A while ago I posted about the idea of having a CalmZone (tent) at mtb events, races and expos around the UK
This was so that if people visiting, racing or exhibiting felt stressed, overwhelmed or anxious they could go into our CalmZone and relax and destress for a bit until they felt ok to continue or start their journey home.
It’s still an idea that I’m really keen and determined to see through but it’s one of the biggest if not the biggest ideas I’ve had and it’s taking a lot of organising so taking longer to sort out.
We need to organise with events that we can sort a good space to put the CalmZone/tent, organise what we need but most importantly the people to man it.
One of my anxiety triggers is events and especially if I had a tent there, I’d feel trapped, I’d stress about how long I’d have to be there, I wouldn’t be relaxed which is the opposite of what people want when wanting to calm down themselves and I’d stress about the amount of time it takes to pack up and get home, lastly most events for mtb are at least 2 hours from me and another anxiety trigger of mine is travelling distances.
In a perfect world we’d have two of our team to go to the event and man the tent while there and I would try my best to go with them, if I do it’s a bonus but if not it doesn’t affect anything because they can still attend and do the event.
It’s so frustrating as I would love to be confident enough to travel all over the UK to sort it myself and meet people but at the moment it would have the opposite affect of what we want.
The CalmZone will be as private, quiet and low light as can be with relaxing music, comfy chairs, mtb magazines, snacks, cold and warm drinks and anything else we think of.
The more we do it we’ll add to what we can offer so people can feel as relaxed as possible, if it’s popular we can hopefully do it at more events and make the space bigger inside so we can cater for more people.
WOULD IT HELP YOU ATTEND??……
If we advertised our CalmZone would be at selected events, races or expos would it help people attend knowing that if things get too much they can go somewhere to calm and relax?
My goal is to be able to allow people like myself who do struggle with anxiety and other mental health struggles but want to go to races, events and expos the chance to go if they’ve never been before or had a bad experience, that they now could knowing the CalmZone is there.
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE CalmZone??…..
Please tag or tell us the events, races or expos you’d like to see the CalmZone at?
CALM ZONE SPONSORS……
To help us fund the idea if any brands would be interested in sponsoring the CalmZone please let me know, the sponsors would be on a yearly basis.
THANK YOU!!…..
Thank you to Si and The Malverns Classic in being proactive with this idea of ours and trying to help us make it come to life!!! ?
OUR CALMZONE IS SUPPORTED BY......
Please get in contact if you’d like to support our CalmZone – hello@totalmtb.co.uk
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TotalMTB for me is a great organisation that helps give back to the mountain biking community. Helps bring awareness to something that most people can’t see within a friend or family member. Mental health is something to be mindful about. Health mind, health life.Blake Samson
Mountain biking is vital to my mental health, and I think it's rad how TotalMTB is spreading their message and building a community around this topic. It doesn't matter who you are, everyone is going through something and knowing you're understood and supported goes a long way.Mark Matthews
It gives me great pleasure to support the TotalMTB community. These guys do so much in the global cycling community to help people that need it most in an area most people struggle to talk about. I'll always be backing TotalMTB and anyone who stands alongside them.Ben Moore
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