Over £60,000 Raised For Children In Care
Visit the Become. website for how our fundraising helps care leavers and children in care.
6 bikes have been donated to young care leavers (via Cocoon charity).
2027 BFCIC ride - Normandy !
The ride will take place over five days, from Thursday 24th June to Monday 28th June. More information will be added soon.
We expect this to be a popular event and places are limited. Please register your interest in advance by clicking here.
The annual March ride and the usual practice rides will be announced soon.
Important dates for 2026
25th June - 29th June - Riding the Minsters - Lincoln to York
More details, route map and the application form are available here:
www.bikingforchildrenincare.co.uk/2026-ride
28th March 2026 - Sunningdale to Waterloo
Our first training ride of the year/one-day fundraising ride. Full details here:
www.bikingforchildrenincare.co.uk/sunningdaletowaterloo-2026
Further training rides will take place on:
11th April 2026 at 10:00 - Twickenham to Box Hill
25th April 2026 at 10:00 - Twickenham to Paddington Basin
30th May 2026 at 10:00 - Twickenham to Windsor
13th June 2026 at 9:00 - Twickenham to Hove
Sunningdale to Waterloo - Saturday 28 March 2026
Every year, Biking for Children in Care organises a one-day fundraising ride to support children and families living in extremely difficult circumstances overseas.
Thanks to riders like you, we have raised over £44,000 through this event. In 2025, riders raised £850 for a project supporting displaced children and families in Ukraine, with funds donated via the International Federation of Social Workers.
This ride is a fantastic opportunity to:
Meet the group if you’re considering joining the main ride
Get some early-season training in
Enjoy a great day’s cycling
Raise vital funds for an important cause
Ride Details
Start: 9:15am from Sunningdale Station (Waterloo–Reading line)
Lunch stop: Twickenham Yacht Club, TW1 3DL
(Supporters and ‘half-way’ joiners/leavers are very welcome)
Finish: The London Eye, next to Waterloo Station
We ride as a group with an experienced ride leader and back marker, so no one is left behind.
Fundraising
Riders are asked to raise sponsorship or make a donation (suggested £50) to Biking for Children in Care.
How to Donate
Please transfer your contribution to:
Santander
Sort Code: 09-01-29
Account Number: 49890136
Reference: Your name
Alternatively, you can bring cash or a cheque on the day.
We hope you can make it.
Jurassic Coast Tour 2025
The 2025 Jurassic Coast Tour was a challenging ride, lot’s of fun and an amazing success! Hugely brilliant fundraising - just short of £80,000 ! for Become supporting children and young people in care and leaving care.
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
