According to the most recent data,
riding is about 25% more popular in London than it was before the pandemic.
According to various reports, London Charity Cycles between March
and mid-June were on average 24% higher than during the same time last year.
Over a thousand women will band together
on one amazing night to ride 50 or 100 kilometres across London in support of
those dealing with cancer.
Everyone is familiar with a cancer
patient, and Ride the Night is our chance to demonstrate our tenacity in the
face of the disease.
Background
The non-profit organization Transport
for London Charity Cycles was
founded. Our goal is to improve life in London by keeping it active and
developing. On behalf of the Mayor of London, we oversee the transportation
system in the Capital.
We get a lot of requests to help out
with charities. These can be requests for gifts of money or free trips, as well
as requests to utilize our buildings, cars, and advertising space.
Legal restrictions limit our ability to
donate to London Charity Cycles.
Every bit of our income is reinvested in maintaining or enhancing transportation.
Our funding comes from public resources, primarily from fare and tax payers.
Current agreements
The London Charity Cycles, a nonprofit division, receives direct
financing from us in exchange for fulfilling our legal duty to conserve our collection
of vehicles and other historical artifacts, as well as supporting our work with
local schools and nonprofit organizations.
We continue to collaborate with various
charities that assist our users and consumers. For instance, despite not
providing direct financing, we assist travel mentorship programs conducted by
accessibility nonprofits.
We frequently get requests to organize
charitable events or charity collections at our corporate headquarters.
Collections are only permitted if the request complies with the guidelines of
the London Charity Cycles request
guidance and takes place in public areas of our facilities.
Position in court
We must conduct our operations in line
with the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (GLA Act) and other pertinent laws
since we are a statutory body with limited legal authority to offer financial
or other support to other organizations, including Cycling Charity. Most of the time,
we won't be able to comply with a request unless doing so will enable us to
perform our duty of providing transportation in London Charity Cycles.
We first examine whether, in general, we
have the legal authority to support any request for help that is made. If we do
have the requisite authority, we will then consider the priorities outlined in
this guidance when determining whether we want to support the request.
How to ask for London Charity Cycles
Include the following in your request:
·
A description of the
project's goals and deadlines
·
What would be expected
of us and how would we participate
·
How it would assist our
clients
·
The degree to which the
request is cost-neutral for TfL, including whether other sponsors are involved
·
Your charity
identification number
·
A designated request Cycling Charity
·
All requests must go
through this procedure and include the necessary data.
