Following the cyclesheffield executive meeting in March, this is our agreed budget commitment for the next financial year (please note the numbers are not exact)
Annual income is around £700. This includes subscriptions, donations and miscellaneous income from tram surplus / stall etc.
IT, web pages etc – £80
Cyclenation affiliation – £20
Festival subs – £45
Stall maintenance costs – £20
Attendance at Conferences (averaged out over the last 2 years) – £200 pa
A small fee is also needed each year to cover the venue for the AGM, but we will no longer subsidise the food for this event
Our paper based newsletter used to cost us around £300 per issue to print and distribute.
We no longer produce this and are now running at a yearly surplus of up to £300.
We agreed to allocate around £300 immediately for new publicity material (badges/stickers/banner ) to refill the stall this year. It is intended to sell these items at the festivals to recoup costs.
New members will also receive the badge and a hiviz sticker as part of their joining pack
For following years we plan to allocate an annual sum of around £20o to cover publicity / merchandise including the festivals
Ecclesall Rd Smart Routes petition
We, the undersigned, hereby register our opposition to Sheffield City Council’s Ecclesall Road Smart Route proposals for the following reasons:
a) they are very costly, yet will not solve the problems of congestion
b) they will worsen, rather than improve, the pedestrian and cycling environment
c) they prioritise private vehicles over buses
d) they ignore the safety needs of families using the local schools and Endcliffe Park
e) they would destroy the unique character of this locality by encouraging speedier traffic flow
We therefore urge the Sheffield City Council to reject this scheme and instead use any available funds for traffic calming measures and to promote public transport/cycling/walking in order to benefit local residents, businesses and visitors.