Tullow Oil London-Paris Cycle in Aid of Spear
Tullow Team is raising money for Resurgo Trust
“Tullow Team's fundraising”
on 29 July 2010
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The Ride:
http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/London_to_Paris-Cycle-Route-607.html
Thursday 30/09/10:
Meet in Chiswick on Thursday morning and make our way down to . (75 miles) Arrive in in the evening and take the ferry across to Spend the night in a B&B in OutreauFriday 01/10/10:
Make our way down to (74 miles) Spend the night inSaturday 02/10/10:
Make our way down to (74 miles) Send the night inSunday 03/10/10:
Return on the Eurostar to .
The project expenses have been covered by Tullow Oil. The money raised will be donated to 'Spear'.
“Spear” helps otherwise unemployable young people to enter the job market through training, mentoring and other assistance through a six week pre-employment training programme for 16-24 year olds. The courses address the most common causes of underachievement, such as low motivation, poor life skills and lack of the right skills and guidance to find a job. More than 80% of those who have completed Spear since 2004 were in some form of work or education 12 months after completing the course.
“Spear” reaches out to young people in Chiswick, Hounslow, Isleworth, Hammersmith, Shepherds Bush, , East Acton, Fulham and . It has plans to extend its reach in and to set up a social business, “Spearhead”, to provide job opportunities for Spear graduates in local businesses. They also want to double the number of places on the programme in . To sustain this plan, Spear needs to raise more than £500k each year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7MPiE_be8k
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