The Reading Cycle Campaign started out in late 1982 and the cost of annual membership at that time was £3.
Remarkably, the membership fee has not increased since that time – which may be some sort of world record for non-inflation over a 42 year period.
However, for the Reading Cycle Campaign to continue, we have now proposed to increase annual membership to £5 (with similar increases to joint and 5 year membership categories).
The proposal was voted on by members in a well-attended Extraordinary General Meeting in February and the increase came into effect on 1 March.
The EGM also voted to discontinue offering life membership.
As a result, from 1 March membership categories and fees are:
1 year individual membership: £5
1 year joint membership: £8
5 year individual membership: £20
5 year joint membership: £32
At the EGM we also outlined and discussed our plans and aspirations for 2025.
Our new Events secretary is planning more social rides around Reading to help foster a cycling community and is also aiming to strengthen our collaboration with like-minded organisations.
We will continue to push for the installation of bike hangars in areas where residents don’t have viable bike parking and are optimistic that we will see the first installations this year.
Last year we successfully applied for a grant to purchase Bike Register kits, which we distributed for free to the cycling community, and we plan to repeat this in 2025.
Of course, as we do every year, we will continue to lobby our local Councils (Reading, West Berks and Wokingham) for better cycling facilities.
And our information stall will be popping up at local festivals throughout the summer. We hope you will be able to visit us there so we could get to meet you and hear what you have to say.
Keith Elliott
RCC Secretary
Please Remember to Update your Details with Us
If you move house or change your email address, please could you let the RCC know.
We can only work with the latest information you have given us, which involves sending this newsletter to you.
This was one of the reasons why we voted to discontinue offering life membership, as we had no idea of what happened to many of our life members who joined us 40 years ago.
Hence if you could help us keep our database up to date, we would be very grateful.
