A Good cause

I cant recall who suggested it or when but I had been chatting to a few people about the idea of the bike ride and someone suggested that since I was taking this difficult challenge and as it would be really hard work I could actually make it an event to raise money for charity.

This immediately made sense to me and I started thinking about it. Fortunately Steve has been involved in various fundraising events before and so had a bit more knowledge about it than I did. He told me of a website where you can create a page with some details of your fundraising attempt and they will host the page and handle all the financial admin for you.

I took a look and after some reading decided it was what I needed as it took all the hassle out of my hands. I chose to try and raise some money for the National Society for Epilepsy as my sister has had the condition since she was 11 and the NSE have been a great help supporting the whole family. As well as this they are involved in research of new treatments.

I created my page and started sending out a few emails spreading the word of my event and seeing if anyone would sponsor me.

Steve wanted a charity that he was involved in more directly and so created another page to try and raise some sponsorship for Tearfund who offer Christian aid around the world. Steve had been involved previously with trying to raise money to relieve the food crisis in East Africa so felt this was the cause he would support.