Richard Robins

Brentwood to Barcelona Charity Ride 2010

Fundraising for YJS Trust
£87,250
raised of £100,000 target
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RICHARD ROBINS's fundraising, 26 July 2010
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BRENTWOOD TO BARCELONA CHARITY RIDE 2010

In aid of : Great Ormond Street Hospital, The

A group of  5 friends Sean Balmford, Paul Merrington, Richard Robins, Daniel Stewart and Sean Snell are going to be undertaking a huge physical (and mental!!) challenge. Also joining them in the SUPPORT vehicle will be the invaluable Johnny wheels the driver and his right and sometimes left hand man Co-pilot groggy. 

 

We will be cycling (pedal) from Brentwood in Essex to Barcelona yes Barcelona in Spain. This is in aid of 3 tremendous charities, Great Ormond Street Hospital (a place that some members of the trip have come to greatly appreciate, their children having been treated there in the past and needing continued care in the future), The YJS Trust http://www.yjstrust.com/index.php for the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity (alternative treatment centre in Essex) and SNAP  http://www.snapcharity.org/ a Brentwood based charity for children with Special Needs And their Parents.

The Money you donate will be distributed via The YJS Trust to the three Charities.

 

This epic journey  will take place between Friday the 10th and Sat the 18th of September 2010. Therefore aiming to complete the 1000 plus miles in a total of 9 days from start to finish all of us riding the full distance through France to Barcelona via some of the famous Pyrenean Mountain passes  

Feel free to look at the links to the route below. 

Day 1: Brentwood to Dover:

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/20751760/

Day 1: Calais to Desvres

ttp://www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/20437730/

Day 2: Desvres to Beauvais:

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/20439792/

Day 3: Beauvais to Orleans

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/20442588/

Day 4:

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/20547042/

Day 5:

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/20549044/

Day 6:

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/20576012/

Day 7:

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/20577300/

Day 8:

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/20608060/

Day 9:

 

This trip will be expensive in both time and money and we would like to stress that ALL costs are being covered by us and all the monies raised will go directly to the charities. 

 

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About the charity

YJS Trust

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Since our formation we have provided financial support to a number of cancer charities. Currently St Francis Hospice is the main beneficiary of this support. Together we recently held a very successful ' Charity Ball' in London to raise funds to enable them to continue their wonderful work.

Donation summary

Total raised
£87,250.00
+ £11,829.23 Gift Aid
Online donations
£48,380.00
Offline donations
£38,870.00

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