Tour of Europe Ride helps with support for cancer charity

Tour of Europe Ride helps with support for cancer charity

3 December 2014

Keen cyclist Christian Cox has given the cancer charity CLIC Sargent a welcome boost after taking part in a tough cycle challenge through the Austrian Alps.

His £1,000 donation is part of a major fundraising push by a team of riders who cycled from Trieste to Munich in September 2014.

Christian, from Windsor based West 11 Properties Ltd is part of the 19 strong fundraising team, who between them have raised more than £50,000 in their annual Tour of Europe ride this year.

The riders, who come from across the UK, have supported Action Against Cancer and Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research – but a third of the funds raised every year is donated to other charities and groups  nominated by the team of riders through the Dransfield Foundation.

Christian nominated CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families –and recently visited Paul’s House, one of CLIC Sargent’s nine homes from homes across the UK.

Paul's House was named after Paul O’Gorman, whose family started the charity Children with Leukaemia, after both Paul and his sister died from cancer in 1987.

The 16 bedroom house is close to UCLH and Great Ormond Street and provides a home from home for hundreds of families with children who are undergoing treatment.

Christian, who has joined the Tour of Europe Ride for the last two years, said: “CLIC Sargent is a fantastic charity doing some amazing work which relies on fundraising to be able to support families at a time when they really need that support.

"I’m so glad to have had the opportunity to have seen first-hand the work the charity does.

“The cycle ride is a really tough challenge every year but raising as much as we can for the charities we’re supporting definitely keeps us going.”

The annual Tour of Europe ride is organised by Barnsley based Dransfield Properties and was started in 2007.

This year the riders set off on September 15th from Trieste in Italy and took a challenging route through the Austrian Alps, covering more than 400 miles over five days and climbing 14,000 ft.

The Tour of Europe was first started in 2007 when the team cycled from London to Paris, since then they’ve covered a leg of their journey every year with the aim of getting back to London by 2022.

To see pictures from the charity cycle ride, visit www.dransfield.co.uk or the Team Dransfield Facebook page.
Picture shows Christian Cox with Olivia Pumphrey from CLIC Sargent.

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk