Archive for the 'Venchie' Category
New Course at Venchie
After a series of successful Bike Clubs, the Venchie has decided to run a course for the young people who come to the Breakfast Club.
The youngsters will get a bike to use and skills training in the playground of the former Craigmillar Primary school.
They will then go on local rides and also use the bikes to get to their [...]
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Four photos of Craigmillar Cycles activities are on show in the Filmhouse Bar until the end of June.
One (left) is of the Venchie Bike Club’s ride on 15.12.06. Another shows a Club member looking at the map outside Venchie.
There are also two photos from the Hunters Hall Bike Club – bike maintenance and riding [...]
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BMX Track to be Rebuilt?
People from Hunters Hall are lucky to have a BMX track on their doorstep. It’s been sadly neglected since the last time BMXing was a popular activity.
BMX is now an Olympic sport! It will therefore be on everyone’s TV screens as part of next year’s Games.
Ironically BMX racing is replacing the 1km race where Olympic [...]
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Cash for Cycling
Money for tools for the newly created bike club at Hunter’s Hall has been granted from a programme funded by the Scottish Executive (administered by Sustrans) for tackling the school run.
Another grant has been secured for the Venchie. Children who go to that project’s Breakfast Club will have their bikes safety checked and be given [...]
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Picnic in December
After a few weeks of playground training, the second group of the Venchie Bike Club went for an adventure on the local cycle paths and minor roads.
Map of route.
A picnic of hot chocolate and ham sandwiches was had on the grass at Brunstane House.
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Venchie Project Success (Part 2)
Photo The Venchie
Earlier this year the Venchie childrens’ project in Craigmillar received money from the Council’s East Local Development Committee to run a Bike Club for P6/7 children.
The successful bid was put together with the help of TryCycling in Edinburgh as part of the Craigmillar Cycles scheme.
Now some Venchie staff, volunteers and friends have decided [...]
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Bike Club 2
A second group of children is benefiting from the Venchie Bike Club. Members are lent a bike, if they don’t have their own, and supplied with helmets.They are learning bike handling and safety skills and also basic maintenance.
Soon they will be ready to go on guided rides exploring the local area.
The Club is helped [...]
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Venchie Project Success
At the end of last year TryCycling in Edinburgh helped the Venchie childrens’ project in Craigmillar to get money from the Council’s East Local Development Committee.
A group of children signed up for a bike scheme that gave them training in safe cycling and bicycle maintenance. At the end they also got a bike to keep! [...]
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Cycle Club at the Venchie
Checking where we went after a Venchie cycle club ride. 11.7.06. The cycle club was set up with the help of TryCycling in Edinburgh Other cycling projects in Craigmillar at Craigmillarcycles.info
Photo by chdot.
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