Charity

Cyclist's joy as firm steps in to rescue charity bike effort
This is South Wales
A CYCLIST said he had been overwhelmed by people's generosity after the bike he planned to ride in a fundraising trek from Paris to Swansea was stolen. Sam Richards is now back in the saddle after the owners of a city bike shop stepped in and donated a ...

GO Outdoors
Cycle schemes get extra £15m
Public Sector Travel
The Government has announced a further £15m investment in sustainable travel projects to encourage people to cycle more. UK transport charity Sustrans will get £8m for projects to enhance cycle routes across England while £7m will go to the Cycle Rail ...
Cycle safety to get three-hour Parliamentary debate, Sustrans and Cycle Rail ...road.cc
Parliamentary debate offers kick-start for Times cycling appeal as the Dutch ...Times Online
Cyclists in government cash boostGO Outdoors
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Firefighters, mayor add to Variety telethon
Peace Arch News
White Rock firefighters will return to the Hero's Panel this weekend in support of Variety The Children's Charity. Four uniformed members of the Local 2407 crew – along with Mayor Wayne Baldwin – will take pledges from 10 am to noon Feb.

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Scotland Courier
Financial support means bright future ahead for Caird Park velodrome
Scotland Courier
The Caird park velodrome has fallen into disrepair despite a lively cycling scene in Dundee. By Andrew Argo The improvement would open the door for a new charity, Caird Park Velodrome, to take over the running of the facility to promote cycling in the ...

On yer bike for half-term course
Halifax Evening Courier
Children in York can get biking tips as part of half-term events designed to get more youngsters cycling to school. Charity Sustrans and York City Council will host a week of bike-themed activities aimed at children and led by Sustrans officer Naomi ...

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Man ready to cycle around the world in 100 days and raise £100000 for charity
Haringey Independent
By Hermione Wright » A man from Muswell Hill will start cycling solo around the world next week in a bid to break a world record and raise £100000 for charity. Sean Conway, 30, who is a photographer, has spent the last ten months training for the 18000 ...

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Cyclists meet ahead of 260 mile 'Pedal for Pounds' bike ride from Yeovil to ...
Yeovil People
By jashby1 | Wednesday, February 08, 2012, 11:40 In exactly twelve weeks from today, 300 cyclists will arrive in Yeovil ready to begin a gruelling 260 mile bike ride back to Huddersfield in the name of charity. 300 cyclists are now signed up to take ...

Bristol cyclists urged to join in first night-time ride
This is Bristol
CYCLISTS are being encouraged to take part in Bristol's first ever night-time cycle event. Bristol Bike Night has been organised to raise funds for city hospital charity Above and Beyond. Money raised from the 63-mile cycle around Bristol will benefit ...

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Women to cycle 250 miles across Kenya for cancer charities
Times Series
By Hannah Raven » Three women will cycle 250 miles across Kenya next week to raise money for women's cancer charities after one of their mothers beat breast cancer. Fashion designer Emma Cunnane, 25, paediatric nurse Hollie Cormie, 25, ...

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Geelong Advertiser
Cats in for ride of their lives
Geelong Advertiser
So the young Cats footballers had no hesitation in throwing their support behind the upcoming Ford Otway Cycling Classic, which supports the charity organisation Give Where You Live. Hogan, from Warrnambool, and Cowan, who was recruited to Geelong from ...

ESPN
Patrick Dempsey, Gisele Bundchen top cyclists poll
ESPN
by Jim Caple AP Photo/The Lewiston Sun-Journal/Amber Waterman Patrick Dempsey talks with fellow cyclists during the Dempsey Challenge charity fundraiser in Maine. Which celebrity would cyclists most like to ride with? According to a Bicycling magazine ...

Beauty queen to use pedal power for heart charity
This Is Wiltshire
Emily Cooper, 24, who is Miss Swindon Galaxy, is raising funds for the charity as part of a campaign being run by Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Centre in Greenbridge. Staff and members are walking, running, rowing or cycling 29k in 29 days as ...

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Kensington and Chelsea Chronicle
Cycling campaign relaunched on anniversary
Kensington and Chelsea Chronicle
A campaign to improve cycle safety has been reignited on the third anniversary of the death of a 30 year-old woman in Notting Hill. The See Me Save Me campaign, set up by the family of Eilidh Cairns, was relaunched in Notting Hill Gate on Sunday (5), ...
Family of killed cyclist pleads for better safetyEvening Standard

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World Doping Agency Asks U.S. to Turn Over Armstrong Evidence as Case Ends
Bloomberg
The World Anti-Doping Agency wants US authorities to quickly turn over evidence collected in an investigation of Lance Armstrong to help fight doping in cycling. WADA President John Fahey said the “significant” evidence gathered in the probe of the ...

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Rail.co
Cycling gets extra £15m of funding to boost UK's green travel
Click Green
This additional funding, heavily geared towards cycling, will support jobs, enhance access to employment and encourage greater use of more environmentally friendly transport. Sustrans – the UK transport charity – will receive £8m for projects to ...
Government announces £15m of extra funding for sustainable travelTheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk (blog)

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Llandudno promenade cycling ban could be lifted
Daily Post North Wales
In a recent survey sustainable transport charity Sustrans found that 125 UK proms allowed cycling and dubbed the ban at Llandudno “entirely exceptional”. Mayor of Llandudno Cllr Greg Robbins yesterday, said: “There are quite a few arguments for and ...

Eastern Courier Messenger
Cyclists get in a real spin for charity
Eastern Courier Messenger
Picture: Helen Orr AS ANDREW Friebe cycled from Melbourne's MCG to Mitcham last week, his sister Alice was never far from his mind. Mr Friebe, an agent with Mitcham's Smallacombe Real Estate, enlisted several of his colleagues, friends and business ...

Roadcycling.com
The New Reality - Races are won on the roads and in the court rooms
Roadcycling.com
As the blog NYVelocity pointed out, the seven-time Tour de France winner recently donated $100000 to US Senator Barbara Boxer's charity of choice, Planned Parenthood. In the past she championed US Attorney André Birotte who was the one that pulled the ...

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Women V Cancer cycle ride: Jess' adventures in Kenya
DollyMix
... lifetime: cycling across Kenya with 99 other female cyclists in aid of three women's cancer charities: Breast Cancer Care, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust and Ovarian Cancer Action, collectively known as 'Women V Cancer' organised by Action for Charity.

Trio cycling the length of Britain stop off at Jack Tizard School
Fulham Chronicle
Also shown are pupils (L to R) , Farid, 16, Gabriel, 15 and Martina, 14 A TRIO of intrepid cyclists were welcome guests at Jack Tizard School after their efforts raised thousands of pounds for charity. Simon Briars, Alan Chambers and Peter Coker rode ...

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