In July 2019, our small grants scheme helped outdoor arts company Kinetika expand their T100 Walking Festival into Southend-on-Sea. Kinetika’s festival comprised of a series of walks across Thurrock, along the Thames Estuary in to Canvey, Southend-on-Sea and over to the Isle of Sheppey and along the North Coast in Kent. ForwardMotion funded the Southend-on-Sea […]

Head over to Southend-on-Sea, Grays and Basildon town centres this month for the chance to watch wheeled sports stunt riders, race your family and friends in a static bike race and receive free, bespoke advice about how to travel differently around south Essex. ForwardMotion’s travel roadshows will be coming to Southend-on-Sea on 26 October, Grays […]

You can now save for a new bike with ForwardMotion Cycle Hubs Christmas club. Joining the Christmas club can take the stress out of buying a new bike for Christmas. You can join the Christmas club by putting down a minimum 10% deposit on a new bike or a £10 deposit on a recycled bike. […]

ForwardMotion is encouraging businesses in south Essex to install bike hangars for their employees, to help them travel to work more sustainably. The ParkThatBike scheme is part of our wider campaign to get more people out of their cars and using bicycles, walking or public transport. The lockable bike hangars provide weatherproof, secure storage for four cycles […]

ForwardMotion would like to send a big thank you to everyone who attended or was involved in making the Southend Tweed Ride and Belfairs Cycling Festival happen on Sunday, 23 September. Particular thanks go to Essex Wildlife Trust, who jointly organised the Belfairs Cycling Festival. Despite the rain and bad weather, both events were a […]

ForwardMotion launched its ‘This Is What A Cyclist Looks Like’ campaign last week. The campaign aims to challenge people’s perceptions of what a ‘real’ cyclist looks like and encourage more people to start travelling by bike around south Essex. The campaign was officially launched at the Cycle County Active County event, which took place at […]

ForwardMotion is set to launch a new campaign called This Is What A Cyclist Looks Like, which challenges people’s perceptions of what a ‘real’ cyclist looks like and aims to encourage more people to travel by bike around south Essex. You don’t have to be really fit or wear Lycra to get on a bike, […]

Two cycling events will be held in Southend-on-Sea on Sunday, 22 September. ForwardMotion is putting on the annual Southend Tweed Ride and jointly running the brand new Belfairs Cycling Festival with the Essex Wildlife Trust. The much-loved Tweed Ride is an opportunity to dress up in your best tweed and vintage gear and ride along […]

The ForwardMotion Cycle Hub Thurrock in Tilbury opening times are: Monday closed Tuesday 9-4 Wednesday 9-4 Thursday 9-4 Friday 9-4 Saturday 9-1 Come and join us at Cycle Hub Thurrock, you can choose from an amazing range of refurbished bikes, available to buy at a discounted rate, and we can take any unwanted bikes off […]

This weekend the ForwardMotion team is participating in the Tilbury Carnival and the Castle Point Show to engage the community and encourage take-up of our services. On Saturday, 20 July, the team will be in attendance at the Tilbury Carnival, displaying the ever-popular ForwardMotion electric cargo bike in the carnival parade. The Tilbury Carnival is […]