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5 Joining Cycling projects as a volunteer is a fantastic way to get involved without charity and really making Cycling accessible for all! Whether you have a friend or family member who participates in a Wheels for All session, want to get some valuable volunteering experience on your CV, make friends who have a great sense of humour and love bikes, change someone’s life through cycling or simply just want to have fun... then Cycling Projects is the charity for you! With a wide variety of volunteer opportunities available at Head Office or in our Pedal Away and Wheels For All programmes, the hardest part is choosing your first volunteer role. Abbey sports complex where WFA have the use of the tennis court area and also the roads within the complex. Riders tend to be a mix of children and adults with a wide range of physical and learning disabilities. I work with the other volunteers to run the session which involves many different tasks. Any highlights from volunteering with Wheels for All? I have also had the pleasure of getting to know one of the regular riders at the session who uses the wheelchair bike. He has severe learning difficulties and the first time I rode him around the grounds of Bisham Abbey he didn’t say a word to me despite my continual efforts to chat to him. Gradually he started responding to simple questions as I chatted to him and then last week for the first time when I rode him to where some teenagers were playing football he spontaneously came out with ‘I used to play football’. That was a highlight for me! Volunteering with Cycling Projects Lynda Kellam - Marlow Wheels for All How did you find out about Wheels for All? I have links with the Marlow Riders cycling club who support the charity through organisation of a sportive every year. This brought WFA to my attention and I then read about the work you do via your website. Why did you get involved? I recently took early retirement from my corporate role and qualified as a cycling coach which I do on a part-time basis. However, I wanted to do some voluntary work also and was looking for a volunteering role which involved cycling in some regard because I am passionate about making cycling accessible to everybody. So when I found out about WFA I recognised this as a perfect opportunity to get involved and share my knowledge and enthusiasm for cycling. What are your tasks and roles when volunteering? I attend the 3 hour WFA session on Saturdays at Marlow which is an outdoor session at the Bisham For more information on volunteering for Cycling Projects please get in touch with Tom Glynn National Volunteer Co-ordinator Cycling Projects Tom Glynn Tom.Glynn@cycling.org.uk