Dransfield Cycle Team Gear up for Ryegate Makeover

18 March 2011

A South Yorkshire cycling team, fielded by Dransfield Properties Ltd, will begin work on Friday 18 March on a make-over of The Ryegate Therapy Block in Broomhill, Sheffield.

Mark Dransfield, Managing Director of Dransfield Properties Ltd, and a twenty strong team of friends and family recently cycled 326 miles from Marseille in France to Portofino in Italy to raise money for The Children’s Hospital Charity.

Representatives of the cycling team attended a special presentation at The Ryegate Therapy Block to see what the £15,574 they’d raised would be spent on, and decided they didn’t want to stop there.

The team were so moved by the patients and families they met that they decided to offer their muscle to help complete the refurbishment of the waiting area, gym and meeting room in the Ryegate Therapy Block.

This weekend (18-20 March 2011), Mark Dransfield and Gavin Ward, Partner at Chesterfield based architects WCEC, along with other members of the cycling team,

will work from Friday 18 March until Sunday 20 March on the revamp ( including through the night on Friday to get the revamp finished in time).

Also helping out over the weekend will be staff from the Ryegate Therapy Block and The Children’s Hospital Charity, along with parents who use the facility.

There will be various activities taking place over the weekend including: painting, plastering, fitting new doors, cupboards and blinds, along with putting up signage, artwork and mirrors.

One special helper on Sunday will be former World Superbike champion, James Toseland. A keen supporter of The Children’s Hospital Charity, James has donated £5,000 to The Children’s Hospital Charity to help fund the project.

The Ryegate Therapy Block is the home of the physiotherapy, occupational therapy and hydrotherapy services for children with disabilities in Sheffield and is run by Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, whose work is supported by The Children’s Hospital Charity.

Media are invited to attend for photographic, filming and interview opportunities at 1.30pm on Friday 18 March 2011 – Please confirm your attendance with Jennifer Thomas, PR, Marketing and Communications Manager at The Children’s Hospital Charity by emailing Jennifer.Thomas@sch.nhs.uk or by telephoning 0114 2260706 or 07855753508

Media should meet at The Ryegate Therapy Block at 1.30pm

If you would prefer to attend on the Saturday 19 March or Sunday 20 March over the weekend please contact Amanda Holmes, PR and Marketing Manager for Dransfield Properties Ltd

Media advisory: For immediate release

Event: A team of cyclists fielded by Dransfield Properties Ltd will start work on a make-over of the Ryegate Therapy Block in Broomhill, Sheffield this weekend

Date: Friday 18 March 2011

Time: 1.30pm

Venue: Ryegate Therapy Block (Ryegate Children’s Centre),Tapton Crescent Road Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 5DD.

For Information – There will be opportunities for filming the unveiling of the revamped Ryeagte Therapy Block at an official opening next week – date TBC.

ENDS

Released by The Children’s Hospital Charity

For further information, contact:

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