Charity

Bike Biz
CTC appoints Gordon Seabright as new chief exec
Bike Biz
by Jonathon Harker The CTC – the UK's largest cycling charity – has appointed Gordon Seabright as its new chief executive, with effect from the beginning of March. Seabright has worked for a number of high profile charities and membership organisations ...

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Stratford Observer
Saddle up for town's first ever bike festival
Stratford Observer
The Cycling Festival was the idea of fund-raising Stratford man, Mike Grisenthwaite, and will be held at Stratford Racecourse on May 26. Avid cyclist Mike started the charity Cyclists Fighting Cancer - which raises money to give children with cancer ...

Duncan's memorial challenge raises £12000 for cancer charity
Exmouth Journal
A Withycombe dad-of-two who cycled 1280km from Exmouth to Italy in four days in memory of his mother-in-law has raised more than £12000 for a cancer charity. Heating engineer Duncan Biggs, 38, of Park Road, aimed to raise £10000 for Cancer Research UK, ...

Charity's "on yer bike" message for East Surrey
Redhill And Reigate Life
The charity's team of experts will be checking riders' mounts for free as its Olympic Year Cycle Challenge Programme gets into gear. The programme will start on Sunday, February 12, with the first cycle training of the season leaving the YMCA at 9.30am ...

Cambridge News
CRC students gear up for charity bike ride
Cambridge News
SIX students will be cycling 30 hours non-stop from Land's End back to Cambridge Regional College. Students and staff from Cambridge Regonal College taking part in the challenge, with sponsors. On the bikes are Dale Turner and Stuart Clarke, ...

National Trust is keen to find Plymbridge Woods cycle track solution
This is Plymouth
AN ENVIRONMENTAL charity which is planning to develop parts of a city beauty spot has said it is keen to find solutions to current concerns. The National Trust has announced it is setting up an advisory group to help reflect the views of interested ...

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Off-road cycle challenge set to raise thousands for charity
Yorkshire Post
Some of North Yorkshire's most breathtaking landscapes will provide a scenic backdrop for an off-road Coast to Coast cycle ride which is set to raise over £20000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Cycling experts, Purple Mountain, launched the 2012 challenge ...

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Cycling event promotes heart health
Sun-Sentinel
An avid cyclist, Cichon put together a cycling event to raise awareness and funds for cardiovascular research. Thus was born the first Ride with Heart charity event. "I feel that this ride shows how something extraordinarily good can come of such a ...

Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Cycle 4 Cynthia rides off with record total
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Franklins Gardens, Rodber Suite, Weedon Road, St James - launch of Cycle 4 Cynthia 2012 and 2011 prize-giving with Countess Spencer and Earl Spencer. ONE of the town's most well-loved charity events raised a record amount of money following its move to ...

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Bankers' cycle challenge raises £5k
This is Somerset
A Street man who cycled 125 miles to raise money for charity last year has handed over a cheque for more than £5000. In October last year bank worker Martin Hooper set himself the challenge of cycling between all the branches of HSBC bank in area.

'Port to 'Port by bike
Vitalfootball
On Saturday 17th March 2012, Stockport County supporters are getting on their bikes for the 'County Charity Cycle' to raise money for good causes. The bike ride will follow a route from Stockport County FC`s stadium at Edgeley Park to Southport FC`s ...

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Ballymoney Cycling Club and Action Medical Research at the NW200
Ballymoney Times
Ballymoney Cycling Club and Action Medical Research for Children are teaming up to hold a Charity cycle on Sunday 13th May on the start of the famous North West 200 week. It is traditional on this day as there is a sponsored walk and fun run, ...

Cambridge News
Dad doubles his money for charity in bike ride
Cambridge News
A DAD has raised double the amount he hoped for after a gruelling charity cycle ride in the Far East in stifling temperatures. Mark Hagger, 48, has just returned from cycling 250 miles in 34C heat and 70 per cent humidity to complete the five-day ...

Cycle ride in Kenya will be a chance of a lifetime
This is Lincolnshire
SEARING heat and cycling up mountains will be the biggest challenges a Sleaford woman will face when she sets off on a charity ride of a lifetime. Janet Eccles of Kirby La Thorpe will start the 400km cycle through the Great Rift Valley in Kenya on ...

Cycle challenge for kids' charity
This is South Wales
PENDINE is hosting its fifth annual cycling challenge in aid of charity early next month. The Daffodil Classic/St David's Day Cyclo Sportif will take place on Sunday, March 4, raising funds for the Canolfan Plant Sir Gâr children's centre.

Hounslow Chronicle Brentford
Butchers Swaps Cleaver For Knitting Needles For Brentford Charity
Hounslow Chronicle Brentford
A prolific charity man, he raised about £150000 for British Heart Foundation as part of a cycling team who cycled Brighton to London for 13 years. But he was forced to stop cycling and his job eight years ago when he was diagnosed with leukaemia.

Disability charity bus stolen in Manchester
BBC News
A Greater Manchester charity that transports people with disabilities has been left "sickened" and "let down" after thieves stole its minibus. The white 10-seater bus, owned by Trafford Wheelers, was taken from outside a house in Derbyshire Lane, ...
Disabled people left devastated following theft of charity minibusMessenger Newspapers

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Maidenhead Advertiser
Cyclists hit the road for charities
Maidenhead Advertiser
A group of ten Windsor and Maidenhead cyclists will take on the ride to benefit local and national charities, as each woman will be peddling for a charity close to her heart. Jayne Starkie, of St Leonard's Road, Windsor, is one of the organisers of The ...

Wellington News
Keep your new year's resolutions on track by cycling for charity in 2012
Wellington News
Children's charity Action Medical Research is looking for cyclists to sign up now for its Warwick 100 bike ride this spring. If you've made a new year's resolution to get fit then signing up and training for a challenge could help to keep you motivated ...

ESPN
LeBron James Biking to Work/Game (Photo & Videos)
PlanetSave.com
By Zachary Shahan On February 1, 2012 I imagine this has blown up, so you might have seen it by now, but if not, the news is that LeBron James was snapped biking to work (a game) this last weekend. Pretty cool. “Traffic was backed up because of a ...
LeBron James Bikes to Work “All the Time”Streetsblog New York (blog)
LeBron James BIKED 40 miles to the game on Sunday... to beat the trafficDaily Mail

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