The 20th Anniversary of the Hartley Cycle Challenge is a very significant milestone

We have invited past riders, volunteers, sponsors and supporters to this event. This 20th Anniversary Celebration Dinner is not a fundraising event. However, the official launch of this year’s Cycle Challenge has been incorporated into the event. 

Established in 1962, Hartley Lifecare (Hartley) is a Canberra-based not-for-profit organisation providing supported accommodation for people with disability, their families and carers. Originally established to provide a learning facility and therapy support service for children and adults, Hartley has grown extensively to support clients in over 30 homes across the ACT.  Hartley Lifecare relies on NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) funding, corporate partners and individual donors as well as special events to raise the funds needed to enable us to expand and enhance the services we provide to people living with disability in our local community.

The most significant annual fund raising event is the Hartley Cycle Challenge. The Cycle Challenge was first held in 2000 with a group of eight cyclists and has evolved into a large event. In 2019 the Cycle Challenge will take place across two stages and over a total of four days, with each stage completed in three days. There are a number of teams of twelve cyclists riding for three continuous days from Canberra to Mt Kosciuszko and return, a trip of 450 kilometres, climbing 5,181 metres of hills, mountains and long flat stretches of road. The Cycle Challenge is held over the last weekend in November to coincide with the International Day for People with a Disability.