First ask the Walks Co ordinator, Chair, or Secretary to register you as a walk leader. The easiest way is for them to use the "volunteer data recording form" by following the link below. You will then appear on the list of volunteers in the insight hub as a walk leader. (only the walk co ordinator, chair or secretary can access the insight hub it's found by going to The Ramblers main web site and clicking on "volunteering" then "supporting other volunteers")
Walk leader training Although you are on the system as a potential walk leader you won't yet appear as a leader on the walks manager. This will happen automatically when you have completed the online training
If your training wasn't done online then the walks co ordinator should use this form to register your training volunteering upload
Go to Ramblers main web site https://www.ramblers.org.uk/ and find"Create a My Ramblers Account"
help in setting up a My Ramblers account
Now log yourself into your My Ramblers Account and go to the "Training Library"
We have three online walk leadership training modules. Completing these is compulsory:
Read and sign up to the (1) Walk Leader Handbook ---- It's worth reading this to get an idea of Ramblers thinking re size of group, booking, info on walkers
(2) Complete the Walk Leadership Foundations e-learning (approx. 60-90 minutes)
(3) Complete the Preventing & Managing Incidents e-learning (appro. 60 minutes)
There are a few documents & web pages you should know about in the document library and here Walk leader resources
It's also worth sending a text to 999 with the single word "register" Sometimes there is better coverage for texts when the phone signal is weak. It really is that simple to register with the emergency SMS service
You've completed your training and you should now appear on the list of walk leaders on the "Walks Manager". It's time to put your first walk onto The Ramblers web site
You now need to log into & explore the walks manager in the very top right of the walks manager screen you will see a litte grey symbol. Click on this and a drop down box should show "contact preferences" you need to go down to the bottom and give permission for your contact details to be displayed. If you don't do this your name & phone number won't be displayed on your walks. You only need to do this the first time. If your contact details are wrong you can change them by logging into your "My Ramblers" account and going to "my details" You can't change them directly from the Walks Manager
Now go back a page to the Walks Manager and click on either "create" or "add a walk" You are now in the Walks Manager proper and can start filling in details for your first walk. There are instructions walks manager guide but this is a case of filling in an online form. In my view the instructions make it seem far more complicated then it really is. My advice is to just get stuck in and fill in the boxes. Write a good description of your walk. When completed click on "submit for checking"
Your walk will now go to the walks co ordinator for checking & publishing on the web site
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