Bristol Inclusive Climbing

Bristol Inclusive Climbing is a charity that provides young people with disabilities the chance to participate in regular 1:1 rock climbing sessions to increase well-being, confidence, and self-esteem.

Working with passionate volunteers, we remove barriers between young people and climbing.

We run sessions every week in the same location, providing a consistent and predictable experience.

Learn more about about how we’re structured below…

 

Our sessions

Our team of friendly volunteers are well equipped to support younger people with disabilities and impairments. We’re able to ensure 1:1 support in our sessions as default and can up the volunteers depending on the needs of the young person. This means we can be super flexible with the people we work with.

No matter what the situation, get in touch and we’re confident we’ll be able to help one way or another.

🧡 Charlie’s Documentary 🧡 One of our volunteers Charlie made a documentary about BIC for his coursework .. and it’s absolutely incredible?! 😍 Charlie has been climbing with us since the very beginning and being a part of his story
🧡 Charlie’s Documentary 🧡 One of our volunteers Charlie made a documentary about BIC for his coursework .. and it’s absolutely incredible?! 😍 Charlie has been climbing with us since the very beginning and being a part of his story is such a privilege. Thanks so much Charlie - we’re so touched that you wanted to do this piece of work about us 🧡 👉🏼 Swipe to see some throw backs to pictures of Charlie!
🤸🏼‍♀️ Meet our Members 🤸🏼‍♀️ Name: James - Co-Founder Age: 31 🧗🏼‍♀️Favourite type of climbing? 🧗🏼‍♀️ Routes (roped) 🕒 How long have you been climbing and what made you start? 🕒 Almost 10 years, give or take, and it was
🤸🏼‍♀️ Meet our Members 🤸🏼‍♀️ Name: James - Co-Founder Age: 31 🧗🏼‍♀️Favourite type of climbing? 🧗🏼‍♀️ Routes (roped) 🕒 How long have you been climbing and what made you start? 🕒 Almost 10 years, give or take, and it was a natural transition from practising parkour to trying climbing for me! 👷🏼‍♀️What’s your day job and how do you fit BIC around your day to day life? 👷🏼‍♀️ Project Officer at Bath Uni. It allows me to live the life I live and travel to Paraclimbing competitions 🧡 What’s your favourite thing about BIC? 🧡 My favourite thing about volunteering with BIC is the ability to give people the opportunity to do something, they might not otherwise think they had the opportunity to do
🧡 Testimonials 🧡 Some more heartwarming feedback from one of our parents … 🧗🏾‍♀️ Feedback like this reminds us of how much of a difference each session can make! 🧗🏻‍♀️ When you volunteer at BIC, the 1:1 nature of the sessions
🧡 Testimonials 🧡 Some more heartwarming feedback from one of our parents … 🧗🏾‍♀️ Feedback like this reminds us of how much of a difference each session can make! 🧗🏻‍♀️ When you volunteer at BIC, the 1:1 nature of the sessions means you have direct impact, and you being there opens up a climbing session for a young person to climb with us! 👆🏼Follow the link in our description for more info about volunteering – 👆🏽 🧡 or slide into our DM’s if you have any questions – we always love to hear from you. 🧡 [No names or pictures of the climber mentioned have been included in this post]
🤸🏼‍♀️ Meet our Members 🤸🏼‍♀️ Name: Jess - Co-Founder and Climbing Coordinator Age: 28 🧗🏼‍♀️Favourite type of climbing? 🧗🏼‍♀️ Indoor, I like knowing where my next hand or foot is going to be! 🕒 How long have you been cli
🤸🏼‍♀️ Meet our Members 🤸🏼‍♀️ Name: Jess - Co-Founder and Climbing Coordinator Age: 28 🧗🏼‍♀️Favourite type of climbing? 🧗🏼‍♀️ Indoor, I like knowing where my next hand or foot is going to be! 🕒 How long have you been climbing and what made you start? 🕒 I started climbing in 2018 although I dip in and out a lot. I have our very own Tom to thank as he got me into climbing! 👷🏼‍♀️What’s your day job and how do you fit BIC around your day to day life? 👷🏼‍♀️ I work in marketing, to be honest running BIC kind of just slots in, I haven’t known any different for so long. That being said, we’ve got a fantastic team running things behind the scenes so it’s really easy to take a step back if needed. 🧡 What’s your favourite thing about BIC? 🧡 The community! I can be a bit of a hermit sometimes, but getting out there and meeting all our volunteers and families is just so great. I also LOVE getting to celebrate with climbers when they’ve stepped out of their comfort zone and achieved something really cool.
🧗‍♂️ Another Successful Session 🧗‍♂️ Chasing new heights, one grip at a time🧡 Every climb is a step closer to the top! We were thrilled by todays tough Thursday session 😍
🧗‍♂️ Another Successful Session 🧗‍♂️ Chasing new heights, one grip at a time🧡 Every climb is a step closer to the top! We were thrilled by todays tough Thursday session 😍
💪🏽 Arms Up if You Had a Good Session 💪🏽 Last week’s session was an extra special one as we all got to watch a documentary made by our very own climber Charlie - all about us! 😍🎥 You absolutely smashed it Charlie 🧡 This will soon be vi
