Newsletter - Life Cycle News - August
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Welcome to Life Cycle's August newsletter. Far from it being a quiet month, see below for details of Bristol's first ever cycling film festival and All Abilities cycle project for people with a disability, as well as learning how you can promote cycling using butter...
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Help Two's Company win £2,000!
Two's Company is our programme of tandem rides in and around Bristol for people who are visually impaired or have another disability which means they can't cycle independently. We have entered Two's Company in the Kerrygold Community Awards, and with your vote we could win £2,000 towards this valuable project. To vote you need to:
1. Buy a pack of Kerrygold butter.
2. Go to www.kerrygoldcommunityawards.co.uk and click on 'Enter your code'.
3. Enter the unique number on the pack and vote for Two's Company.
You can vote until the end of August, and we find out if we've won in September.
Thanks for your support!
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Bike maintenance for beginners this autumn
The autumn dates for our popular Know Your Bike maintenance for beginners course are now available on our website. The cost is £15 per person thanks to a subsidy from Bristol City Council. Courses run either on Saturdays (one day course, starting at 9.30am) or on weekday evenings (spread over two weeks, starting at 6pm). Book early to avoid disappointment: online or by calling 0117 353 4580.
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Bristol Cyclescreen festival
Life Cycle's Two's Company project will be doing a Q&A session at the Watershed at 6pm this Friday 6th August as part of Cyclescreen, Bristol's first cycling film festival. We'll be talking about the project before the film 'The Way Bobby sees It', an inspiring documentary about Bobby McMullen, a blind competitive mountain biker on a mission to race the most demanding downhill course in the USA. More information
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Give us your unwanted bikes!
We need your old bikes so we can refurbish them for our Bristol Prison Bike Recycling project and increase cycling levels across the city. If you have a bike which is gathering cobwebs in the garage, why not clear a space and give it to us? There are various collection points around Bristol - see our website for details.
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New All Abilities Cycling Project
This week sees the launch of Bristol's All Abilities cycle project, providing adapted bicycles for young people with learning and physical disabilities. The launch event is this Friday 6th August 11am - 1pm at St Paul's Adventure Playground, Thomas Street, Montpelier, Bristol, BS2 9LL. You will be able to try out the bikes with trainers on hand to help. See www.bristol.gov.uk/allabilities for more information.
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Bristol Green Doors
More than 50 homes are set to open their doors to the public for the first-ever Bristol Green Doors weekend on 11-12th September 2010, showcasing a range of energy smart refurbishments. The open door homes have implemented a range of different measures to save energy, from draught-proofing and insulation to rainwater harvesting, solar generation and solar thermal. What better way to travel between green doors than by bike? See www.bristolgreendoors.org for more info.
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Life Cycle Facebook group
For an additional way to keep in touch with Life Cycle, why not join our Facebook group
We promise not to bombard you, but it is a way of passing on more information about what Life Cycle is getting up to, and cycling in general.----------
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