A cycling initiative celebrated its third anniversary with fun family games, a treasure hunt and live music. 

Essex Pedal Power Clacton and Jaywick Sands has created a cycling community by handing out free bikes to help residents get active, find work, and visit family and friends. 

The initiative celebrated its third anniversary at the Sunspot in Jaywick. 

Artist Lucy Chapman, from the Future is Now project, came to the celebration to make hag stones and gave residents the chance to make personalised badges. 

Team - The Essex Pedal Power team celebrated at the Sunspot in JaywickTeam - The Essex Pedal Power team celebrated at the Sunspot in Jaywick (Image: Essex Pedal Power)

The Future is Now is part of an ongoing series of collaborations between Central Saint Martins College and Jaywick residents. 

It has seen Lucy and her twin sons work with Essex Pedal Power’s Kerry Cook and her son Ashley to explore how people think and talk about the future. 

Bike recipient and Tendring physical activity instructor Vivian Tolley debuted a 'no equipment, no excuse session', where people joined in a fun exercise to music, with stretches to do before and after a bike ride. 

Residents also got active at the event, with games and a bike smoothie challenge to see who could make a smoothie the fastest by riding a bike. 

Karen Creavin, chief executive at the Active Wellbeing Society, said: “The Active Wellbeing Society works with people to lead healthy lives. 

“This approach can be described as ‘doing with’ rather than ‘doing to’. 

“We believe in removing barriers to enable positive change and to build trust. 

“Our projects cut across a range of areas from environments, active travel, community food, jobs and skills, sharing and health. 

“In all our projects, we strive to work with the ‘unusual suspects’, building trust and empowering individuals and communities to be active citizens."