Cycling for children

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Hi, I am looking for some advise from all you parents/carers out there.
I am a mum of 2 boys and work part time. In my spare time I volunteer at a local cycling club as a coach. As part of this I have gained qualifications at Level 2 and hold a full DBS and have insurance. We coach children to learn to ride using balance bikes as well as coaching other young riders on skills and how to improve at introductory race level.
I would like to consider the possibility of earning some extra money from this by offering 1-1 sessions to children aged 3-16, teaching them how to ride and building their skill level and confidence. Although I would target mainly children I would consider teaching adults as well, helping them with confidence.
Is this something that you think could be a possibility or should I just stick with my local club and hope the young riders attend there?

Tbh you’ll probably get more interaction on a general parenting or education board. As a home educator this is not something we would be interested in. We have to fund everything our selves we wouldn’t pay for something like this as it’s quite low priority and something we could do ourselves or in a home education group or club.

@AppleWax Thank you for your opinion. I am interested, as a mum myself, how do the home education groups work?

You say that cycling is a low priority, and something you could do yourselves which I totally agree with. However, we have seen an increase in young children aged between 7 and 13 who are cannot ride a bike unaided, which is rather concerning when for most 16-17 year olds this can be their only or main form of transport, depending on where they live. For example I am very rural with buses every couple of hours in my village starting at 8am, but some neighbouring villages only have a bus once or maybe twice a week.

There’s somebody who does this in edinburgh. She’s very very highly recommended. Her company is called “a wee pedal”. Look her up. She teaches kids to ride and parents and children to build confidence.

This sounds amazing, as a home Ed family it's something I'd be interested! Definitely a demand for something like this in Devon I think.

It may be a good thing to offer as courses in the holidays.
Our school do Bikeability (cycling proficiency) but an extra to boost riding skills in the summer or Easter break would be good.

There's 2 competing services here already. I think it's a bit odd though, surely you teach your own children to ride, it's a right of passage

@Tiredbadger unfortunately I'm in the Fens on the border of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk so a bit far for me! I'm sure there are cycle clubs that might be able to help you down there though. Check out these https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/clubfinder?club-search-query=&result_type=list&distance=15&postcode=devon&go-ride-club=0&go-ride-club=1&cleared_filter=0 There might be one near you which can help.