Charity: Squire Patton Boggs; Approved Food; Leeds Building Society; Gordons
The 70-mile cycle ride, which followed part of stage 1 of the 2014 Tour de France, was led by Leeds and Manchester office managing partners, John Alderton and Rob Elvin, who were joined on the cycle ride by more than 70 lawyers and clients of the firm.
Mr Alderton said: “Last year’s Tour de France showed us just how many colleagues and clients have been bitten by the cycling bug, and we were keen to channel this into a social event which would raise money for charity.
“As so many people enjoyed the day, we will look to make this event a regular fixture in the future.”
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DATA company Elecomm, based in South Yorkshire, has been backed by local businesses to raise money for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice in the Ben Nevis Challenge.
Online retailer Approved Food has sponsored the charity initiative, which involved a team of four climbing Ben Nevis, cycling 15 miles, a two mile kayak around Loch Lochey and finishing with a further ten miles cycling.
The business which supplies electrical, data and IT services for the electrical and communications industry, finished the challenge in 9 hours 19 minutes and has raised £2,800 for the hospice so far.
Approved Food, online grocer of surplus stock including food and drink, sponsored the team’s charitable challenge and provided the water supply and snacks to keep the team going.
Dan Cluderay, founder of Approved Food said: “The team at Elecomm are a great bunch for undertaking such a tough challenge, we’re really happy to work with them and raise money and awareness for such a brilliant charity.”
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ELEVEN cyclists from Leeds Building Society’s head office raised £1,200 for Hollybank Trust by taking part in the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride.
Paul Smith, from the Society’s property services department, finished second out of 2,000 riders in total. He completed the ride in three and a half hours, averaging 20.8 miles per hour across the 73 miles from Wetherby to Filey.
The mutual’s finance director Robin Litten, and general manager – finance, Gary Mitchell, finished one hour later. The tandem duo of Stephen and John Wadham finished after five hours.
Hollybank Trust, based in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, gives care to around 100 severely disabled children, young people and adults.
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STAFF from Yorkshire law firm Gordons conquered the Yorkshire Three Peaks and raised more than £3,200 for Willow Young Carers Service.
The organisation, which offers a support service for young carers aged five-18 years old, has been chosen as the firm’s charity of choice for 2015.
Eighteen Gordons’ employees took to the hills of Yorkshire and completed the trek within nine-and-a-half hours.
The Yorkshire Three Peaks include Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, which form part of the Pennine range in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and involves a total climb of 2,142 metres.
