Why is the motorcycle community involved?
In the mid 1980s Andrea and Barry Coleman, Randy Mamola and a group of volunteers were raising money in the Grand Prix paddock for Save the Children Fund (UK). In 1991 Andrea Coleman held the first ever Day of Champions at Brands Hatch, the event has now become an annual festival and the cornerstone of Riders fundraising year, attracting over 5000 people. The motorcycle community has continued to support Riders over the past 15 years as Riders has been an independent organisation. Riders fundraising within the motorcycle community is based on the principle that we should always add value to people experiences, whether this be at Day of Champions, or the chance to win a new motorcycle in the raffle, or through our helmet buses at British Superbike events across the UK. We are now the official charity of MotoGP and its promoters, Dorna, and we run events at MotoGP events all over the world. Riders now receives support from the motorcycle communities from countries across the globe. The w
