Knaresborough Lions need volunteers to help with various roles for The Great Knaresborough Bed Race.

The Great Knaresborough Bed Race is on of the largest long-running Community events in North Yorkshire which raises approx £50,000 for charitable causes each year. Changes in government legislation mean that a significant number of additional volunteers are needed in order to keep the cost of road closures down to a manageable level.

How can you help? We can accommodate groups or individuals. For groups we can operate a labour – exchange scheme, where Knaresborough Lions will support your event.

The following roles need to be filled:

1. Road Closure Marshals(20): role requirements – a mature person who can move a Road Closure sign into the road when instructed to do so, stay in place for approx 1 hour and remove the sign when instructed to do so. WHEN? For the Parade 13:00-14:00 and the Race 15:00-16:00. NB the role can be split into 1 hour slots, Parade & Race.
2. Crowd Management Marshals(50): role requirements – a mature person who can man a Stewarding point and keep the spectators safely out of the path of the beds during the Parade and the Race. WHEN? For the Parade 13:00-14:00 and the Race 15:00-16:00. NB the role can be split into 1 hour slots, Parade & Race.
3. Field Set up (lots): role requirements – physically able to help move security barriers, set up road pin & tape barriers, build Gazebos etc. WHEN? Friday afternoon (13th! June) and Saturday morning (14th June).
4. Field clear-up (lots): role requirements – physically able to help remove security barriers, pull up road pin & tape barriers, dismantle Gazebos etc. Litter-pick & field tidying WHEN? Saturday 5pm onwards – it would be nice to have a litter team on duty all day from 12:00 to 6:00 (14th June).

To register: Download the registration form (WORD or PDF) and email to
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