Ken Dickson

Ken's Coast To Coast (C2C) Cycle Challenge

Fundraising for The Turbo Trust
£320
raised of £1,000 target
by 8 supporters
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The Turbo Trust

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We help people with disabilities to buy the best powerchairs available.

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Thank you for visiting my JustGiving page.

Last year I cycled from the London Eye to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.  This year's challenge is to complete, over a weekend before the end of August, the 100 mile section of the Hadrian' Cycleway from Bowness-on-Solway to Tynemouth.

Given the profile, this will prove somewhat of a challenge compared to my normal routes on the roads of flat Cambridgeshire!

Although it is a personal challenge (I will cover all  the expenses), I'm very happy to raise funds for The Turbo Trust, a charity I have supported for many years.

The Turbo Trust provides independent mobility through the funding of individually designed powerchairs, many of which are designed and made by Dragonmobility Ltd, whose Finance Director I am.

Over the years I have seen the transformation in many people as a result of this mobility equipment (see http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28044341 and http://www.2000Lives.org ]  and I want to continue helping The Turbo Trust.

Donations  will directly help people like Adam, Caitlyn, Sophie, and others, some of whom are featured on The Turbo Trust's main Just Giving page. The cost of each elevating powerchair, including a five year support package, is about £20,000. Whilst it would be great to raise this amount, and I'm not stopping anyone from helping me do so, my target is a bit more modest and ties in to the distance (100 miles) and the time I have been with Dragonmobility (10 years)!

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Thank you very much for your interest and support. Please watch out for news of the challenge.

Ken



About the charity

The Turbo Trust

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RCN 1116374
The Turbo Trust provides the most versatile and advanced technology available – powerchairs which give three-dimensional motion. We aim to provide each individual with the greatest possible range of movement to access as much of their environment and take as active a part in life as possible.

Donation summary

Total raised
£320.00
+ £77.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£310.00
Offline donations
£10.00

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