A group of 22 cyclists from the club made the trip out to Chipping Campden to Jecca’s House, the home of Campden Home Nursing, to make a donation to this worthy charity. The Campden Home Nurses provide end-of-life nursing care, bereavement support and counselling services. They provide nursing in patients’ own homes across Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire with a base in Chipping Campden at Jecca’s House. The club made a donation of 350 pounds, which was well received by their Communication Manager who even donned one of our new club jerseys for the cheque presentation. Furthermore, they laid on cakes a refreshments for us for which we further contributed another 114 pounds.
Whilst at Jecca’s House we took to opportunity to present our own club member Robin Walker with a cheque for 500 pounds for the Cure Parkinsons charity. Last year Robin was part of a team of 22 cyclists taking on a challenge which saw them cycling in Norway from Bodo, the Northernmost city in the world, to Tromso, The cyclists, 14 of which were living with Parkinsons cycled 635km over eight days in August 2024. In total Robin raised over 3,000 pounds for Cure Parkinsons and is continuing his charitable efforts and this year with a further ride for the same cause but this time in Portugal with an 820km ride from the North to the South of Portugal. Donations can be made through Just Giving – here.
The donations to our charitable causes come from events such as the Reliability Ride and the Audax Rides that the club holds. This allows us to give back to the communities in which we regularly cycle and to donations that our club members have a tie to. Members can propose charitable causes for consideration by contacting the committee, ideally around the time of the club AGM in November each year as this is generally when the decision of the charities is made.
