NEW trikes are set to get students wheels in motion at Kingston Maurward college.

Students from the college’s Foundation Learning Academy were the proud recipients of three purpose built off-road tricycles specially designed for people with disabilities and mobility issues.

The Viking trikes will allow less mobile students to join other students in cycling during lessons and free time.

To fund the trikes, teaching assistant Lucy Wyman put in a successful bid for a £2,000 grant from the children’s charity, Variety, which provides help and equipment to children that are sick, disabled or disadvantaged.

Variety receives many applications for grants and carries out a thorough investigation into each one. Only when the applications meet strict criteria, are deemed to be a worthy cause, will they then be approved by the board.

Frances Cornelius, the Variety chairman for the Wessex region, said: “We are so pleased to have been able to help some of the students at Kingston Maurward. They do some great work there and the students will get great pleasure from these trikes. And, as a result of discovering Kingston Maurward we’re now hoping to get more involved by taking some of our groups to do exciting outdoor adventure activities and visit the Animal Park.”

Nicky Porter, the head of foundation learning at the college, said: “We’d like to say a big thank you to Variety for giving the students the opportunity to now be able to join in cycling. We would never have been able to get the equipment without their help. We’re incredibly grateful.”

For more details about Kingston Maurward College go to kmc.ac.uk or call 01305 215215.