Worcester Cake and Bake

Worcester and Instore have done it again! A fab presentation of the results of their recent Cake and Bake day. Note they included a sponsored 'row' from Dover to Calais to work off all those extra calories ;)



The wording in the bottom left hand corner says:

A Word From Our Sponsor...

All of us here at Larry's™ are extremely happy that once again, the Cake Day has been a massive success. We hope that we can sponsor the event for years to come.

Larry

A total of £105.90 was raised and split between the British Heart Foundation and Headway.

Sue's Ready to Zumba

Sue Skillen of Rowan House had an energetic time on March 16th as she took part in a Zumbathon held at Commonweal School in Swindon. The picture shows the report of the event in the local paper.

The 3 hour event was arranged to raise funds for Prospect Hospice, who looked after a member of Sue's family recently.

Overall, the 60 ladies who took part raised around £2,500 and Sue's share was an impressive £150.

Apparently an hour's Zumba burns around 500 calories. Therefore, I can see Zumbathons becoming a popular event!

It's a Triathlon... But Not As We Know It, Jim

We've news of a triathlon with a twist - all the hard work was in the gym!

IT's Sally Willavoys, Andrew Taylor, Andrew Caple and Alan Stone of Wakefield House 'worked out' in the gym at Swindon's Marriott hotel on on Monday 25th June. They each  rowed, cycled and ran a quarter of a marathon in each discipline (10.55km each time), with rowing replacing the swimming leg of a traditional triathlon event.

Thus they ran/rowed/cycled a total of 19.623 miles (31.65 kilometres) each. The first person completed the challenge in 2 hours 15 minutes and  the last in 2 hours 35 minutes. Impressive!

All their efforts were in aid of Prospect Hospice in Swindon, which offers dedicated end of life care and support to patients and their families in the Swindon and North Wilts area. Their care takes place not only at the Hospice, but also at Great Western Hospital and in patients' homes. The service is free to all who need it.

The team's imaginatively titled Just Giving page, Shattered R Us is here.

Alternative bike riders cross the finish line

Staff at NNO/NNSC Borehamwood managed to complete their Alternative Bike Ride, with some enthusiastic participants along the way.



On Day 2 at 9am Caroline Weightman peddled off from 'Bishops Castle' heading towards 'Redditch'. Then Tim Smith took over and hardly breaking sweat did a remarkable 40km in 45minutes! Then Lois Wheeler representing Guardian Newspapers cycled 30km in 35 minutes.

On Day 3 Sam Vincent got in the saddle, reaching 28km after an hour.  One of the charities to benefit from this event is Great Ormond Street Hospital, where Sam's daughter is receiving treatment.  Having hopped on the bike following a business account meeting Sam found she had to loosen the tension after Ken had been cycling at maximum resistance.

Day 4 saw Jim Sinden get on the bike at 6.50am.  After 12.5 miles he had to take a coffee break and hand over to Lian Shortman who cycled 25 miles while speaking on the phone for the entire time!

Caroline, Edward, Zein, Sarah and Richard Humphries continued cycling in between eating Scones and Jam.

David Hamling took them to the finish line on Day 5, supported by Ken Ingham and Derek Sadler.

In total they raised £401.38 for their chosen charities, from a combination of the bike ride, Scone Sale, Raffle and casual Friday payments. 

More biking at Manchester

Manchester House have also been getting in on the bike action, holding a challenge on a stationary bike during Community Week. They also held a car wash, a raffle and sold breakfast and lunch, making a grand total for the week of £307 raised.

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On the treadmill for Bristol managers

Bristol Group senior managers were put through their paces for Community Week, with Glen Baxter, Kelly Leech, Jim Gorton, John Whitton and Ian Griffin set up to do a treadmill challenge.  Staff were charged to guess how far the managers travelled in a 12-hour period, with a prize for the winner.

Total distance travelled = 35 miles

Winner of best guess = Bob Rees, Brislington Twilight Manager

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The alternative bike ride

Day 1 of The Alternative Bike Ride kicked off this morning at the NNO/NNSC Borehamwood.

Staff are planning to cycle the same mileage as the A-B Bike Ride, but on a stationary exercise bike brought in specially for Community Week. Watch out because any visitors to Borehamwood this week will be asked to jump on!

They had no reporters or members of parliament there to wave them off, but at 9am this morning Ken Ingham peddled off on the 1^st leg of their alternative ride. Regional Manager Simon Lockett was there to offer moral support to those staff lining up to take part.

Ken passed the baton to Caroline Weightman, who cycled 20 miles before handing over to Sam Blackman.

Edward Ainsworth cycled 22km in 30 minutes and the last legs were completed by Joe Reynolds and Linda Williamson.

All cyclists were supported on their way by a 12” oscillating fan!!

We await to hear how they do on Day 2 of their Alternative Bike Ride...