Birmingham independent commercial property agency KWB is gearing up for a coast to coast bike ride in aid of charity.
A KWB team will tackle a 100 mile cycle route along the length of Hadrian’s Wall, from Silloth to South Shields, for Dementia UK on Saturday 11 August. Nine riders will cycle stages of the route with two keen cyclists, director of office agency Mark Robinson, and industrial agency surveyor Ben Voss Wood, planning to tackle the whole distance.
This is KWB’s second sponsored bike ride. In 2016 the firm raised more than £8,500 for Woodlands Adventure. The choice of Dementia UK to benefit from the 2018 bike ride was suggested by office manager Joanne Spencer.
She says: “My Grandmother passed away thorough Dementia and I’m conscious that it is affecting more people than ever, and it’s not just the person with the symptoms who suffers, the effect on family and friends is also horrendous. Dementia UK can help in many ways, so we all agreed to raise funds for this charity.”
KWB will be asking its clients and contacts to help them with sponsorship for their bike ride. KWB Director John Bryce says: “I would like to encourage our peers in the Birmingham corporate world to donate to this event. In doing so, they’ll be making a great contribution to what is becoming a scourge of modern life.”
The KWB team includes: Mark Robinson, Toby Barnett, Martin Cook, Mark Lenton, John Bryce, Akim Kamangira, Jon Tedstone, Ben Mitchell and Ben Voss Wood.
Details of how to sponsor the team can be found at: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/kwb.
Dementia UK is a registered charity no. 1039404.
