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Children's insurance
Hi Folks,
I'm involved with a charity and we're organising a sportive for the end of the (cycling) year. We had a fairly successful first year, but a lot of feedback was that we should allow over 12's on the route. Not sure about the legalities around this and could do with some advice
Thanks in advance
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An increasing number of events add a shorter 'family' ride alongside their events so it shouldn't be a problem.
Our club runs a reliability trial each year and we use British Cycling for insurance:
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/sportiveeventorganisers
I see it's now £50 + £1.20 per rider, that's gone up a fair bit! Sportive = cash cow
Also there's http://www.cyclosport.org/event-insurance.html
I don't know if there is such a thing. This is why most sportives are 18+, some are 16+ but require a parental wavier.
I don't know what Sky Rides and family events do.
I would suggest you contact British Cycling for advise. Rather than a group of informed (well and not so well) people on a forum