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@FrancisSedgemore
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LCC social rides are pretty much the preserve of borough groups acting autonomously from the centre, but with significant practical support (including insurance) from Newhams Row when requested. It's a case of we lead locally, and the centre follows, which is just as it should be. Sometimes ride leaders are hired by LCC as freelance subcontractors, when, for example, the organisation wins contracts from TfL and the like (e.g., CSS launch). That happens rarely, however, and almost all of our efforts are voluntary.
In SE London we organise many of our rides on a cross-borough basis, with the collective informally known as the Dog & Bell Crew centred on Lewisham and Greenwich, but including members also from Bromley, Southwark and elsewhere. Non-LCC people too.