We're hiring a Richmond Cargo Collective Lead! 🚲

Solve The School Run
3 days ago
3 min read

Updated: 2 days ago

Very flexible, part time role available - approx 1 day per week.

Love cargo bikes? Live in the borough of Richmond upon Thames? Want to help families swap traffic for fresh air?

Solve the School Run is recruiting a Richmond Cargo Collective Lead — a very flexible, paid, part-time contractor role for someone who wants to grow a parent-powered cargo bike movement in the borough. Because family travel shouldn’t be stressful, dangerous, or wrapped in exhaust fumes. (Yet here we are.)

About Cargo Collective 🚲

The Cargo Collective is a new parent-led initiative unlocking the potential of family cargo bikes throughout London boroughs. It is a collaborative program from Solve the School Run, Green School Runs and Cargo Revolution. The Richmond Cargo Collective is supported by Richmond council who are passionate about making the borough the cargo bike capital of London!

Our Cargo Collective website is launching soon, meanwhile do check out Instagram page here.

We help families feel confident switching to cargo bikes for everyday journeys like:

nursery and school drop-offs
trips to the park
supermarket runs
after-school clubs
weekend adventures
and all the chaotic in-between moments that don’t fit neatly into a timetable

We do this through:

low-key, friendly events
parent-to-parent support
a growing WhatsApp community network
practical advice from people who actually do it (in the rain, with bags, with snacks, with small humans shouting “I dropped my glove!!”)

The role (in a nutshell)

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, cargo-bike loving Richmond resident to lead the Richmond Cargo Collective.

You’ll help develop the programme locally by:

supporting our low-key events programme
growing our WhatsApp network
connecting with local parent communities so cargo bikes become normal, not niche

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys getting things moving — in every sense!

What you’ll be doing

🚲 Grow the Richmond Cargo Collective community

Welcome new families into the Richmond network
Keep the WhatsApp space active, friendly and useful
Encourage peer-support, advice-sharing and local connections

🍰 Support events (low-key, family-friendly)

Help organise and promote simple local meetups
Encourage families to come along, ask questions, and try cargo bikes
Help parents understand how cargo bikes work in real life for everyday journeys — not just “cycling days out”
Make it feel easy, welcoming, and not like a big formal thing

📣 Spread the word locally

Connect with Richmond parent groups, schools, nurseries and community networks
Help more families discover cargo bikes as a realistic option for everyday family travel

Location

This role needs to take place within the borough of Richmond upon Thames.

The role is a combination of working from home as well in person meetings, events and outreach across the borough of Richmond on ad-hoc basis.

Hours & flexibility

Approx. 1 day per week
No set hours — fit around your existing commitments.
You decide when and how you do the work, as long as the programme grows and events are supported

Contract

Contractor role
6-month contract
£180 per day

Who we’re looking for

We’d love to hear from you if you’re:

a Richmond resident,
experienced with family cargo bike travel (or very confident and committed!)
enthusiastic about helping other families try sustainable travel
well connected to Richmond parent communities locally (or excited to build those links)