Welcome to the Race Directors' Portal (RDP)
The race licence system in England is changing from 1 April 2012. Please click here for further details and guidance on completing your licence application.
We have created this site with one aim in mind: to be a resource to help race organisers to deliver better events. This is the place for race organisers to share ideas and best practice, and to discuss solutions to common challenges in event organisation.
The runbritain team has compiled a new 67-page Road Race Handbook that is now operational and can be viewed on this link. The handbook supersedes the previous 2010 version and has guidance on key areas including risk assessment, highways, health and safety, disability discrimination, course design and promotion. The Home Office Good Practice Safety Guide can be accessed from this link.
The 2012 Licence Standards can be accessed from this link and the 2012 Medical Guidelines can be accessed here.
UKA is alert to its responsibility to all participants in athletics in respect of all aspects of health and safety. One particular area that young athletes and their parents must be aware of is the risk of cardiac problems. There have been too many instances of young athletes suffering potentially fatal heart conditions without being conscious that they are at risk. UKA has worked with Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) for several years, providing a screening service to athletes on the World Class Performance Programme. UKA and CRY are now seeking to encourage more athletes to use CRY’s screening service to help to identify any cardiac problems that may be otherwise hidden. CRY is a charity that was established to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to the sudden cardiac death of young people. They operate a screening programme at a number of clinics around the UK and support this with mobile units that travel to other locations. Full information about CRY and their services can be found on their website at http://www.c-r-y.org.uk. Young people between the age of 14 and 35 who would like to have cardiac testing can go to www.testmyheart.org.
Using the site...
Firstly, apply for a licence for your event. On successful application your event is automatically added to the event diary and the facility to open your race to online entry on the main site will become available.
Find out more about race licences.
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