Welcome

The Ramblers helps everyone, everywhere, enjoy walking and protects the places we all love to walk. We are the only charity dedicated to looking after paths and green spaces, leading walks, opening up new places to explore and encouraging everyone to get outside and discover how walking boosts your health and your happiness.

The Inner London Area of the Ramblers is made up of ten groups located in London. It is just one of many Areas that make up the national organisation.

Although London may not seem like an obvious location for walkers, there are over 12,000 Ramblers members living here, with about 4,500 of them in Inner London, making it one of the most populous areas for walkers to live in the UK. The Thames Path, which runs through our Area, is the most walked path in the country!

As well as walking in our own area, including in the very heart of London, we travel across the South East England, with groups regularly making trips to the Chilterns, South Downs, South Coast, Kent, Essex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, as well as further afield.

 

 Inner London Ramblers group map

General Council

Each year the Inner London Area is entitled to send three delegates to represent its members at Ramblers General Council, held each April and hosted by a different Ramblers Area each year.

These delegates must be members of the Inner London Area, and have a good understanding of the Area's members and of the issues facing the Ramblers, both locally and nationally; they should also understand the Ramblers' Area and Group structure and its democracy.

Inner London's policy is to send at least one woman and one person who hasn't been before to each General Council.

Delegates will need to be comfortable with public speaking, as they will be required to move / second any motions the Area AGM votes to send to General Council, and they will also be expected to contribute to the debates on motions proposed by other Areas and on wider matters discussed at the meeting. The delegates will vote on behalf of the Area on the motions, guided by discussions at the previous Area meeting, and for members of the Board of Trustees and Agenda Committee.

Potential delegates to General Council are required to notify their intention to stand to the Area Secretary by 31st December for General Council the following April. They will be expected to attend the January Area Council meeting to make their case, the Area AGM, and the March Area Council meeting to hear and take part in the debate on motions, and the May Area Council meeting to feed back from General Council to the Area Council.