STAFF from a Redditch business are in training ahead of an epic three-day and 200-mile bike ride from Brighton to Warwick to raise funds for children’s charity Molly Ollys.
Molly Ollys’ annual charity cycle ride, this time from Brighton to Warwick, an arduous 200-mile trip climbing up thousands of feet over the 3-days.
The charity supports children with life-threatening illnesses and their families helping with their emotional wellbeing.
They fulfil wishes by providing gifts to individual children, donating their therapeutic toy ‘Olly The Brave’ and his story books, donating and supporting bespoke projects such as funding a Paediatric Palliative Care Consultant and by furnishing the Magnolia House palliative care facility at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and so much more.
Every wish Molly Ollys grants costs around £500 and to date the charity has helped over 18,000 children, granted more than 3,600 wishes, provided over 17,200 Olly The Brave and books to more than 70 hospitals in support of children living with a life-threatening illness in the UK.
The Oakland and Friends team include Oakland staff from Redditch, Bardon and Corby sites, the Founder of EORI at Worksop, and family members from Attwell Farm Park together with supplier partner Central IT Solutions.
Oakland International Strategic Innovation Manager Luke Attwell said: “We are a team of eighteen friends, colleagues and family members who have all decided to take part in Molly Ollys’ annual charity cycle ride, this time from Brighton to Warwick, an arduous 200-mile trip climbing up thousands of feet over the 3-days.
“Having supported for the past few years the number of riders taking part has grown with this group the biggest ever contingent of people Oakland International have sent, and in September we will joining 30 other riders from across the country taking on this incredibly hard challenge, so between now and then we have a lot of training to do to ensure we’re fully up to speed!”
“Molly Ollys is a very deserving charity, and we really mean it when we say it’s not like any other.
“Please support and donate however much money you can as every penny donated is greatly appreciated by us and by Molly Ollys.”
Visit justgiving.com/page/oakland-and-friends to donate.
