UK promotion
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This page suggests many ways you can help to promote the UK rides.
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Hand Out and Distribute Leaflets
London
Tish has designed a great new leaflet to promote the London Ride. It comes in two versions, a very stylish green-on-black, and an alternative on a white background which requires less ink. We hope to get large quantities of these printed, but for now, feel free to print at home if you have the facilities to do so.
Brighton & Hove
Brighton has a new set of posters and leaflets for 2007 which you can access here.
UK-Wide
A generic flyer for all the 2007 UK rides has been produced. This has a fabulous Victorian-style cartoon. The information is a little out of date (the UK rides currently scheduled all take place on either the 8th or 9th of June, not the 9th and 10th as shown) and it doesn't include all the rides, but it is nonetheless a useful addition to the library. [Generic flyer] (Adobe Acrobat reader required).
Add a Banner or Link to WNBR from your Web Site
Coming soon.
Tell People About The Event
Obviously, word of mouth is a great way to circulate info about the event. You can also let people know by e-mailing them. Consider posting to any relevant bike/environment/naturist lists you might be a part of. Also, ask any relevant environmental/bike/naturist websites if they will post info on their events listings pages.
Here are sample standardised messages that you might wish to copy or modify-
Please circulate this as widely as possible - even if you can't make it yourself!
On Friday 8th / Saturday 9th June.....
THE WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE is coming to the UK!
Join me and 1000+ others in a protest against oil dependency and the destructive effects of car culture by cycling round London, Manchester, Brighton, Southampton or York - NAKED..... or as “bare as you dare”! (note: full nudity not required)
Celebrate the individuality of our bodies and demonstrate the vunerability of cyclists on our city streets. On the London ride, there will be professional body-painters working for free and the London Bike Touring Company will be offering discounts on bike hire for those of you who don't own bikes.
If you need to hire a bike, visit http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/rental
There are 4 rides scheduled for Friday and Saturday the 8-9 of June 2007.
FRIDAY (8 June):
6pm in York: Meet at the park near the station on Friday 8th June (6.30pm departure).
http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/yorkshire
6pm in Manchester: Meet at The Basement, Lever Street on Friday 8th June (7pm departure)
http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/manchester
6pm in Southampton: Meet on Southampton Common at the corner of Highfield Road and Highfield Avenue on Friday 8th June (6.30pm departure)
http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/southampton
SATURDAY (9 June)
10am in Brighton: Meet at The Level, near Union Road on Saturday 10th June (10.30am departure)
http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=Brighton_%26_Hove
3pm in London: Meet at Hyde Park Corner, north of Achilles statue, on Saturday 9th June (3.30pm departure)
Note: Free body painting will be available from noon in Hyde Park itself (not Wellington Arch) see here for details:
http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/london
Leaflets can be located and downloaded/printed via the following pages:
http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=UK_Promote
If cycling round town scantily-clad isn't your thang, why not support the cause by coming down to cheer us on... leafleting the route as you go.
We need people to:
- distribute leaflets along the route by foot (during the ride)
- distribute pre-ride leaflets
- steward the rides (you can do this with all your clothes on)
- help out on the info stall at the ride assembly point
- body paint (especially female painters)
If you are available to do any of the above, please email Kat - nakedbikekat [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk
Hope to see you there!
The Naked Bike Ride collective
Alternatively, here's a shorter text:
Saturday 9 June 2007 is the fourth annual World Naked Bike Ride!
Protest against oil dependency!
Celebrate the power and individuality of our bodies (and our bikes)!
This June, British cyclists will participate in the fourth annual World Naked Bike Ride! Last year over 800 rode naked in London and no one was arrested. This year's rides are being planned in London, Brighton, Southampton, Manchester, Brighton and more!
Come with self-powered wheeled transport, and go as bare as you dare!
See the website for details- www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk
Alternatively, here's a longer text:
Last year 1000 people cycled naked around the busiest streets of London and other cities worldwide on a Saturday afternoon in June.
The purpose of their ride was to protest against oil dependency and celebrate the body, underline the vulnerability of cyclists. And of course it was enormous fun! Shoppers were astonished, tourists were baffled, and Police... supportive!
This year the numbers are expected to be even more making it the largest naked protest in British history.
RIDE: Saturday 9th JUNE
London (3pm) Brighton (10am) and many other locations worldwide.
Find your ride here:
http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org
Organise a Film Screening
Coming soon.
