On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 12:26:38 -0000, "Ambrose Nankivell"
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>> But on a more positive note...
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>> http://tinyurl.com/d8mbd
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>Oy! Success stories are thataway -->
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>This is a complaining newsgroup.
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>On a serious note: well done. They look like happy children.
Thanks.
I was a little disappointed that the newspaper article didn't say
more. Two of the children who were on that 15 mile ride were complete
novices 10 weeks earlier. Of the £4280 "cash handout" £1680 was for
bikes, bits, spares and maintenance so that those children who did not
have access to a bicycle would have access to cycle training. £2400
was to free me from the classroom for an afternoon per week. That
£2400 will pay for about 100 children to have on-road cycle training
to level 2, and, of those, about 20 children will have training to
level 3. At just £24 per child for a 13 hour course it is excellent
value for money.
Of course, I also rely heavily on volunteers and the support of a
great many people, and they should not be forgotten.
