Twickenham loop to Waterloo - Saturday 22 March 2025

Start: 9:00 at Twickenham train station

Lunch: 12:30 - 1:30 (approx.) at Twickenham Yacht Club

Finish: 4:30 (approx.) at the London Eye next to Waterloo Station

Due to issues with the trains we will not be doing our usual Sunningdale to Waterloo route but will do a loop from Twickenham Train station though Bushy Park and Richmond Park to Twickenham Yacht Club in the morning (with a coffee stop) and then carry on mostly along the river to Waterloo after lunch.

 Lunch will be provided at Twickenham Yacht Club, TW1 3DL (Supporters and ‘half way’ joiners/leavers are welcome). We finish at the London Eye next to Waterloo Station.

 We provide a routemaster for the ride and a back marker - we ride as a group. 

 You will be asked to raise sponsorship or make a donation (suggested £50) to Biking for Children in Care for projects supporting children and their families living in difficult circumstances abroad. In 2024 we raised £1300 for a project supporting displaced children and families in Ukraine.

 To transfer funds for your contribution to Biking for Children in Care the details are: Santander, Sort Code: 09-01-29, Account number 49890136 (please put your name in the reference field). Alternatively please bring cash or cheque on the day.

Please let us know if you would like to join by emailing info@bikingforchildrenincare.co.uk

Important dates for 2025!

3 July 2025 - 7 July 2025 - The Jurassic coast tour!

More details, route map and the application form are available here: https://www.bikingforchildrenincare.co.uk/2025-ride

22 March 2025 - Twickenham loop to Waterloo

Raising funds for a project supporting displaced children and families in Ukraine and a good first training ride or introduction ride for those thinking of joining BfCiC.

Further training rides will take place on:

5 April 2025 at 10:00 - Box Hill

26 April 2025 at 10:00 - possibly canal ride 

24 May 2025 at 10:00 - TBC

14 June 2025 at 9:00 - Twickenham to Hove

Jurassic Coast Tour 2025

Registration is now open for our 2025 long distance ride – the Biking for Children in Care Jurassic Coast Tour!
The route will start in Exeter on Thursday 3rd July and finish in Southampton. We are expecting this to be a popular ride so to secure your place register here.

The itinerary will likely be;

Travel to Exeter (all participants to make their own way to Exeter St David’s Railway Station)

Thursday 3rd July afternoon: Exeter to Seaton

Friday 4th July: Seaton to Weymouth

Saturday 5th July: Weymouth to Bournemouth

Sunday 6th July: Bournemouth to Southampton

Monday 7th July: Depart Southampton

To apply for your place sign up here!

BFCIC celebrate raising over £1,000,000 at the House of Commons

On Wednesday 13 March 2024 Become Charity hosted an evening of drinks, canapés, and speeches in celebration of everyone involved with Biking for Children in Care between 2002-2024 and the incredible lifetime fundraising of over £1,000,000 to support children in care and young care leavers.

To visit a gallery of photographs from the evening click here

The Extraordinary East Anglia Tour Completed.

The BFCIC East Anglia Tour finished at Norwich Cathedral after the 200 mile cycle ride raising funds for Become Charity.

If you would like to make a donation please visit our Just Giving page.

BFCIC Twickenham to Hove ride.

Some of this years riders setting off from Twickenham Station for a 60 mile cycle ahead of the Extraordinary East Anglia Tour.

2024 East Anglia Tour

This years long distance bike ride is the extraordinary East Anglian Expedition. We will be cycling our 200 miles starting in Chelmsford on 13th June and heading towards the East coast then striking North towards Great Yarmouth and finishing up in Norwich (we do love a cathedral city!) on the 16th. The route will take us 33 miles from Chelmsford to Colchester via Little Braxted on day one. Day two will see us cycling around 56 miles from Colchester calling at Hadleigh and Sutton, then on to Ipswich Harbour before finishing the day at Felixstowe. On day three we will be cycling a further 62 miles along the coast from Felixstowe to Lowestoft. Calling at Orford Quay, Snape and Southward before arriving at Lowestoft. We will cover the final 49 miles on the last day of the ride. Cycling to Great Yarmouth and Ormesby before turning inland towards Norwich via Horning.

For more information or if you would like to join us on this years ride please contact Gill Timmis gill_timmis@outlook.com

Biking For Children In Care 2023

The Planning Team are hard at work putting together another epic 200 mile cycle ride for 2023. We are currently considering a tour of the South of England, possibly Kent between the 15th and the 19th of June. If you would like to join us and raise much needed funds for the Become. charity, working to help children in care and young care leavers, please get in touch via our contact page.

20th Anniversary Ride

Biking for Children in Care is re-launching the North Wales long distance ride for June 2021.

We are planning to bike along the North and North West Coast of Wales, starting from Crewe and cycling via Chester, Llandudno, Porthmadog and ending up in Aberystwyth. There are several Sustrans routes which we will follow for some of the ride. The planning team are re-checking the accommodation and the route after the preparation put in last year. The ride will be hilly in parts but quite a lot is along the coast.

Thursday 24th June:  28 miles from Crewe Station to Chester

Friday 25th June: 49 miles from Chester to Llandudno

Saturday 26th June: 53 miles from Llandudno to Porthmadog

Sunday 27th June: 65 miles from Porthmadog to Aberystwyth

Biking the North Wales Coast June 2020

Biking for Children in Care is proposing another long distance ride in North Wales for June 2020. We are planning to bike along the North and North West Coast of Wales, starting from Crewe and cycling via Chester, Llandudno, Portmadog and ending up in Aberystwyth. There are several Sustrans routes which we will follow for some of the ride. The planning team are again hard at it working on the accommodation and the route. It will be hilly in parts. There are 50 biking places and we expect the ride to be very popular. If you’d like to reserve your place you should complete the attached application form and send us your deposit by 1st January 2020. If we get too many applicants we will set up a waiting list. Once we have your application form and deposit we will send you an email acknowledgement. In the New Year we will send, by email 1) more information about the Become charity 2) sponsorship forms, and 3) more details of the ride.

We will be holding a one day ride along the river to Waterloo on Saturday 21st March starting from Sunningdale Station. You and any family or friends are invited to join us for this ride in aid of children in Bulgaria. We ask for a donation, and suggest £50 on the day. We will be providing lunch.

There will also be optional training rides starting from Twickenham Station possible dates for these are as follows: Saturday 4th April; Saturday 25th April; Saturday 16th May; Saturday 30th May 2020

Download the application form for the June 2020 ride.