Njinga Community Support

The bicycle can change lives

We believe that the key to unlocking personal transformation in everyone, lies in the saddle.

Together we train hard and achieve great things but we also strive to always pay it forward. Year after year, our extraordinary community comes together to support local charities and those in Africa to help make a difference, no matter how small. Whether it's bringing a smile to the faces of children at Shooting Star Hospice or raising funds for those struggling with food and fresh water shortages, the bicycle really can make a difference.

Previous Community Events

Annual Santa Cycle

Now in it's 11th year and a highlight on the Xmas calendar

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London2CapeTown

Can we collectively ride 13,636 km in 48 hours?

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100 4 100 Challenge

100 riders cycling 100km and raising £100 each

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Race the Plane

Can 364 riders beat a Jumbo flying 3456 miles from London to JFK?

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Santa Charity Cycle

For the last 11 years, along with 100s of other cycling Santas, we've cycled our 20 km route from Richmond, SW London to deliver gifts to the incredible children at Shooting Star Children's Hospice in Hampton who are suffering with life limiting illnesses.

It’s grown from humble beginnings 11  years ago to an annual must do activity on the Richmond Festive season calendar.

Since we started this journey with Shooting Star we have delivered over 6000 Christmas presents to the kids and raised thousands of pounds for this fantastic charity each year.

Xmas hasn't started until you've done the Santa cycle.

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London 2 Cape Town

Covid was a shocker for everyone, everywhere. Charities were affected severely across the globe and lost funding. Over the course of 48 hours, we rallied the community and manged to collectively cycle the eye watering 13,636km from London to Cape Town. We had our riders join from the US, South Africa, Spain, France, Australia and more, all contributing their miles on Bromptons, stationary bikes and roads bikes, to virtually hit our goal.

We raised a whooping £10,290 which we shared evenly between Gift Of the Givers who work tirelessly to ensure those in need are freed from hunger in SA and our local charity Shooting Star Children's Hospice.

100 4 100 Challenge

We started with a crazy idea to see if we could get the Njinga community involved in a last-minute fundraising event  and as usual, they did not disappoint. The challenge: To get 100 riders to each ride 100km and raise £100 for charity.  We had a fantastic day out with riders joining locally but also virtually to help us reach our target with many local cycling clubs coming together for this great cause. We has members from The Njinga Collective, Bella Velo, Ditton Velo, Waldy Wheelers, London Dynamo and Verulam CC.  

Together we raised a fantastic £9342.24 for Big Change an awesome charity that is creating a society where every young person is set up to thrive in life, not just exams. 

Race The Plane

For three years running we managed over 35 Team Heathrow companies bringing them together to race an aeroplane on stationary bikes and raise over £300,000 for charities, including Oxfam and Duke of Edinbugh Trust.

A success in every sense: we overcame the considerable logistical challenges of running such an event in a working international airport;  dealing with over 360 riders of all abilities and we can proudly say:

The cyclists have beaten the plane each year!

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