Issue 11 September 2020
Velocheer
Celebrating people who are passionate about enabling others to cycle
Hello...
Cycling UK Volunteers During the pandemic, we have been trying to keep you and our other volunteers continually updated on the current restrictions and how they impact our groups and clubs in the four nations of the United Kingdom. We have issued guidance specifically for groups and clubs, alongside our general coronavirus Q&As, and lately we have also added the following: • Coronavirus guidance for Cycling UK staff, participants, and volunteers • Coronavirus risk assessment checklist for groups • Coronavirus return to activity guidance At the end of last month, we also provided a: • Return to cycling activity plan for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland • Return to cycling activity plan for Scotland These documents are all available online and via our volunteer engagement tool, Assemble, in the Document Hub. Please keep an eye on our pages and communications for further updates.
Volunteer Celebration Despite the coronavirus putting a stop to many of our group activities and events this year, we are still celebrating the incredible contribution of our volunteers, many of whom have continued to keep up morale in their local communities by dreaming up and putting on alternative ways of keeping their riders entertained. We’ll be meeting some of them and hearing what they’ve been up to during the Going the Extra Mile Lockdown Love Awards at our Volunteer Celebration 2020, which takes place online on the afternoon and evening Saturday 3 October. The theme for this year’s event is diversity and we will have a range of workshops, video presentations and training sessions around this theme plus news of an exciting new group volunteer role. The event will finish with the fun Big Bicycle Quiz for families, teams, groups, and individuals presented by Cycling UK volunteer, Anglican priest, DJ, and music teacher Lorraine Dixon.
In the meantime, we are looking forward to our virtual Volunteer Celebration in October so please register for the various events on offer and stay safe and well. Alex Cuppleditch, Head of Volunteering
In this issue
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Coronavirus guidance Volunteer Celebration Diversity Survey EXPERIENCE cycle tourism Pumped Up Crew news Group of the Month Time with Tom plus, more
3.00pm
Safeguarding Adults in Cycling
4.00pm
How to take care of your riders and make them feel welcome
4.50pm
Do we really need inclusive cycling groups? panel discussion
5.45pm
Find out about an exciting new group volunteer role
7.30pm
The Big Bicycle Quiz pt. 1
8.00pm
Going the Extra Mile: Lockdown Love Awards
8.15pm
The Big Bicycle Quiz pt. 2
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