Can you face the Furlongs?
This September we are hosting our biennial ‘Tour De Hope’, the 2,500 Furlongs Cycle Challenge starting at Leicester Racecourse! This challenge will see participants cover a 300-mile round trip, pedalling past several other famous racecourses across the country, including Nottingham, Doncaster and York before returning back to Leicester.
The challenge has been set to help us at Hope Against Cancer raise funds to continue to support our vital, life-saving local research and the work of The Hope Clinical Trials Facility. To take part in this challenge we are asking people to raise £1,000 in sponsorship.
We will help participants with organised training rides from Spring to when the event arrives. It doesn’t stop there as participants will also have all accommodation and meals provided across the four days along with receiving support from our experienced cyclists and maintenance crew.
One cancer survivor who has taken part in a clinical trial at our facility, is David Lillyman. He took part in our 2017 cycle fundraiser after successful treatment. During the fundraiser David said: “I’m doing this to give back to Hope Against Cancer by raising money through sponsorship, so they can continue doing the vital research and trials to make beating cancer easier”.
Tracey Hallam, our Corporate and Events Fundraiser has said “This is a great event and we hope to welcome cyclists of all abilities, both new participants and others who always take part. Anyone is welcome to join us. The money raised helps to keep Leicester a UK-wide centre of excellence in cancer research.”
We only have a few spaces left on our challenge, but even when they fill up, we hope that businesses and the general public will continue to sponsor the participants in a very tough challenge. We’re always looking for sponsors no matter how big or small! All of our sponsors along with the local press will be invited to our launch and return parties – this is an event you won’t want to miss out on!
To get in on the action or to sponsor you can visit our Cycle Challenge Page which will tell you everything you need to know. We hope to see you in September!
