Rochdale Special Needs Cycling Club caters for mentally disabled children and children with learning difficulties, and takes groups of children for cycle rides every weekend.

With another much needed grant from the BWCF in 2008, they were able to purchase a 'wheelchair tandem' that has enabled children with mental disabilities to ride with an adult, that would have caused them to be a danger on a tandem or similar vehicle. The wheelchair bike, with its special harness, has opened the door to these children.

It is estimated that the BWCF has enabled between 80 and 100 children to participate in these rides, thus increasing their quality of life. In fact, some of these children have improved solely because of this to such an extent that they can now be trusted in one of the group rides on a normal bicycle.