Our Purpose
To bring together people in a a multi-day, community-led bike ride, with space for social connection, important uncomfortable conversations to help us be more successful in driving the change that our world so needs.
Who it’s for?
Ride the Change is for anyone who cares about climate and nature and wants to connect with others through shared purpose and a sense of challenge.
You might be an activist, policymaker, investor, community organiser, researcher or creative. What matters is that you are engaged in climate or nature work in some way and open to learning from others across the spectrum.
To join the ride, you’ll need to:
• Be able to cycle self-supported for around 80km a day, for three days (mainly on roads)
• Be based in the UK
• Be open-minded, collaborative, and willing to contribute to the group experience — whether through conversation, support, or snacks
What it is:
Self-supported – not too heavily supported, so that people have to look out for each other, helping to fix punctures, navigate, etc.
Route & destination – travelling from A to B, heading somewhere together with a clear goal and destination (vs a loop), exploring new places along the way. Ideally places with some significance.
Local projects – have lunches and dinners at local cafes or projects to give insight and interest to the places we’re passing through.
Evening social events – bringing people together to foster discussion and community building in the evenings
Community setup
We’ve set ourselves up as an unincorporated community group.
This means we govern ourselves, with an assigned committee (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer). Community members within the existing RTC community have come forward to volunteer for certain roles.
Who we are
Chair – Hermione Taylor
Secretary – Shalyn Wilkins
Treasurer – Kate Clarke
Our Vision Beyond 2025
2025 is the first year that we’re running RTC with this community-led format, and we’d like to create a template for future years.
Other things we’d like to see happen:
• Smaller day rides throughout the years
• Self-organised social gatherings
• Climate collaborations and clear actions born out of it