Gavin Bennett

MJ's Birthday Ride

Fundraising for Velindre Cancer Centre
£16,979
raised of £13,000 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
MJ's Birthday Ride, 2 September 2020
Velindre Cancer Centre

Verified by JustGiving

RCN 1052501
We provide vital treatment, care & support to cancer patients and families in Wales

Story

As most of you are aware, earlier this year, our friend lost his long fight to Cancer. The loss has affected us all greatly.

Over the last 7 years, MJ has inspired so many friends and family to take up a charitable cause and in particular the support for Velindre Cancer Centre. Over the last few years we were lucky enough to experience some life changing experiences and meet some truly inspirational people and we have MJ to thank for this.

So In true MJ fashion, we're not going to sit on our arses and mope about the loss but hopefully do something positive, that I'm sure he'd appreciate.

Lock down rules standing. On MJs birthday (2nd September), a small group of MJ's friends plan to cycle 150km and visit some of the rugby grounds that had such a positive impact on his life. We will start at the Scarlets, then travel eastward to the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. After this, we will continue to travel to Newport where we will visit Rodney Parade. We will then travel into the valleys where it all began for MJ and stop off at Pontllanfraith RFC and finally finish at Oakdale RFC where he spent so many enjoyable hours coaching his kids rugby team.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

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. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

Share this story

Help Gavin Bennett

Sharing this page with your friends could help raise up to 3x more in donations

You can also help by sharing this link on

About the charity

Velindre Cancer Centre

Verified by JustGiving

RCN 1052501
Velindre is Wales' premier cancer centre providing treatment, care and support to patients and their families. Money raised by our fundraisers allows us to support projects over and above those provided by the NHS including ground breaking research, specialist equipment, nurses and staff training.

Donation summary

Total raised
£16,978.80
+ £3,251.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£16,978.80
Offline donations
£0.00

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