bjs charity bike ride and walks 2015
Total raised
£4,856.10
+ £796.53 Gift Aid
bjs charity bike ride and walks 2015
This annual bike ride was set up in the memory of Mr Bijay Khela, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 41 after 4 year battle with cancer. He tackled his illness with tremendous courage, unwavering humour and an optimism that has become a lifelong inspiration to us all. This year a group of approx 50 fundraisers will be talking part in our 10 mile cotswold walk, a 50 mile bike ride on boris bikes around london and also a 24 mile 3 peaks yorkshire challenge, the money raised over the 5 previous bike rides and walks enabled us to by equipment for a local hospital in Wolverhampton that had treated and cared for Bijay. We also donated money to Macmillan nurses and the Promise Dreams charity that that helps seriously and terminally ill children fulfil their wishes. We also through the India Housing Project helped build new homes for 30 of the poorest families in India giving them safe and secure accommodation and in 2011 we also supported the ms society, cancer research and nspcc, the steve bull foundation and marie curie cancer, we have raised over £145000 with the support of freinds and family over the last 5 years. Last year we cycled to liverpool, in the month of may and Pete Khela also walked from wolves to London in June.Our nominated charities this year will be cancer research, unique home for girls, let us play and the steve bull foundation. please give generously.
CAUSE
Improving treatment for brain tumours
Each year in the UK, nearly 11,000 people are diagnosed with a brain or central nervous system tumour. Dr Colin Watts from Cambridge is leading studies to improve surgery for brain tumours, helping doctors remove as much of the tumour as possible, while minimising damage to healthy brain tissue.
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