TOWER TO TOWER CONCLUDING STATEMENT

The ULIP Tower to Tower Bike Ride 2015

On November 4th 2014 our quest began. An intrepid group of students decided to ride from the Eiffel Tower to Blackpool Tower as a means of raising money for the mental health charity Mind. Of course this 600 miles/966 kilometres effort was never simply a bike ride but a vehicle for achieving our goal of substantially supporting a worthy and pertinent cause. Mind is such a noble organisation and we fully support its endeavours to support all people with mental health struggles. We set the target of raising £10,000 of which we have not met however we have raised around £3000 which is a sum of money we are all immensely proud to have generated. It cannot be argued that this venture has been a resounding success. As we expected there were immense hardships but they were not as potent as our will and desire to complete the task and present a charity, for which we have great respect, with a quantity of money which brought us into the top 1% of fundraisers on the JustGiving website. From the 4th June until 12th June 2015 we pistoned between the two towers and it is now apparent that the bike ride will mutate into an annual event which will grow from strength to strength year on year. A team of current and new members are coordinating next year’s assault on our fundraising targets and we all expect the movement to exponentially succeed. It would be easy to say that our job is done but that would be an awkward untruth as Mind and other such organisations continuously deserve our support for supporting those who need them most.  We thank each and every last one of you who donated. We further thank the university and the people who supported us and nurtured the event’s growth. We thank those who took part and supported the ride itself. Without this holistic effort the success of the venture would have been in jeopardy, however this year we have had overwhelming support of which we are hugely grateful and will continue to be grateful for in the years to come as this ride grows. Again thank you for all your support whether it be financial, practical, moral or all three. I’m sure you’ll be hearing from us again soon.

Special Thanks to
·         Ellscott Park of Birdham/Chichester 

·         The Orchard Family of Grately

·         The Hughes Family of Malmesbury

·         The Sparrow Family of Shelwhick

·         Barncroft Nurseries of Shrewsbury

·         The Gilby Family of Lydiate

·         The Johnson Family of Blackpool

·         Dan Renn of Hull

·         Verena O’Neill West

·         Bounce Balls

·         The University of London Institute in Paris

·         The University of London Institute in Paris Student’s Union

·         French Radio London

·         Vicky Urquhart, Community Fundraising Co-coordinator at Mind 


Thankyou from the Team  

Ø  Michael Johnson- Chairman/Rider

Ø  Chika Alichukwu – Secretary/Support Team First Aider

Ø  Callum Rye- Treasurer/Rider

Ø  Annie Renn- Communications and Fundraising Officer/Rider

Ø  James Kelly- Logistics Officer/Driver

Ø  Laura ONeill West- Rider

Ø  Monica Marriot Mills- Rider

Ø  Natasha Holcroft- Support Team Communications

Ø  George Willard- Logistics Officer

Ø  Sian Hughes- Fundraising Officer

Ø  Sufiyah Hashmi- Fundraising Officer

Ø  Alice Johnson- Merchandise Officer

https://www.facebook.com/ULIPTowertoTower

http://www.mind.org.uk/

https://www.justgiving.com/ULIPTowerToTower/