Celebrating key workers at the Rider Awards

25 August, 2020 • News

The Rider Awards 2020 are here to showcase the great work that riders across the country do.

Everyday heroes, who do amazing things each day deserve recognition. In uncertain times, what little things have you seen riders do that make your community a nicer place?

Charity champions, who've done something amazing in the name of a great cause.

Riders who go above and beyond to help out other riders, customers, or restaurants.

Goal getters who are constantly pushing themselves. This could be for achievements in work outside of being a rider, your studies, or personal development.

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Above and beyond

  • Liam (Coventry) - Helping other riders by offering knowledge & time to anyone who needs it.
  • Andrew (Bournemouth) - Supporting housebound members of their community by providing a friendly face and a regular chat.
  • Asia (London) - Supporting their local community & customers. Helping customers who are struggling to complete everyday tasks

Charity Champion

  • Imran (Leeds) - Cycling Route 66 to raise funds for charity.
  • Aja (Nottingham) - Raising over £1,000 for the NHS with their football team. Additionally, raising funds & awareness for the Darby Rimmer Foundation by running 100KM in a month.
  • Calum (Royal Tunbridge Wells) - Cycling 1,000 miles across Europe. Raising nearly £3,000 for Centre Point, a charity that focuses on young homelessness.
  • Oliver (Maidstone) - Cycling 1,000 miles across Europe. Raising nearly £3,000 for Centre Point, a charity that focuses on young homelessness.
  • Daniel (Norwich) - Providing vitally important services during the COVID19 pandemic, working as a doctor, alongside working as a Deliveroo rider. They also cycled 2,500 KM & raised over £2,500 for charity, Versus Arthritis.
  • Robert (Royal Leamington Spa) - Launching a mental health awareness campaign across the UK, focusing on spreading positive messages & mental health awareness.
  • Shanna (Edinburgh) - Founding a student-led mental health charity, Founding a student-led mental health charity, Conscious Edinburgh. Raising funds for mental health charities & facilitating mental health first aider training.

Community Hero

  • Gavin (Southend on Sea) - Being part of a volunteer group that brings shopping to vulnerable people isolating during the covid19 pandemic.
  • Md (Norwich) - Being a hero to their daughter & bringing food to customers during COVID19 with the aim to bring happiness and joy to households.
  • Suhail (Stoke-on-Trent) - Donating food packs of essential items to communities in Pakistan.
  • James (St Albans) - Shopping for the elderly in their community and bringing a smile to their faces.
  • Simon (Bath) - Setting up a crowdfunding campaign to supply hospital staff with food & delivering this to hospital staff. Being an active member of their community, supporting the elderly of their village over the years.
  • Chris (London) - Voluntarily delivering household essentials to members of their community during the COVID19 outbreak.
  • Jonathan (Cardiff) - Voluntarily delivering household essentials to members of their community during the COVID19 outbreak.
  • Alex (Horsham) - Creating a video to raise awareness of Deliveroo’s service of delivering essential items, for those self-isolating during the COVID19 outbreak.

Everyday Hero

  • Steve (Liverpool) - Supporting other riders on the road. Being kind, supportive, offering advice & fixing other’s bikes, always with a smile.
  • Andre (Worthing) - Making a difference to their local community by engaging with customers & restaurants with a positive & friendly manner,
  • Bernard (Oxford) - Preventing a member of the community from harming themselves
  • Paul (London) - Supporting a member of the community find their way home.
  • Marcus (Bristol) - Helping ensure a woman who had recently gone into labour got medical attention.

Goal-Getters