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Land’s End to John O’Groats Charity Bike Ride
Friday September 25th to Sunday October 4th 2009 In 2009, a couple of friends of mine, Anthony Thompson and Keith Carby, came up with the idea of inviting a group of like minded individuals from the Financial Services Industry to take part in one of life's great challenges, to cycle the length of Great Britain and to raise money for worthy courses. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. At the moment I can’t believe I am doing this, nearly 1,000 miles over 9 and half days. The last bike I owned was a chopper! You can find out more about the ride and the other riders at our website www.moneyspinners.org/ You can even follow my daily progress via the Google maps on the site! Still it’s for a great cause, well two actually. The first is Naomi House Children's Hospice, www.naomihouse.org.uk providing respite care, terminal care and bereavement support for children and families across the South of England. All the team sponsorship raised through Moneyspinners will go to this, our team nominated the charity. The second and my individual nominated charity is The Connection at St. Martins in the Fields www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk St. Martins helps homeless people by providing specialist services including a day and night centre, outreach for rough sleepers, skills training and career advice, activity programmes and specialist support for complex needs - to 200 people in central London every day. By encouraging each person to address the issues which caused their homelessness they help them to gain the skills and confidence to make lasting changes in their lives. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate. Everything helps and I am very appreciative of any support you can give. So please dig deep. Many thanks – PaulOur Team:
Roger Brosch – CEO - Foster Denovo Graham Campbell - Edinburgh Partners Keith Carby - Chief Executive Officer – Openwork Steve Cave – Openwork Chris Dean – Partner - Legacy Group John Deane - Chief Executive Intermediary Division - Royal London Brian Dickson – Aegon Peter Dornan - Director of Partnership and Distribution Development – Aegon David Evans - Sales & Marketing Director - LV= Retirement Solutions Paul Feeney - Head of Distribution - BNY Mellon Asset Management International John Flew Gary Hockey-Morley - Marketing Director - The Post Office Nick Martin - Managing Director – Acxiom Jeremy Nicholds - Executive VP Commercial Development Group – Visa Paul Pester - Managing Director - Abbey Santander Ramon Puig - Practice Principal - The Advice network Richard Ross David Rowe – Partner - Talbot Hughes Tony Smith - Chief Executive Officer – Conation Sam Tesch – Manager – Openwork Anthony Thomson - Chairman - The Financial Services Forum Otto Thoresen - Chief Executive - Aegon UK David Tildesley - Managing Director - Bluefin Group Patrick Waldron - Chief Executive - Post Office Financial Services Dave Wilkinson - Senior Partner - Foster Denovo