Velocheer Celebrating people who are passionate about enabling others to cycle
Issue 8 March 2020
It’s been a very busy start to 2020 for the Volunteering Team at Cycling UK with the official launch of our new volunteering platform Assemble at the end of January. Ahead of the launch, we’ve been updating the Document Hub on Assemble with refreshed and updated handbooks, policies and other resources; creating role profiles; adding new volunteering opportunities; and much more. Also recently, we sent a Volunteer Satisfaction Survey to all our Member Group Secretaries and volunteer contacts belonging to our Community Cycle Clubs - more about the survey later on in Velocheer. Gjoril, our project lead on Assemble, has just come back from attending a Cycling UK networking event in Birmingham, where she met many of our volunteers and also went cycling with members of Walsall Arboretum Community Cycle Club. The Volunteering Team toast the launch of Assemble on 31 January 2020. L to R: Gjoril, Alex, Julie, Tom
Assemble is going on the road Over the past few weeks, we’ve been telling many of you about our new volunteering platform Assemble and its fantastic functions, such as: • being able to connect with other volunteers in the Directory • find resources and support in the Document Hub • read exclusive articles just for volunteers on the News page • log and reward volunteering activities and hours and much more! Currently only available to certain volunteers from our Member Groups and Community Cycle Clubs, Assemble will soon be also rolled out to volunteers from our Affiliated Groups so they can enjoy its amazing features too.
In this issue • • • • • • • • • •
Assemble on the road Volunteer of the Month: Blaen Roberts What is microvolunteering? Volunteering Valentines Club Confidential Save the Date! Satisfaction Survey Sou’Westers celebrate Women’s Cycling Awards Bike Week 2020
Special offer for Cycling UK members
So, if you are a Member Group volunteer or a Community Cycle Club volunteer contact, and a haven’t logged in to Assemble yet, please do so now. Just follow these simple instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Go to: https://volunteer.cyclinguk.org/auth/login Click on Forgot Password? Create new password Sign in Start exploring!
Soon, we will be heading out all over the UK with our Assemble workshop to show as many of our groups and volunteers as possible how to use the new tool. Dates and locations can be found on our website so if you look after volunteers for your group, keep an eye out for your invitation soon.
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