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"Growth – The last few years have been challenging but counterintuitively periods of significant disruption really can yield positives if you have the resources and people to respond. This has been the fortunate case for us at Cycling UK. The pandemic fostered new interest in cycling, but we as a charity were also ready to respond quickly to new opportunities"

So how many members are there now?
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mjr wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 8:50pm "Growth – The last few years have been challenging but counterintuitively periods of significant disruption really can yield positives if you have the resources and people to respond. This has been the fortunate case for us at Cycling UK. The pandemic fostered new interest in cycling, but we as a charity were also ready to respond quickly to new opportunities"

So how many members are there now?
70800 approx
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Philip Benstead wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 9:50pm
mjr wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 8:50pm "Growth – The last few years have been challenging but counterintuitively periods of significant disruption really can yield positives if you have the resources and people to respond. This has been the fortunate case for us at Cycling UK. The pandemic fostered new interest in cycling, but we as a charity were also ready to respond quickly to new opportunities"

So how many members are there now?
70800 approx
And how many were there in 2019?
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richardfm wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 9:57pm
Philip Benstead wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 9:50pm
mjr wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 8:50pm "Growth – The last few years have been challenging but counterintuitively periods of significant disruption really can yield positives if you have the resources and people to respond. This has been the fortunate case for us at Cycling UK. The pandemic fostered new interest in cycling, but we as a charity were also ready to respond quickly to new opportunities"

So how many members are there now?
70800 approx
And how many were there in 2019?
There were circa 68k in 2019, so little growth in figures but still positive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_UK

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richardfm wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 9:57pm
Philip Benstead wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 9:50pm
mjr wrote: 3 Nov 2023, 8:50pm So how many members are there now?
70800 approx
And how many were there in 2019?
68,431. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_UK
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