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~||| |Mummary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year|||This project has been
in existence since 2014. Itwas initially
run by the
Local Authority
but become a charity
in February 2019.We have now
recovered
fully from the COVID19 restrictions
running
both our Monday||| ||||morning
open sessions and, during BST,open sessions
on Monday||| ||||evenings.
We saw a growth
of over 40% in the number ofservice user||| ||||contacts and the number
ofopen sessions compared
with the previous||| ||||year. There were over 1500 service user contacts during 2022, supported||| ||||by the growing
popularity
ofthe sessions we now run through
the winter||| ||||months.||| ||||Whilst we continue to work with the local authority
to expand
our service||| ||||to other locations
limited progress
has been made as they are still to||| ||||secure the necessary
funds to fully develop their plans. We did, however,||| ||||support the launch of cycling hubs throughout
the borough
by||| ||||demonstrating
some of our adapted
cycles.||| ||||We have also run some sessions at a local school whose pupils were||| ||||unable to come to Tudor Grange. This builds upon the work started
in||| ||||2021 and is very successful,
but remains
dependent
on the efforts of||| ||||Lydia and Paul Robinson.
Our plan for the coming years is to expand|this|| ||||work further and, to support the additional
travel 8 insurance
costs||| ||||involved,
we have applied
for lottery funding.
Preparing
the bid took a||| ||||great deal ofeffort and focus from the trustees
during 2022. We are||| ||||hopeful
our application
will be successful
and funding
will be granted||| ||||early 2023. This would
allow us to accelerate our plans significantly||| ||||through
additional
equipment
appropriate
to schools and elderly riders.||It| ||||would also mean that we could refine the contract with our Project Lead,||| ||||Lydia Robinson,
to a guaranteed
number
of hours each week rather than||| ||||the existing zero hours arrangement
to cope with the additional||| ||||organisation
and administration
ofsessions
in the community.
Further|we|| ||||would
invest more funds
in volunteer
training.||| ||||A second initiative to deliver community
sessions was to merge with||| ||||another
local charity, the Solihull chapter of Cycling Without Age (CWA).||| ||||Their mission was to provide accessible cycling sessions at care 8||| ||||residential
homes across the borough
but, owing to the COVID19||| ||||restrictions,
they were unable to launch. Through
discussions
between||| ||||the charities,
it was agreed that Solihull Wheels for All (SWFA) has more||| ||||resources to deliver this service, consequently
the Solihull chapter of||| ||||CWA was wound
up and its assets transferred
to SWFA.||| ||||We continually
review the range of bicycles available
and actively seek||| ||||new machines
to ensure our fleet matches the requirements
ofthe||| ||||service users. During 2022 we raised funds to purchase
two new Tomcat||| ||||tricycles, due for delivery
early 2023, as our existing
machine
is very||| ||||popular. We also acquired
two electric bikes which was a major initiative||| ||||for 2022.||| ||||Support to restart following
the pandemic
was provided
by the Cycling||| ||||Projects charity through
funding
our annual
insurance
and maintenance||| ||||costs through
a one-off grant.||| ||||With the income from our service users and donations
the charity||| ||||remains
in a good position financially.
During 2022 our income was||| ||||f22,609 with expenditure
off18,589 giving us a nett income ofE4,020.||| ||||The surplus was as a result ofthree major income streams,
however,||| ||||including
a donation
off3700 from Vodafone 8 Solihull CC, f3000 from||| ||||Cycling Projects and a transfer off3000 from CWA. These are one-off||| ||||donations
so fund-raising
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