SO looking forward to a great event and supporting local families.

As a small special school, we benefited from community support and spirit during Covid-19; now it's our turn to give something back with your help. We are working hard to raise approximately £17,000 for vulnerable families in Caterham. To do this, we intend on cycling 660km around Kenley the week of Friday 14th May to Friday 21st May. Our event will synchronize with an Australian event, The Gibb Challenge, which was the inspiration for our challenge.

Thank you for sponsoring the event, either as a community member or through one of our corporate sponsorship packages.

The original intention was to take a small group of students and staff to Australia and participate in The Gibb Challenge, but Covid put this notion to rest.

The Gibb Challenge involves cycling as soloist or aspart of a team 660km over 5 days across the remote Kimberly region of Western Australia along the Gibb River Road. The event raises money for the Royal Flying Doctors Service. This is a mountain biking event like no other.

Not to be deterred by Covid restrictions, we now envisage our own (socially distancedand Covid Secure) Caterham Cycle Challenge, inspired by The Gibb Challenge.

As a school, we intend on cycling 660km using Kenley Aerodrome as the maincircuit. Our event will synchronise with the Australian event, and as such will takeplace the week Friday 14th May to Friday 21st May.The intention is for this to become an annual event and we still have the desire to take students to The Gibb Challenge in years to come.

The Gibb Challenge (https://thegibbchallenge.com.au/) is a fundraising event, with a majority of proceeds going to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) in Australia. However, some proceeds do go towards your own chosen charity or organisation, andof course would have been our own cycle scheme.

As the current situation prevents our involvement in the Australian event, fundraisingwould still be involved in our Caterham Cycle Challenge. This year, we would like to raise approximately £17,000 and donate this money toprimary schools with CR3 postcodes to support their families who are eligible forFSM to purchase school shoes in September 2021.

Of any money raised in excess of this amount, a small percentage would be retainedfor our Cycle Scheme and the RFDS as our event will remain affiliated with The Gibb Challenge, especially since this was the inspiration for our event.

If you would like more information; perhaps you would like to support this event bysponsoring a cyclist from Sunnydown, or know of businesses who may benefit from supporting such a cause, please do not hesitate in sharing the email address below:

cyclesheme@sunnydown.surrey.sch.uk