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Club Peloton is the grant-making charity and real estate cycling community transforming the lives of young people. Since 2006, it has given over £5 million in grants to projects that make a real difference to children and young people across the country.
Every year, riders from across the property industry complete the 1,350km relay challenge from London to Cannes, arriving in time for MIPIM, the leading international real estate fair. Riders will be committed to rigorous training throughout the winter in order to take on the challenging six- or four-day task of cycling from London to Cannes.
Knight Frank Cycle to MIPIM 2025 aims to raise £200,000 for three of Club Peloton's supported projects:
Funding Adoption Activity Days for children to meet with approved adopters
2.3 million children are living at risk in the UK and over 2,000 children are waiting to be adopted. Coram, the UK’s oldest children’s charity, runs pioneering Adoption Activity Days, which take place nationwide, enabling children waiting the longest to be adopted to meet with approved adopters in a fun and informal setting, helping boost the possibility of a match.
The money raised by Cycle to MIPIM will fund 20 adoption days where more than 750 children will meet with prospective parents and where one in four will be matched with loving parents.
Providing specially-adapted trikes to children living with cancer
Cyclists Fighting Cancer helps children and young people living with and beyond cancer to get pedalling on their road to recovery, either through the provision of a new lightweight bike or trike, or by funding paediatric oncology units with recumbent bikes and other exercise equipment. 30,000 children and young people are currently under the care of cancer services in the UK, and exercise and activity are proven to be the single most effective way of improving both their physical and mental wellness.
The money raised by Cycle to MIPIM will be used to fund 20 specially-adapted trikes. The trikes can last the children approximately six years and cost anything between £1,500 and £5,000. They come with a range of adaptations which offer extra balance, head, neck or torso support, footplates, or a parent handle to help with steering.
Helping disadvantaged young people in central London realise the potential of their own lives
The Tom Ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust will distribute funds across four charities – Scene & Heard, Coram's Fields, Southside Youth Leaders Academy and Tom’s Farm – all of which help disadvantaged young people in central London realise the potential of their own lives and thus the lives of others:
- fund 10 new beneficiaries onto Scene & Heard’s flagship Playmaking One course, providing one-to-one mentoring with volunteer arts professionals for children in Somers Town, London, guiding them to write their own short plays and see them performed by professional actors in front of a live audience.
- pay for a Youth Outreach Worker to engage with at least 25 young people each week, all of whom are involved in - or at risk of - serious youth violence through Coram’s Fields dedication to identifying vulnerable young people, informing them about Coram's Fields services and encouraging them into their Youth Centre.
- fund 24 weeks of English and Maths tutoring for 45 boys from Southwark and Lambeth through Southside Youth Leaders Academy who always teach in groups of no more than three, thus raising aspirations and educational attaintment beyond predetermined expectations.
- pay for maintenance and improvements at Tom’s Farm, a working urban farm based at Nightingale Academy in Wandsworth – a special school for 120 boys aged 5-19 with social, emotional and mental health needs.