Neil Wragg is fundraising for Child Bereavement Charity (formerly Child Bereavement Trust)

Trans Germany 500mile Bike Race

Trans Germany MTB Race

on 31/05/2008

Photos (1)

oh wow, you need to have Flash player installed and javascript enabled

Raising money for

Child Bereavement Charity (formerly Child Bereavement Trust)

Charity Registration No. 1040419

The Child Bereavement Charity (CBC) is a national charity founded in 1994 to help the many thousands of families every year who suffer the pain of their child's death, and also to help children whose parent or sibling is dying or has died. By listening to both children and parents, CBC strives to improve the care offered by professionals to grieving families both in the immediate crisis and during the many months following the death of someone important in their lives. We do this primarily by offering training and support to professionals, producing resources for grieving children and families, and by establishing support networks amongst families in the community and professionals in healthcare. For more information please visit www.childbereavement.org.uk.

Page owner

Neil Wragg

RSS

Raised: 73%

Target: £2,500.00
Raised so far: £1,837.00

Donate now

My story

The 2008 Trans Germany Bike Race with Saddle Safari
"Two Buckinghamshire cyclists have entered the challenge of their lives" a line that we've all heard before as everyone gets on their bike to raise money for charity these days. However, this challenge is not just against themselves and the elements but against the best cyclists in the world.

A team of two from High Wycombe CC, Buckinghamshire - Paul Morrissey, 45 and Neil Wragg, 37, are training through the snow, hail and sleet to in order to try to beat the best teams from across the world in the 2008 Trans Germany Mountain Bike Race. Competitors will be from far afield as South Africa, South America and all across Europe including the German & Canadian National Champions.

The 2008 Trans Germany Mountain Bike race is a gruelling 850 kilometre race starting on the 1st June 2008 from the German border with Luxembourg in the West all the way across the Bavarian Mountain range to Germany's Czech border in the former East Germany. The race takes 8 days to complete and traverses over 18,000 metres (55,774 feet) of climbing. That's twice the height of Everest (29,029 feet). The event is televised for Eurosport and shown daily on German national television. We will also be producing print articles for national media and a film of our progress during the 8 day race to be made available on DVD and the web.

To add to this challenge they are using the race to raise money and awareness for the charity the Child Bereavement Charity. "It's a charity that is so important helping children to get through the hardest time of their life, a loss of a parent or sibling. The charity also provide support for parents who lose a child and really help people to keep going through this tough, emotional time."

We have an entertaining blog site at www.thesprocket.co.uk/blog with updates on our training.

Every day, 11 children in the UK under the age of 15 die as a result of illness or accident.
Every year, around 20,000 children and young people under 18 experience the death of a parent.
Every year, one baby in a hundred dies before, at or soon after birth – that is 18 babies a day.
The Child Bereavement Charity (CBC), founded in 1994, provides specialised information, support and training to all those affected when a baby or child dies, or when a child is bereaved.

	Donation by Anonymous 24/05/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck guys. Well done with all the effort you are putting in for such a good cause. Donation by Phil & Bex 23/05/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck Neil. I'll think of you as I'm peddling up an another col raising money for leukemia up . Donation by tom hudson 23/05/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck, when its hard remember the cause Donation by heather & steve Golla 22/05/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	We don't often say how great your achievements are, but we think this will top them all. Our thoughts will be with you every kilometre of the way. Donation by Stu & Anne 22/05/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck guys - go for it! Donation by Richard Wise 22/05/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Just go harder! Donation by Rob Roop 21/05/08	£25.00
	goodluck guys Donation by chris miles 21/05/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	No matter how bad it gets just keep going. Oh! and good luck Donation by Rob Fletcher 21/05/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	GO GO GO! Donation by Dan Forster 21/05/08	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	remember that you both have youth on your side Donation by Alasdair MacVarish 20/05/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good luck fellas Donation by darryl grant 20/05/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good lucks guys, an immense achievement... As an incentive, I'll double the sponsor if you're the first British team home Donation by Stuart Smith 17/05/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Although I daresay there will be some rough moments, I'm sure you'll enjoy the experience. Onwards Donation by Paul Mansell 11/05/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Wishing you both an adventure of a life time. I wish you every success in acheiving your goal. Donation by Mark Black 07/05/08	£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid
	Good luck guys, and top marks for taking on such a challenge. Donation by Peter Grace 03/05/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	don't leave chippo behind wraggy, good luck lads Donation by Mr Burns 29/04/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Proud is too small a word to describe our feelings. Keep safe, keep training and keep that money coming in everyone! Donation by Mum and Dad 29/04/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck and a worthy cause, hope you have something for the Rump? Donation by Wendy Dawes 21/04/08	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	You are making me feel tired thinking about what your got to do! Donation by Sammie G 16/04/08	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Madness requires encouragement... Donation by Anonymous 01/03/08	£50.00
	Best of luck guys. Dig deep. Ian Donation by Ian Sands 16/02/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck & dont forget to take your Blackberry so we can get updates. Donation by V 14/02/08	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Viel Glück und gutes Fahrradfahren! Donation by Robert Jackets 12/02/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck, from all at Professional IT Donation by Steven Smith 21/12/07	£100.00
	The best of luck Paul Donation by Darren Hilton 20/12/07	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	good luck and well done Donation by Giles Thrush from RJ 27/11/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	All the best guys! Donation by Philip Mullis 27/11/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck guys! An awesome challenge... Donation by Trish Hicks 20/11/07	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Cracking effort gents for a cracking cause! All the very best to you in your race across Germany. Donation by Ossie Assem 13/11/07	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donate now

* Total raised online:	£1,837.00
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£406.72

* Charities pay a small fee for our service.
Find out how much it is and what we do for it.