17 July 2011
08 June 2011
BIKE WEEK
Sunday 19 June
Tyne Riverside Country Park Bike Ride starting at 11am from Information Centre. A challenging 7 mile ride on bridleways – not recommended for beginners or young children -under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Phone 0191 2640014 for bike hire. You must book in advance for this event – to book, or for further information, phone (0191) 264 8501.
Monday 20
Bike Rides for softies £3 charge. Bikes and helmets provided
Call 07833573191 to book.
Tuesday 21
Launch of the Great North Cycleway with civic dignitaries from along the route – Darlington , Durham Gateshead , Newcastle North Tyneside and Northumberland at 12 noon on the Ceremonial Way
Wednesday 22
Bike Fair on Granger Street 8.30am to 5pm . Free Bike Doctors, bikes for commuters, cyclists to cyclist advice, bike smoothies, get-in-the-cab view of cyclists from an HGV, bike holiday to be won. Call (0191) 277 8907 for more information.
City Chiefs Cycle Challenge starting at 6.30pm takes leading council officers and councillors on a cycle trip round the city centre led by the Newcastle Cycling Campaign.
Thursday 23
Bike Rides for softies £3 charge. Bikes and helmets provided
Call 07833573191 to book.
Friday 24
The Leazes Criteriums starting at 6.15pm are cycle races around a set course in Leazes Park
+ Check out Active Newcastle on www.activenewcastle.com for cycling action +
05 June 2011
Recyke y'Bike - raise some cash
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Our special address is http://www.everyclick.com/recykeybike, all searches, shopping and eBay activity made from here will raise money for us.
Make sure you sign up so you can track your giving – it updates every 3 minutes, you’ll be amazed how quickly it adds up!
Everyclick has already raised over £1,878,707.86 for a wide range of charities around the UK, and Everyclick was voted website of the Year 2008 and has been recognised as a top 100 media tech company 2009.
Discover the new way to give to RECYKE Y'BIKE. Give as you Live.
22 May 2011
19 April 2011
C2C opportunities ***** CAN YOU HELP ?? *****
Dear Tyneside, Wearside & Teesside Volunteers,
Greetings from a sun-drenched Manchester! I trust you are all benefitting from the great spring weather just in time (we hope) for the Easter break.
This is an early call for your help from your Sustrans Team in the North East. We are planning a major clean up day on the iconic C2C route in the Stanley area.
We need your help with this. We both invite and request you and your friends and colleagues to join in on a taskday we are organising. It is an area without very many volunteers so we want to focus on getting a great job done, promoting Sustrans and the NCN to the wider public and possibly recruiting people form the local community to help us out and perhaps to become C2C Volunteers. So what's the plan?...
Event: Spring Cleaning the C2C.
Tasks: Painting, pruning, Litter picking, signing, milepost sprucing and stallholding
Where?: C2C track close to Shield Row, Annfield Plain, Stanley
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=54.866507,-1.720423&spn=0.003433,0.006899&t=h&z=17&iwloc=0004a14b6ffe8b875183b&msid=218416446099173065426.0004a14b6e595008d0e88
When?: Saturday May 21st 2011
Timing?: Meet at site 09:30 for a brew and a 10:00 start.
Sustrans staff present?: Yes - a combination of some or all of Mike Dagley, Graham Johnson & Catherine Smith will be on hand to help set up the day, raise the stall and work alongside vols, supporters and local people to tidy up this important and historical part of the NCN.
Where is the equipment coming from?: Sustrans will provide tools, gloves, goggles, brushes etc and materials pus a stove, gazebo, table and display stuff, banners and flags.
Insurance?: All volunteers and others helping us on this task day will be covered by Sustrans Public Liability insurance
Expenses?: All Sustrans volunteers are offered basic/reasonable expenses should you be out of pocket due to travel on public transport etc.
Sustrans needs you to help with some or all the following;
On behalf of myself, Graham & Catherine
Best Wishes & Happy Easter hols -
Mike
Mike Dagley
Volunteer Coordinator
Northwest, Northeast & West Midlands of England
Sustrans
10 Bradley Street
Manchester M1 1EH
0161 923 6053
0787 645 3773
Greetings from a sun-drenched Manchester! I trust you are all benefitting from the great spring weather just in time (we hope) for the Easter break.
This is an early call for your help from your Sustrans Team in the North East. We are planning a major clean up day on the iconic C2C route in the Stanley area.
We need your help with this. We both invite and request you and your friends and colleagues to join in on a taskday we are organising. It is an area without very many volunteers so we want to focus on getting a great job done, promoting Sustrans and the NCN to the wider public and possibly recruiting people form the local community to help us out and perhaps to become C2C Volunteers. So what's the plan?...
Event: Spring Cleaning the C2C.
Tasks: Painting, pruning, Litter picking, signing, milepost sprucing and stallholding
Where?: C2C track close to Shield Row, Annfield Plain, Stanley
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=54.866507,-1.720423&spn=0.003433,0.006899&t=h&z=17&iwloc=0004a14b6ffe8b875183b&msid=218416446099173065426.0004a14b6e595008d0e88
When?: Saturday May 21st 2011
Timing?: Meet at site 09:30 for a brew and a 10:00 start.
Sustrans staff present?: Yes - a combination of some or all of Mike Dagley, Graham Johnson & Catherine Smith will be on hand to help set up the day, raise the stall and work alongside vols, supporters and local people to tidy up this important and historical part of the NCN.
Where is the equipment coming from?: Sustrans will provide tools, gloves, goggles, brushes etc and materials pus a stove, gazebo, table and display stuff, banners and flags.
Insurance?: All volunteers and others helping us on this task day will be covered by Sustrans Public Liability insurance
Expenses?: All Sustrans volunteers are offered basic/reasonable expenses should you be out of pocket due to travel on public transport etc.
Sustrans needs you to help with some or all the following;
- Put the date in your diary and plan to join us out on site for a time
- Tell you friends, family, colleagues, bank managers, postmen, everyone(!) to come and join in too.
- Help us prepare a Risk Assessment or do a Site Safety talk
- Put together a stall and help man it during the day. A chance to speak to path users and to tell the Sustrans story. We need 2 or 3 to help do this
- Help fire up a stove, watch a kettle to make drinks and snacks for the volunteers
- Take photographs
- Write a short artivcle about the day for local papers/Sustrans magazine
On behalf of myself, Graham & Catherine
Best Wishes & Happy Easter hols -
Mike
Mike Dagley
Volunteer Coordinator
Northwest, Northeast & West Midlands of England
Sustrans
10 Bradley Street
Manchester M1 1EH
0161 923 6053
0787 645 3773
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