Every year, the Leadership Team at Gateways School take part in a challenge to raise funds for a good cause.  This year we have entered an event - The UCI World Championships Official Sportive which takes place on Sunday 22nd September.

This will require us to ride a 73km (46 miles!!) route of one of the official UCI World Championships stages!

Mrs Bartle and Mrs Wallis didn't even own bikes when this was thrust upon them and Dr Johnson had a bike... somewhere.  Mrs Titman and Mrs Wood are quite the professionals and have even offered a tow up the killer hill in Pately Bridge... if only!  Basically, most of us are just hoping to survive the whole experience!

Like most people, we all have (or sadly had) someone in our lives who has been affected by Cancer.  Please show your support for this wonderful charity (and for us!) by making a donation.  It's easy, unlike this ride!!

To see how your donation could help here are some examples:

£5 will help to buy essential chemicals for a research lab;

£15 will cover the cost of a patient visit to a mobile awareness unit;

£30 will cover the cost of a drugs trial for a day for 1 patient;

10 people donating £40 (£400 in total) will pay to run the Cancer Chat support line for 1 day;

11 people donating £50 (£550 in total) will pay for one DNA sequencing experiment;

Please give generously ... or Mrs Wallis says she's not setting off!

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.  Don't forget to say YES to Gift Aid!