Action: you must re-subscribe, using the link below, if you want to remain a member of ACF
In the 21 years since ACF was set up, tech has moved on a bit! Our method of holding membership data, and using it to contact you, is outdated and needs to change. Like most other associations, we will now move to using a third-party provider as a means of holding data and communicating with you.
After researching alternatives, we have opted to use Award Force as the ‘provider’. We’ve already had an account with Award Force for a number of years and have used them as the basis of several competitions and campaigns. If you have ever made a nomination in our Awards, or entered one of our other campaigns or competitions, then you will already be registered*.
Within the next couple of months, we will stop using our current membership list, and if you want to remain a member of ACF you will need to ‘re-join’ by going to our new membership page via the link below.
We will issue another couple of reminders before the switch, but after that if you don’t ‘re-join’ via the new membership page, you will no longer be considered a member of ACF and will stop receiving our communications, although of course you will still be able to re-join at any point in the future.
We hope that everyone will take a few minutes to re-join. The work we do depends on having a solid membership base and Councillors (amongst others) are more likely to listen if they know we have a strong membership.
There is also a small change to our Data Privacy policy, just to reflect that your personal data (we only ask for your name and email address) will now be held by a ‘provider’ (Award Force). When you re-join you will can also:
- Give us your postcode (or the first part of it) so we can tell if you live in the city or
Aberdeenshire or somewhere else (optional) - Make a donation to ACF to help with our running costs (joining ACF will still be free but remember we are entirely run by volunteers on a very small budget)
- You can set preferences for communications
- Keep in mind that some work-place servers block messages so using a personal email address rather than a work one might be better – but it’s your choice
- *Remember if you have previously registered with Award Force, then you don’t need to do anything else to re-join, except note the change to our personal data policy
- If you get stuck, try our ‘easy steps’ guide at aberdeencycleforum.org.uk
- You can view, or amend your data, or unsubscribe at any time via the Award Force portal
We look forward to having you with us as we face the challenges of 2025 and beyond!
How to sign up with ACF on the Award Force platform – in easy steps
Go to the page where you can log in or register: Aberdeen Cycle Forum
- Enter your email address. The system will recognise your address if you have registered before (during one of our campaigns or competitions) and will ask for your password. If you don’t know your password there is a password re-set function. If you have registered before, you don’t need to do anything further to join.
- If you haven’t registered before, you will need to create a password. The system will also generate a code for you to enter – this is just to ensure that you are the owner of the email address being registered.
- Once you have registered you will reach the ‘landing’ page. On this page is a link to our Paypal for donations (joining ACF is free but we do rely to donations to cover our modest running costs). You can ignore the ‘Entries’ as this relates to our competitions only.
- From the landing page you can also follow a link to ‘profile page’
- The profile page has 4 tabs:
Profile – which displays your name and email address, you can also re-set your password here.
Account fields – If you are happy to give us your postcode, it helps us to know if members live in the city, or Aberdeenshire, or somewhere else, but this is optional.
Security – you can if you wish set up multi-factor authentication.
Preferences – here you can check or un-check boxes relating to cookies and communications.
We will use ‘broadcast emails’ to contact you, so please don’t un-check that. - All done! You can log out by clicking on your name in the top right corner.
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