The preparations for the autumn conference of CTC and Cycle Nation, and hosted by Merseyside Cycling Campaign are finished, with the finalization of the agenda and speaker list confirmed.

All the information for the conference including the agenda and talk presentations can be found on the conference page.

We are having a table at the “Share The Road” event held at the University today. If you come and decide to join our campaign, there might be a little present in it for you, who knows.

Details from the organisers:

Share the Road Event – Thursday 1 October 11.30-2pm

Bring yourself and your bike along to the Guild Walk, University of Liverpool (between Peach Street car park and Mountford Hall)

• Get on an Arriva bus and see things from the driver’s perspective
• Have a free bike health check from our Dr Bikes
• Find out about citybike and our current student discount offers
• Pick up lots of freebies and information on road safety, bike security and cycling in Liverpool

We had some requests to join our google group (merseycycle@googlegroups.com). My apologies, I found that the group status had been set ‘ex directory’ – and could not be found by a search.

This has now changed: If you want to join the google group, please follow these steps:

1. Go to http://groups.google.com and search for ‘merseycycle’.
2. In the search results, select the group ‘merseycycle’ found at the top of the search results.
3. Click on the link to ‘subscribe to this group’ and give the email address you want to use to join.
4. You have to confirm your request to join from your email.
5. We will receive your request and approve the process – and you’re now a member of the group.

But remember, this forum is foremost meant for members of the campaign. We do consider all applicants, but would encourage you to join our campaign first.

We are pleased to announce that bookings are now taken for the CTC and CycleNation conference, please go to our booking page to complete booking and registration.

CTC and CycleNation Autumn  Conference

Be part of the largest gathering of cycle campaigners!

Save the date: 24th-25th October 2015

Return to Liverpool and join us for the weekend. Be it for discussion or debate on where & how cycling moves forward in 2016.

Merseyside Cycling Campaign will be host for the CycleNation and CTC autumn conference this year (2015). Cyclenation is a federation of local cycle campaign groups and there to help local groups campaign and to represent them at the national and international level; CTC is the national cycling charity and has championed the cause of cycling for well over a century.

The venue will be Blackburne House, right in heart of the world-renowned Georgian Quarter of Liverpool, for directions follow this link.

We will publish more details (how to book, agenda, social events and rides) here in due course.

The actual conference will be from noon to 6pm on Saturday 24 Oct, at Blackburne House

If you arrive before Saturday, we are planning social drinks on Friday evening, time and venue tbc. There may be a Cyclenation EGM on Saturday morning (TBC) and there will be a meal and social evening on the Saturday evening. We also plan rides for the Sunday.

Please preregister from the CTC website using this link.

Closer to the date we will email you a confirmation of this pre-registration plus information on how to pay the attendance fee.

We now accept payments or donations to the cycling campaign via a simple online bank transfer using GoCardless.com. This is a safe and convenient way to support the campaign.
Unlike commonly used online donation systems like for example PayPal GoCardless.com expects you to type in your sort code and account number instead of a credit or debit card number. The payment is not instant and uses a one-off authorised direct debit transfer but saving us the higher card payment fees. Don’t worry, we will not be able to take further donations from you without your authorisation. Please consult GoCardless.com for further details.

Please find the donation button on the Membership page or use the button to the right.

The latest PedalPress for Summer 2015 is online now, and can be downloaded or read online by clicking here. Again, it is packed with information and stories about cycling and cycle campaigining in Merseyside. Thanks to all contributors and the editor-in-chief Helen Hebden.

Please find attached the minutes of the 2013 AGM, plus an agenda for our 2014 AGM, to be held on 13th December (Saturday) at KIND. More details in this post.

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AGM Agenda 2014

In time before the AGM the latest edition of our newsletter, the PedalPress is online now.

The 2014 AGM will be held in just under 4 weeks, on Saturday 13^th December, from 10am for a start at 10:30am and finishes a 12:30pm latest.

The venue is KIND, 19 Back Canning St, Liverpool L8 7PB.

KIND is a Liverpool based Charity who are investing in our future….our children.

We would like to invite all those coming to join the KIND Christmas appeal and bring a gift along.