Looking for a way to bring your family together in 2025? Consider a charity bike ride as a way to align goals and encourage everyone to spend more quality time together. A charity bike ride isn’t a race, so you won’t be competing against one another. Instead, the focus should be on making sure that you all cross the finish line together. Wondering how a charity bike ride can work for your family? Read on…
What is a charity bike ride?
A charity bike ride is a long distance cycling challenge where the participants raise money for their chosen charity. The idea is that their sponsors agree to donate a certain amount if the individual completes the challenge. This allows them to raise money for their chosen charity while also taking on a unique challenge.
The challenge could take place over multiple days, such as cycling from Edinburgh to London. Or it could be a single day challenge, such as cycling the scenic route from London to Brighton. Taking part in an organised bike ride means that you’ll often get to enjoy feeling much more safe when cycling on roads that are marked for the race.
How can the family get involved?
People of all ages can take part in a charity bike ride. As long as they can ride a bike (and they’re over the age of 16) anyone can take part in the challenge. It’s a great way to get fit together, to take on an exciting challenge, and to spend more quality time together.
You won’t just be together during the bike ride. You’ll have the chance to train together for months running up to the event. This can be incredibly fun for your family and is a great way to bond. You could include your entire extended family, inviting aunties, uncles, cousins and even grandparents to get involved in the challenge.
If you don’t all live at the same address, a charity bike ride is a great excuse to get together more often. You might find that you become closer as a family as the event gets closer.
How fit do we have to be?
The beauty of a charity bike ride is that you don’t have to be fit to start the training. If you stick to the training plan, you’ll be feeling fitter and healthier in no time. Everyone will need to commit to training for the event, which can be life-changing for some families.
If one person is struggling to lose weight – or if you could all use some help to shift a bit of excess weight – then the whole household being united behind healthier habits can only be a good thing. The collaborative effort involved will help everyone to stay on track with their training and diet plan.
When training for a long distance cycling challenge, you are more likely to exercise together and make healthier food choices. When everyone in the household is united in this goal, it makes it much easier to make the changes stick.
How do we raise money?
The difficult part about taking part in a charity bike ride with your family is that your family would usually be the people who would sponsor you. But don’t worry, you can ask for sponsorship at your school, university or place of work. You can also fundraise in the community and ask your neighbours and local businesses for their support.
Fundraising together can make it a less daunting task for those in your family that might be a little introverted or shy. By working together, you can lean on the strengths of more outgoing members of the family.
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