💪🏽 Arms Up if You Had a Good Session 💪🏽 Last week’s session was an extra special one as we all got to watch a documentary made by our very own climber Charlie - all about us! 😍🎥 You absolutely smashed it Charlie 🧡 This will soon be viewable on our website so you all can watch it too!
🧡 Volunteer Social 🧡 The other week we ran a social for all our volunteers - a day out climbing in Gilwern in South Wales! The sun even made an appearance 🌞 🧗🏽 It’s so nice to see our BIC family belaying each other for a change, climbing
🧡 Volunteer Social 🧡 The other week we ran a social for all our volunteers - a day out climbing in Gilwern in South Wales! The sun even made an appearance 🌞 🧗🏽 It’s so nice to see our BIC family belaying each other for a change, climbing together and sharing beta 🧗🏽 Thank you to everyone who came. We can’t wait to see you at the next one for Christmas 😎
🧗🏽Big Thursday Session 🧗🏽 Thursday was our biggest session ever and the vibes did not disappoint! 😍 💪🏽Everyone was looking super strong. Well done on all your climbs! 💪🏽
🧗🏽Big Thursday Session 🧗🏽 Thursday was our biggest session ever and the vibes did not disappoint! 😍 💪🏽Everyone was looking super strong. Well done on all your climbs! 💪🏽
🧡 Saturday Vibes Throwing Back to Good Times 🧡 Some snaps that hadn’t got a chance to make it onto the gram yet! 🌞 We’re loving the Thursday evening sessions keeping our evenings bright as the nights get colder 🌞 🙋🏽‍♀️ Who e
🧡 Saturday Vibes Throwing Back to Good Times 🧡 Some snaps that hadn’t got a chance to make it onto the gram yet! 🌞 We’re loving the Thursday evening sessions keeping our evenings bright as the nights get colder 🌞 🙋🏽‍♀️ Who else’s highlight of the week is their BIC sesh?🙋🏼‍♂️
🧡 Parent Appreciation Post 🧡 Shoutout to the amazing parents & care givers of BIC! 💆🏼‍♀️ From ferrying your climbers to and from sessions, to giving moral support from the ground, caring through their ups and downs, and waiting patientl
🧡 Parent Appreciation Post 🧡 Shoutout to the amazing parents & care givers of BIC! 💆🏼‍♀️ From ferrying your climbers to and from sessions, to giving moral support from the ground, caring through their ups and downs, and waiting patiently in the cafe for an hour every week! 💆🏽‍♀️ We couldn’t do this without you and we’re grateful for everything you do 🧡
🧡 Charlie’s Documentary 🧡 One of our volunteers Charlie made a documentary about BIC for his coursework .. and it’s absolutely incredible?! 😍 Charlie has been climbing with us since the very beginning and being a part of his story 🤸🏼‍♀️ Meet our Members 🤸🏼‍♀️ Name: James - Co-Founder Age: 31 🧗🏼‍♀️Favourite type of climbing? 🧗🏼‍♀️ Routes (roped) 🕒 How long have you been climbing and what made you start? 🕒 Almost 10 years, give or take, and it was 🧡 Testimonials 🧡 Some more heartwarming feedback from one of our parents … 🧗🏾‍♀️ Feedback like this reminds us of how much of a difference each session can make! 🧗🏻‍♀️ When you volunteer at BIC, the 1:1 nature of the sessions 🤸🏼‍♀️ Meet our Members 🤸🏼‍♀️ Name: Jess - Co-Founder and Climbing Coordinator Age: 28 🧗🏼‍♀️Favourite type of climbing? 🧗🏼‍♀️ Indoor, I like knowing where my next hand or foot is going to be! 🕒 How long have you been cli 🧗‍♂️ Another Successful Session 🧗‍♂️ Chasing new heights, one grip at a time🧡 Every climb is a step closer to the top! We were thrilled by todays tough Thursday session 😍 💪🏽 Arms Up if You Had a Good Session 💪🏽 Last week’s session was an extra special one as we all got to watch a documentary made by our very own climber Charlie - all about us! 😍🎥 You absolutely smashed it Charlie 🧡 This will soon be vi 🧡 Volunteer Social 🧡 The other week we ran a social for all our volunteers - a day out climbing in Gilwern in South Wales! The sun even made an appearance 🌞 🧗🏽 It’s so nice to see our BIC family belaying each other for a change, climbing 🧗🏽Big Thursday Session 🧗🏽 Thursday was our biggest session ever and the vibes did not disappoint! 😍 💪🏽Everyone was looking super strong. Well done on all your climbs! 💪🏽 🧡 Saturday Vibes Throwing Back to Good Times 🧡 Some snaps that hadn’t got a chance to make it onto the gram yet! 🌞 We’re loving the Thursday evening sessions keeping our evenings bright as the nights get colder 🌞 🙋🏽‍♀️ Who e 🧡 Parent Appreciation Post 🧡 Shoutout to the amazing parents & care givers of BIC! 💆🏼‍♀️ From ferrying your climbers to and from sessions, to giving moral support from the ground, caring through their ups and downs, and waiting patientl

Our Volunteers

We wouldn’t be able to make our roped climbing sessions work without the help from our volunteers.

We have a group of like-minded, experienced, enthusiastic people from Bristol and the surrounding areas. They’re all passionate about sharing the benefits of climbing and enriching our community.

All of them have been trained to ensure we all stay safe on the wall and have fun along the way.

We’re always training up new volunteers to help us grow.

Check out our volunteering page for information about the people doing the real hard work and to join the team if you’re interested.

 

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