LCP cyclists raise cash for Heroes charity

EMPLOYEES at Kingswinford-based London and Cambridge Properties (LCP) have raised £3,320 plus £643.75 in gift aid for Help for Heroes in a marathon cycle ride.

Roger Hamblin, Leigh Kedwell and Gary Chamberlain were sponsored by family, friends, colleagues and business associates to tackle the 95 miles ‘Ride of Champions’ through central London and Surrey countryside for the charity.

They cycled for six hours and 50 minutes on the challenging route which included climbs totalling 3,500 ft and the whole event took eight hours in total.

Hamblin said: “It was a challenge but nothing compared to the daily challenges facing some of the wounded service personnel we were raising money for.

“Leigh is a local co-ordinator for Help for Heroes so it is a cause we care about and the LCP board were very keen to support the cause.”

A-Stat staff forego annual trip to fund holiday for sick kids

STAFF at a West Midlands office equipment company have given up the chance of a free trip from bosses to give terminally ill children the chance of a holiday of a lifetime.

Workers at A-Stat Office Technology in Compton, Wolverhampton, have refused their annual all expenses paid trip to Blackpool but instead asked for the money to be given to the charity Caudwell Children.

Company sales director Jason Blair said the £1,200 handed over would go towards the cost of sending 25 families with children with a terminal or life-threatening illness on a holiday of a lifetime to Disney World in Florida.

He said: “This is a family business with many staff members who have children of their own.

“We felt we could miss out on a transitory memory so that the parents can have an indelible one.”

The children who go on the trip will be joined by their families, along with a team of paramedics and paediatric doctors.

Briggs staff get on their bikes

BRIGGS Equipment staff tested their endurance by cycling the equivalent of Staffordshire to Scotland whilst raising money for a worthy cause.

Around 50 staff from the Cannock forklift truck firm cycled 345 miles using two exercise bikes at Nuffield Health Fitness Centre in Heath Hayes – the distance between Briggs’ head office in Orbital Way to its Livingston depot in Scotland.

They were raising money for the Midlands Air Ambulance and with 48 half-hour slots planned, participants needed to cycle at least 6.7 miles and maintain an average cycle speed of 13-14 miles per hour.

“This fundraiser was amongst one of the toughest we have held so far,” said the firm’s chief operating officer Chris Meinecke.

“It’s great to see that so many people were up for the challenge and willing to support such a great cause.”