN highlighted need for "immediate support to those in psychological distress after a crisis."

In 2017, WHO's focus was mental health in the workplace.

Two years ago, the theme was the young; in 2019, su***de prevention.

Now: celebration of professionals - we also add unpaid family carers and volunteers - who support those facing all of these 'themes' and more, each and every day.

Talking helps. Active listening, too. Actions can speak louder.

We celebrate those who've donated, sponsored, gifted products and shared their valuable time to help us in early-stage - and dormancy - towards established, effective impact.

We can all take it one day at a time in coming back to our best during these unprecedented times. Yet ability to achieve ideals depends upon help.

What could you do on World Mental Health Day to help someone? Insignificant it may be to you, yet a smile can make someone's day. Can you gift a moment, if not in a position to spare change? What could you do daily to brighten the lives of those around you, not just once a year? Scope to act more kindly - to yourself and others - each day?

Please share.

In gratitude, from all at Innercycle

A good weekend to all and for all🙏

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I experience schizoaffective disorder but I am not my diagnosis Before I experienced mental illness for myself, my knowledge of mental illness was zero. That all changed in 1997, when I found myself in a very dark place. A lot of unpleasant experiences occurred at the same time, which resulted in my feeling that I could no longer cope with life. This resulted in...

After 2 months of inactivity within our workshops, training providers Activate Cycle Academy, pjcsonline.co.uk Ltd and Torq Zone Academy are re-opening in June following respective Government announcements and guidelines! Read the full announcement here: https://www.cytech.training/news/?id=2920

We take the health and safety of our trainees, employees and the associated responsibilities of our training providers very seriously. In line with official information and advice from trusted sources including the World Health Organization (WHO) and local Governments, we've put in place safety and social distancing measures within our workshops to keep attendees and staff safe from the spread of COVID-19. Before attending trainees should read the guidelines surrounding the measures in place and adhere to them whilst on the courses. Details of these can be found here: https://www.cytech.training/information/covid-19/course-safety-measures/

As well as our practical courses we're currently offering 1/3 off the full price of our introductory Theory one course until the end of May! Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/cytech.training/posts/2875252279197055

We look forward to having trainees back in the workshops!

How do the latest UK lockdown changes affect mountain biking? Find out in our big explainer.

https://www.mbuk.com/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-and-mountain-biking-whats-the-latest-guidance-and-what-impact-is-it-having/

📷 Andy McCandlish

A recent survey commissioned by BikeRadar found that the UK's Peak District is the number one dream destination for a post-lockdown ride. What's yours?

87% of cyclists use riding to boost mental health during coronavirus lockdown Nine in ten survey respondents agree cycling has a positive impact on their mental health

Box Hill ...y'know?!

🚴🚴🚴 5 laps of box hill down and 6 to go 🚴🚴🚴

Thos who know, just know!!!

Dear friends, supporters, followers,

You may be aware that the 2.6 Challenge launches today, Sunday 26 April, marking the 40th London Marathon that also serves as a significant fundraiser.

By taking part in an activity (cycling welcome, though not necessary!) based around the numbers 2.6 or 26 to support a charity of your choice via twopointsixchallenge.co.uk.

The only requirement is that you must follow Government guidelines on exercise if you do it, and social distancing, whenever is most convenient for you.

There are just five simple steps to take:

1. Dream up your 2.6 challenge – perhaps just asking people to send you their favourite cycling-related quote, route, or reason why they cycle, for you to compile a list of 26 to share with everyone – if you need help there are lots of ideas on the main site: twopointsixchallenge.co.uk

2. Head to twopointsixchallenge.co.uk to donate £26 – or whatever you are able to donate – to Innercycle, or a charity of your choice, to set up a fundraising page. Or you can use Innercycle's unique link: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-portal/createFundraisingPage?charityId=1017466&eventId=35005

3. Ask all your friends and family to sponsor you and challenge them to do their own 2.6 Challenge

4. Complete your challenge

5. Share a photo or video of your challenge on social media with .

For further information on The 2.6 Challenge, including a list of partners and supporters, and for more ideas about what your activity could be, visit twopointsixchallenge.co.uk

We hope you’ll join the 2.6 Challenge to support Innercycle and help other UK charities. Thank you!

Shout out to Manilla Cycling members participating in a virtual 100-mile Prudential Ride London event, via Zwift and Zoom – fundraising today for Innercycle! 🙌 Chapeau!

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/cycling-pursuit?utm_term=6y9Kj9NnX

Help raise £500 to Donation to Innercycle - Who bring purpose, meaning and direction to people with mental health concerns through cycling Weʼre raising money to Donation to Innercycle - Who bring purpose, meaning and direction to people with mental health concerns through cycling. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

The well-wishes for everyone in our last post hold during these times. Heartfelt thanks too, to all who have been involved to date, stay safe.

