Guidelines
Guidelines for Participants
Before Ride + Stride
Collect Sponsorship Forms, stickers and a List of Participating Churches from your Church Coordinator.
Try to encourage as many people as possible, including your employer, to sponsor you for as much as possible. Encourage all tax-paying Sponsors to gift-aid their Sponsorship monies.
Plan your intended route allowing yourself sufficient breaks for refreshment and comfort stops – don’t overstretch yourself!
Check the roadworthiness of your cycle. We recommend that all cyclists wear a cycle helmet and reflective clothing.
During Ride + Stride
Visit as many Churches and Chapels as you feel comfortable with, or volunteer to steward at your Church or Chapel.
At each one, report to whoever is manning it for registration and get your Sponsorship Form signed. If the Church is not manned, sign both the displayed Signing-in Form and your Sponsorship Form yourself.
Enjoy the day – any photographs or magazine articles would be welcomed by the County Coordinator for future publicity.
After Ride + Stride
Collect the money due from your sponsors as soon as possible.
Please check that all names on your Sponsorship Form are clearly legible – rewriting any that are not. The names of those who are gift aiding their donations have to be transferred to Inland Revenue Forms by our Treasurer
Return the sponsorship money and your completed Sponsorship Form to your Church Coordinator by the end of October at the latest.
SAFETY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE
If you are cycling, please observe these rules:
The Department for Transport issue Drive Safe Cycle Safe guidance under Cycling & Motorcycling at: www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/
Participants on cycles are strongly recommended to wear a cycle helmet and reflective clothing and to lock their cycles if leaving them unattended, even outside Churches they are visiting.
1. Ride in single file.
2. Take great care when crossing other roads and when turning right.
3. Give clear arm signals.
4. Do not swerve suddenly.
5. Look ahead for obstructions.
6. Use cycle lanes where they are provided.