| | A group of management
consultants from the
award-winning programme
and project management
firm Moorhouse Consulting
has raised over £21,000
for charity, with a
sponsored 'Bike Run' from
Scotland to London in
just 48 hours.
The 30 staff, who left
Gretna on Friday 4th
July, battled through the
unpredictable summer
elements - including
heavy rain, high winds
and some sunshine - to
travel back to their base
in London via Oxenholme,
Huddersfield,
Loughborough, and | |
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| | Leighton Buzzard. The
effort raised funds for
Great Ormond Street
Hospital Children's
Charity (GOSHCC),
Sustainable Futures in
Africa and The
Alzheimer's Society.
Divided into three
teams of five pairs, each
pair spent roughly nine
hours in action for one
hour at a time, with one
person cycling and the
other running.
The group smashed
their previous
fundraising target of
£18K and arrived, tired
yet victorious, at Great
Ormond Street Hospital, | |
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| | London on Sunday 6th
July. Team Ndejje - named
after a town in Uganda
where some of the funds
raised will help build a
new school - came in
first at 11am. Team
captain Tom Elvidge said
they were thrilled with
their achievement.
"There was a fantastic
team spirit out on the
road, with the three
teams geeing each other
along, and we had a lot
of fun along the way. The
weather tried its best to
put us off course but we
battled through to the
end and are thrilled to
raise this amount of | |
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| | money for three great
charities."
Managing director Dom
Moorhouse said that after
travelling from London to
Cornwall in last year's
event, the team were
determined to raise the
bar in 2008.
He added: "It was a
tough physical challenge
involving over 50
participants and a
traverse of the length of
this country. The team
did a great job both in
the meticulous planning
of the venture and its
successful execution. The
event is now becoming
somewhat of a firm | |
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| | tradition and certainly
one that brings out the
best in our collective
talents.
"Most importantly,
however, it delivered for
our chosen charities and
we are tremendously
grateful to all of our
clients, friends and
family for giving so
generously. On the finish
line, I had a 'never
again' moment but now the
legs are recovering,
thoughts are already
turning to the design of
next year's event!" | |
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