Ride Alongside
Past Event
Ride Alongside is a charity cycling event, which raises awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other mental health conditions affecting frontline emergency service first responders (Volunteer & Career First Responders). The 5-day event travels through regional Western Australia, cycling to visit frontline emergency services personnel to highlight the importance of looking after our own mental health and our colleagues around us.
Our 2020 Ride Alongside event will start from York on Monday 11 May 2020 and finish at Collie on Friday 15 May 2020. The 580km ride will visit the towns of York, Quairading, Bruce Rock, Narembeen, Hyden, Kondinin, Kulin, Wickepin, Narrogin, Williams and Collie for the event.
We will be cycling into Narrogin on the afternoon of Thursday 14 May 2020 around 3.00pm (hopefully!) and departing for Williams & Collie the following morning about 8.00am. While in Narrogin we plan to meet up with with local emergency services personnel to emphasise the importance of good physical health and good mental health. We also have members from our event charity partner Sirens of Silence Charity Inc travelling as part of our support volunteer contingent and can speak on the various resources available.
There will be 16 riders and approximately 10-12 support volunteers travelling with the event. The great majority of riders are current serving or former emergency services first responders and for the riders and support volunteers it's about looking after all our colleagues that look after our regional communities. Riders are participating in the event in their own time and taking leave from their jobs to participate. The event is an awareness event and not a fundraiser.