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Local Community Common Bond Support Group or LCCBSG means a Community Bicycle Group within the local community, which includes a Social Theme.

A LCCBSG rarely establishes without a lot of "giving" by generous, like-minded fellow citizens who identify the benefits of a Sense Of Community by fostering a caring, collegiate, community exercise environment which welcomes Australians of all shapes and sizes.  When a group of like-minded people go out of their way to assist others in sport, the community benefits invariably far exceed the costs due to the power of the human spirit which can excel within a cohesive LCCBSG. 

Participants who join a local Community Bicycle Group whose mindset is solely "What is in it for me?" can threaten the fabric of that Community Bicycle Group because life is a two way street, whereby if you want to take, you should be prepared to also give back.  Alas, generally in every Community Bicycle Group a small minority don't see it that way and their focus is taking rather than giving which can militate against optimum benefits of the LCCBSG.  Hence, integral to fostering a strong Sense Of Community is promulgating a theme of "give unto others more than you take from them".

One of the largest LCCBSGs in Australia is the NSW Rural Fire Service, which claims to be "the world's largest single-entity fire service".  Its 70,000 volunteer members provide emergency services to over 95 percent of NSW.  Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria is another.   Each year, over 200,000 Australian adults forego leisure time to come together to provide a vital community service in Rural Fire Services.

Government has established the infrastructure of fire trucks, fire fighting equipment and a core of generous caring Australians who possess a strong Sense Of Community.  With this infrastructure in place, many Australia adults are attracted to join the various 'Rural Fire Services' due to the very attributes of a LCCBSG which foster bonhomie and a sense of belonging and being cared about.

National Volunteer Fire Council in the USA (NVFC) represents volunteer fire departments (VFD) of fire-fighters who have joined forces to perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction.   According to the National Volunteer Fire Council, 73 percent of fire-fighters in the United States are members of VFDs.

The success of these fire services in attracting material patronage is testimony that YELP is viable because it offers the same social structure and Sense Of Community.

Another very large LCCBSG is the Surf Life Saving Australia including the Nippers movement.  Of SLSA’s almost 140,000 members, almost 50,000 are Nippers (5-13 years).