The Need.
Its widely recognised that there are limited recreational activities and tourism options available for people with disabilities and special needs.
In the past many people with disabilities could only dream of what it must be like to feel the thrill and experience the sense of freedom that comes with a motorcycle ride.
At Live To Ride Motorcycle Tours we’re doing something about this and with your help we can make these dreams come true.
Who are we and why us.
I’m mick Jackson, I’ve been a passionate motorcycle riding enthusiast for over 37 years and I love sharing the thrill of the ride with other people.
I have lived with a permanent disability for over 20 years. This has given me an intimate understanding of the physical limitations, emotional trauma and the social isolation that disability can impose on a persons life. I feel an obligation to use the knowledge I've learned through my experience to make a difference and improve the lives of others through what I like to call "Motorcycle Therapy".
While operating a business trial of a motorcycle tour service some years ago we had the privilege of conducting passenger rides at Disability Action Week, Cancer Council and Make a Wish Foundation events where we saw how engaging and personally rewarding the ride experience was for our disabled passengers. It was really empowering & uplifting & a huge thrill for them & their families & friends.
The only regret was that we had to leave people behind because it wasn’t safe enough for them to go for a ride with their health conditions.
It was a penny drop moment when we realised the accepted regulations and vehicles were not up to the task of delivering a safe ride experience for many passengers. It was at that point we decided to fold that business.
Since then we have invested a considerable amount of money and have spent over three and a half years of our time researching and developing the new improved Live To Ride Motorcycle Tours service.
Our Goal.
Once operating, our innovative new service will enable and empower people that have been excluded from experiencing a motorbike ride because of their condition.
Our unique service will be a game changer and open the door for so many people that have been excluded in the past.
We will provide new opportunities for people that are socially isolated because of a physical disability, intellectual impairment, chronic illness and acquired brain injury along with their family, friends and carers and support organisations.
We have developed new safer ride procedures and protocols, improved safety standards and created a greatly expanded rider training program that teaches our riders to understand and cater for a person’s individual special needs.
By combining our new standards with our specially designed disability friendly and wheelchair accessible sidecar we will be able to provide people with special needs along with their family, friends and carers the capacity, ability and opportunity to be included and participate in motorcycle passenger ride activities and tourism in safety and with dignity.
It has been a mammoth undertaking and there is currently no service of this type or calibre in the country.
Live To Ride Motorcycle Tours is a private social enterprise enterprise that will provide significant social benefits to the community.
We will be conducting ride activities for individuals, groups, disability support organisations and service providers, not for profit and charity organisations and community groups.
We will be a fully insured Government Authorised Public Passenger Service just like a bus company but with bikes, however, we will be working to our exclusive service and safety standards and operating procedures that far exceed Government regulatory requirements. We feel this is essential to safely cater for vulnerable people in our community.
Call to action
We have the motorcycle and have recently purchased our first, very rare, very special, disability friendly and wheelchair accessible sidecar. This special sidecar will allow people that have special needs or use a wheelchair to have unassisted access to the vehicle with safety and dignity.
We need to raise just $10,000 to modify the bike, have the sidecar professionally fitted, cover on road costs, purchase essential safety equipment and cover regulatory expenses to be able to begin our ride operations properly.
We've put everything we have into this project and are at the point now where we really need your help to finally make the dream a reality.
If you believe in what we are working to achieve and can support us in our quest, please help us by pledging a contribution to our campaign, sharing our story and encouraging others to contribute so we can get on with the job of sharing the thrill of the ride, putting smiles on faces and providing new opportunities for people that deserve to live their best life.
Any support you can offer will be greatly appreciated.
Come on, join us in being champions for change.
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If we do not reach our target we will not receive any funds, the transaction will not go ahead and no funds will be withdrawn from your account and your debit authority and bank details will be deleted from the Start Some Good database by the platforms administrators.