Though resources are in place, we remain entirely voluntary, without capacity to responsibly offer provision until we are adequately funded to sustain operational activity. As such, it is inappropriate to offer guidance beyond 'signposting' to your local GP, NHS resources and the MHF site:
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Innercycle perhaps was and remains ahead of its time. Few could have foreseen such developments with countless charities closing or struggling to maintain services.

There's no doubt that there's going to be continued need for what we were set up to offer.

As everyone understandably looks to maintain their own finances, donations have all but ceased. Yet if you can assist with time remotely (innercycle.org/volunteers-supporters), or by selecting Innercycle when shopping via smile.amazon.co.uk or possibly an online fundraiser of some kind, with gratitude to our partners and supporters, we can be there the other side of this, ready to help for the longer term.

Thank you for your understanding, stay safe and well! 🙏💜

Home | Mental Health Foundation Good mental health for all. Dedicated to finding and addressing the sources of mental health problems.

Thanks to all of our followers, in particular to our sponsors, donors and volunteers for wonderful support during the year. However you may celebrate or contemplate the season, best wishes to all for a peaceful and rewarding 2020!

How's your going so far? Update ahead of Tiger Communications plc's Three Peaks Challenge on 6th July: £1,200 raised and climbing! Their efforts are in support of both Innercycle and The Brain Tumour Charity – chapeau!

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?isTeam=true&userUrl=TigerThreePeaks

Tiger Three Peaks Challenge Help us change the world! Make a donation now.

This week's CyclingUK post on a case study dear to our cause caught our eye. Great to see. Our combined model adds to an individual cycling plan with self-referring for confidential counselling (choice of accredited practitioner), plus practical help with steps to resume/remain in a purposeful career/self-employment, for up to a year. We believe this is needed to build on other existing efforts, and uni's (with commissioning orgs) have indicated interest. With your wonderful help, we're working towards wider awareness to help develop rollout 🙌

Cycling their way to a healthier future | Cycling UK At its worst, Dan’s depression meant he was unable to get out of bed for four days. He lost all motivation and spiralled further into hopelessness as he hit an all-time low. He said: “You lose enjoyment in life and the things you used to enjoy doing. You stop living, pretty much, and just get ve...

Cyclist magazine highlighting Ampler Bikes free bike offer: application deadline 25th May. Anyone here up for a 1000km test ride?

Ampler to give riders a free bike if they cover a 1,000km test ride The brand will also provide you accommodation and support along the route

Thanks to everyone who visited us at Café Velo on Sunday, delighted to meet old friends and new!

Colin, our local 'South Central' Cycle Coordinator received a 'thank you' award for his amazing work on our behalf, followed by him leading a social ride around Moor Valley Park (proof that our founder pedalled!)

Thanks to all the wonderful folks who bought many a bargain at our pop-up shop in support – great music, excellent food, well done to Café Velo's hard-working team on a very busy weekend – thanks to Schwalbe, Calor and Tiger Comms, and our fab local volunteers, Allison, Trev, Dave and Marc – get in touch to join in the fun and let's do this again soon!

Fancy a cap? If you're near Ringwood today, come say hi at our pop-up shop by Café Velo! Thanks to our partners, Schwalbe and , and to everyone who has donated lovely cycle gear for the day - some signed jerseys in there - grab a bargain! 🙌

Interesting piece by BikeRadar today about a pilot initiative with GPs offering free bike rental for up to six months to aid fitness and wellbeing:

Cycling on prescription A new incentive by NHS Wales offers cycling on prescription in a bid to improve public health.

Something to do daily, yet during what single thing helps you to feel good about yourself? Try a little (more) self-care each day – just a moment to appreciate yourself – and, if you feel comfortable in letting us know, do please share it with our wonderful followers! 💜

We're thrilled to be partnering with Tiger Communications plc. Gratitude for fundraising to date and a big shout out for their upcoming Three Peaks Challenge for Innercycle! Thanks so much to sponsors of Tiger's team, donations are underway via their VirginMoneyGiving page for the climbs starting 6th July! 🙌🏞
https://www.tigercomms.com/three-peaks-challenge-6th-july-2019

Three Peaks Challenge - 6th July 2019 | Tiger Communications plc Our crack team of Tigers are well into their training to help them complete this amazing feat of endurance. We are aiming to raise as much money possible for our chosen charities this year through our Charity Partnership. Both charities are close to our hearts here at Tiger; Innercycle, helping with...

Ahead of Volunteers' Week (1-7th June), a huge THANK YOU to everyone who's kindly shared our Appeal post and, if you've yet to do so, it'd be appreciated! 🙏

In coming weeks, we'll be giving a shout-out for members of our wonderful team. If you can spare a few hours here or there, take a peek at: www.innercycle.org/volunteers-supporters and please get in touch regarding home-based roles on offer that may suit you or someone you know!

