Charities

Gordon Group RDA
Gordon Group RDA is based near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire and provides riding for children and adults with a range of disabilities.
MND Scotland
MND Scotland 76 Firhill Road Glasgow G20 7BA 0141 945 1077 www.mndscotland.org.uk Motor Neurone Disease stops the nerve cells that control the body’s movement from sending messages to muscles. MND is often rapid and always fatal. There is no known cure. As the disease progresses, the person will lose their ability to walk, talk and feed themselves, although their intellect usually remains unaffected. They will eventually lose the ability to breathe unaided. The average life expectancy is just 14 months from diagnosis. There are currently 373 people living in Scotland with MND, and more than 130 people will be diagnosed this year. MND Scotland is the only charity providing care and support for people with MND and their carers, while also funding research into the disease. Everyone with MND in Scotland receives direct care from our team of Care Specialists who also ensure that our information and support services can be accessed after diagnosis and throughout the progression of the disease. We provide direct support to people with MND and their families, through the loan of specialist equipment such as electronic communication aids for people who can no longer speak, financial support, information, advice, and professional counselling for people affected by MND and relatives bereaved by the loss of someone to MND.
Forget-Me-Not Club
The Forget-Me-not Club is a unique, local, independent support organisation for people with dementia and their carers on Royal Deeside. It was set up in September 1999 and has grown and evolved into its present form where it cares for about 100 people at any one time. The club provides a meeting place where people get together, take part in craft activities, table top games such as scrabble and dominoes, chat, get support and advice, relax and have fun. Carers are cared for with a range of therapies including hand massage and reiki. From one meeting a week in Banchory Scout Hall, the Forget-Me-Not Club has expanded to weekly meetings at seven different Deeside locations.

Event details

27 May 2011

We are cycling coast to coast across Scotland to raise funds for 3 very worthy causes.



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BP North Sea Coast to Coast Ride 2011

Fundraisers: 
Andy Duggan, Lindsey Smith, Andy Till, John Kunka, David Saul, David Ewen, Kenneth Weir, BERAN TANILIR, Robert Paterson, Paul Adair, Sarah Hodgkinson, David Kirton, Lisa Draper, Ian McIntyre, Sarah Ritchie, ALISTAIR DUTHIE, LYNDSEY CASSIE, Mairi Nelson, Hilary Mulligan, Trevor Garlick, Debbie Lee, Richard Smith, David Bowen, Jon Turnbull, ian mclean, Mark Harrison, Alastair Marshall, Simon Patten, George Waugh, Ben Walls, Adrian Shaw, Brian Howell, Eamonn O'Connell, David Riley, Keith Nettleton, Clayton Thomson, Leofric Studd, Des Costello, Simon Richardson, Mark Worsley, Andrew Fowler, Steve Coxhill, Christopher Hill, Matthew Wingham

My page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/BP_C2C3

We all successfully completed the ride & we are approaching our fundraising target - the link below has a selection of photos from the weekend....
 
 
At the end of May 45 cyclists will embark on a three day ride of 220 miles across Scotland, beginning on the West coast in Helensburgh and finishing on the East coast at Aberdeen.  Their aim is to raise funds for three very worthy charities who do fantastic work to help those struggling with various debilitations or life shortening diseases.  First is MND Scotland which funds research and provides support for sufferers of this awful disease that slowly but very surely kills the nervous system and therefore control of the muscles that keep us mobile and alive.  Former BP employee Ian Bowen suffers.  Second is Riding for the Disabled Gordon Group, a local branch of charity that enables children and adults with physical disabilities or learning difficulties to enjoy horse riding to improve their health, wellbeing and confidence and which is supported and utilised by a number of BP families.  The third charity, Forget me Not, is another local charity for Dementia.  It is seeking help to set up a resource centre providing a permanent base for services and activities for Dementia sufferers. 
 
 
Any contribution you make will be doubled by BP and for UK taxpayers the charities will benefit from a further uplift through Gift Aid.  Please dig deep - your contribution will make a real difference.

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Recent donors

29.07.11 Congratulations everyone, especially for conquering that hill on day 2. It looked epic!

28.07.11 Beran, Congrats! Good cause, and i am sure you enjoyed it.

22.07.11 Well Done All - Jim Liebnitz

14.07.11 Well done Adrian and all the team!

13.07.11

07.07.11 Anonomous family donation

06.07.11 better late than never - well done mate, catch up with you soon

29.06.11

28.06.11

28.06.11 Morna For the performance enhancing Cod Liver oil

27.06.11 Mark, fantastic work! Love your epic cyling stories on wind, hail, stunning scenery, "hardship", exploding tyres and many long miles uphill and down. Sounds like a great adventure and for a good cause too. Much respect!

25.06.11 great effort & all in a good cause too!

21.06.11 Payment for extra C2C

20.06.11 Well done

20.06.11 Well done - fantastic effort !

20.06.11 Great job guys

16.06.11 Alistair - hope it was a great trip - well done to all.

16.06.11 Well done!

16.06.11 Well done !! Hope you enjoyed the tandem !

16.06.11 Refund from Loch Tay Highland Cottages

15.06.11 Congratulations everyone, superb effort.

14.06.11 You shamed me into it Mark.

14.06.11 Well Done !

14.06.11 Hi Lisa, sorry doing this so late, Love C

13.06.11 What a hero!! Well done Mark.....Did you get home?!

13.06.11 Donation from my brother and spare money from dinner last Thursday!

13.06.11

13.06.11 Well Done Paul, sorry for being late..

12.06.11 Massive respect to one and all and congratulations Leofric on huge achievement both financially and physically!

12.06.11 Sorry we are late. Hope things went well. Did not hear anything horrific on the news so I guess you made it. Please split equally between charities.

11.06.11 Well done everyone for doing the ride. I hope it was fun.

11.06.11 Well done Ian - another great performance for a group of outstanding charities.

10.06.11 Good job Mark

10.06.11 Well done everybody!

09.06.11 Well done!

08.06.11 Good effort Lisa! Well done to you & all the team.

08.06.11 huge congrats john and the rest of the team!

08.06.11 HI, I finally got around to coughing up. Congratualtions, I am proud of you that you take the time to train, and actually do this for a good cause. love you lots, Take care, Helen

08.06.11 Well done Lis!

08.06.11 Stunning achievement yet again!

08.06.11 Well done team

08.06.11 Well done to you and all the team!

07.06.11

07.06.11 Well Done. What an amazing achievement, for the second time!

07.06.11 Well done. No doubt an exciting and proud moment. Best Wishes Richard Dodd

07.06.11 Donation of equivalent of all transportation costs for the ride. This has been made possible due to generous offer from BP to cover these costs rather than been paid for by the riders !

07.06.11 Great effort guys, it has become an annual institution!

07.06.11 Sorry this is a bit late, but hope you completed the route safely

07.06.11 Great effort, well done!

07.06.11 Well done Dave. You made it after all!!

£49,230.23

Running total

Target:
£50,000.00
Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
£58,981.80
Total donors:
1003
Biggest donor:
Anonymous
£2,000.00  
Last donor:
Matt Wingham 29.07.11  
Offline fundraising:
£0.00