Help Me Get to South Africa + Back Me on the Bike

This summer I’m heading to South Africa for 1 week to volunteer on construction projects with a local organisation, the Footprints Foundation. We’ll be building and repairing community spaces for families who need safe and enjoyable places to live. It’s hands-on work — mixing concrete, laying blocks, painting, fixing roofs.

The side challenge: To make this a bit more fun while we build up to it, I’m cycling 100 miles every week for the 10 weeks leading up to the trip on an exercise bike, 1,000 miles total, starting the week of 25/05/26.

If you can chip in — even the price of a coffee — it’ll go directly into the builds. If you can’t donate, sharing this page helps just as much.

If you’d like to donate any items that are aeroplane friendly, I’ll be bringing extra luggage to donate.

At the halfway milestone, Cosgrove & Drew will be matching the donations, however any extra raised goes directly to the Footprints Foundation, who are helping us organise this whole trip.

In addition to this I’ll also be topping it up myself from time to time, by August if there is less than 1250 in the pot I will be matching the difference.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for backing the work. I’ll post updates from the site so you can see

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