Events in your area
Riders for Health attends numerous events in the motorcycling calendar each year. At each event a number of volunteers are required to help our Events Manager and Events Assistant in running the helmet bus and raffle unit. Places are very limited due to the number of passes the circuits allocate to us. It is important for us to know if you already have passes to get into certain circuits so that we can allocate them to volunteers who haven’t got them.
The helmet bus is a large coach, which has been converted into a cloakroom to store leathers, helmets and boots. At each event, for a few pounds, people have the opportunity to leave their belongings on the bus instead of lugging them round a circuit whilst watching a race. Working on the helmet bus involves taking money from the public and putting the kit on the bus until their owners return – a very responsible task for any given volunteer.
Each year, Riders for Health runs a raffle for the chance to win a brand new motorcycle. A raffle unit accompanies the helmet bus at each of the motorcycling events and volunteers are asked to sell tickets to the general public. Volunteers can also be given a certain number of raffle tickets to sell in their local community.
Each year Riders for Health runs a large-scale outdoor event at Donington Park called Day of Champions. Day of Champions always falls on the Thursday before the British MotoGP and gives the general public the chance to go behind the scenes of MotoGP, watch entertainment on the festival style stage and attend the renowned GP auction. It is the only event of its kind and each year it gets bigger and bigger. This is where our volunteers really get involved. We could not run this event without their help and support. Our volunteers will help to run fundraising stalls, sell raffle tickets, take money on the gate and run refreshment stands to name but a few!
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Calendar of events: 2007/2008
(Unless otherwise stated the helmet bus and raffle unit will be present at these events)
The 2008 dates are still provisional and are subject to change. British rounds of the World superbike series have yet to be confirmed.
November 2007
23rd November – 2nd December
International Motorcycle and scooter show, NEC Birmingham
2008
January
31st January – 3rd February
MCN London Motorcycle show, Excel London
April
4th - 6th
British superbike, Brands Hatch
18th - 20th
British superbike, Thruxton
May
3rd – 5th
British superbike, Oulton Park
24th – 26th
British superbike, Silverstone
June
13th – 15th
British superbike, Snetterton
19th
Day of Champions, Donington Park
20th – 22nd
British MotoGP, Donington Park
27th – 29th
British superbike, Mallory Park
July
18th – 20th
British superbike, Oulton Park
August
8th – 10th
British superbike, Knockhill
23rd – 25th
British superbike, Cadwell Park
September
12th – 14th
British superbike, Croft
26th – 28th
British superbike, Donington Park
October
10th – 12th
British superbike, Brands Hatch
If you would like to volunteer at one of these events, please email Milly at volunteer@riders.org
Please note that you must be a registered volunteer to help at an event.