We're particularly keen to hear from folks in the areas specified on the website and we are also interested in scope for future projects in wider locations. Thanks!

Hello! Could you help raise awareness of our Wellbeing Appeal? It's for our charitable work including a new project in the New Forest area of Hampshire and Dorset.

By sharing this post, your support helps Innercycle to grow and donations get people back in the saddle.

If you're local to the New Forest, please join us at the wonderful Café Velo in Ringwood on Sunday 19th May!

Huge thanks to our partners, our amazing volunteers and for your help! 🙌🙏



http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charities/innercycle

Virgin Money Giving | Innercycle Bringing purpose, meaning and directionto people with mental health concernsthrough individual cycling plans,access to confidential counselling andpractical help with career choices.

We hear from our friends at Life Cycle UK that they have a ride out to Troopers Hill in Bristol tomorrow as part of their amazing Wellbeing programme. For details of other upcoming events, check out this link and also get in touch with Patrick Tumilty, BikeMinded Coordinator (contact info via the link):
https://www.lifecycleuk.org.uk/wellbeing

Wellbeing | Life Cycle UK

For some, a 'new year' symbolises positivity. For others, that's a work in progress that might benefit from help. Wherever you are in your journey and however you may be feeling, we wish you every happiness and for the wherewithal to ask for help when you feel you need it. Blessings to all and thank you for your help that will enable us to help others 🙌

T'was the weekend before...and time to wish all of our wonderful supporters and volunteers every happiness during festivities, thank you so much for your support!

Spare a moment for those who may not be able to enjoy this time of year and here's to the New Year bringing all that you wish for :) Exciting news to share soon! 💜

The upcoming 'Black Friday' – an appropriated American phenomenon – creates mixed feelings. However, beyond one day of retail frenzy, Amazon now donates to your registered charity of choice each time you shop.

If you'd like to support our work in this way, please visit smile.amazon.co.uk, enter 'Innercycle' in the search bar and select the profile. Then, whatever you buy whenever you buy (via that URL), Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to Innercycle!

You can switch charities or opt-out any time if you wish. Thanks!

Support Innercycle by shopping at smile.amazon.co.uk. When you shop at smile.amazon.co.uk, Amazon will donate to Innercycle. Support us every time you shop.

It's been awhile! It's also been...emotional.

Delighted to announce that Innercycle CIO is now a registered charity in England & Wales: number 1179976.

Thanks to the intervention of the Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, the Charity Commission eventually upheld all of our submitted complaints during an application process that supposedly takes eight weeks, resolved finally after eleven months with significant implications. As a result of their findings, the Commission has now improved procedures and customer care for other charities seeking registration. Which is nice.

Meanwhile we're a thing again, good to be back! We always did things properly around here, governance and all that. However, being registered aids fundraising efforts and we could use a little help, folks. As some of you know, we had to stand down the team, put things in storage and mothball a few systems while we awaited 'a number'. The trustees and the acting chief exec are unpaid and with self-funding reliance on the founder no longer possible, getting things back up and moving again – as well as longer-term sustainability – means focus on monetary and non-monetary support. If you can spread the word, help us to help others, fab!

Things haven't stood still entirely: some exciting developments to share soon :) Thanks to everyone who has been there since the start, couldn't have done it without you...{hugs} # # #

The 72-milers, ready for depart 8am, Leeds office atrium PwC LLP UK

Super news to share: fundraising for our work by PwC LLP UK OFOD riders has passed the £700 mark in under 48hrs! Well done to all sponsors, riders and organisers 🙌 Final prep stage before we enjoy Friday's routes in West Yorks :)

Hey all you lovely people, we just wanted to take the time to say thank you for all your likes and welcome some newbies this week! We are humbled by your support. Please do get in touch if you have any thoughts for us about any facebook content that you would like to see more of, competition ideas, if you would like to directly input into our awareness raising or help with any other side of our charity 🙏 💜

Innercycle Innercycle CIO is a registered charity in the UK helping people with mental health concerns via cycling, vocational support and therapeutics (Reg: 1179976)

I would like to introduce you all to Vicky Balfour who is one wonderful human. I have had the pleasure of riding with her a couple of times and also competing with her at the Southern Enduro last year until my laberal hip tear stopped my bike riding for a while. Vicky has very beautifully started to write about her own journey with her mental health and has kindly allowed us to share. Check out her blog post here:

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https://vickybalfourbikes.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/mtb-and-my-mental-health-explanation.html?spref=fb

MTB and my mental health - an explanation Sunset at Mugdock Country Park, Scotland Mental health is a funny old thing. You feel happy talking about it until you ' r e in th...