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Bike Run or Walk for
Your Local Air Ambulance
EVERY 10 minutes an Air Ambulance
takes off to attend the injured and save lives. UK coverage is provided by
local Air Ambulances, many of which do not receive Government or lottery
funding and rely on donations from the public to remain in service. The
group BRoW4 (Bike Run or Walk 4) is providing an opportunity for people to
raise money for their local Air Ambulance.
The 3rd annual Bike, Run or Walk event will take place on Sunday, 25 June
2017, at Ferry Meadows, Peterborough. There are 3 routes to choose from;
5km track for walking with or without a dog. (About 3 miles); 8km track for
bike, run or walk with or without a dog. (About 5 miles); 12km track for
bike or run. (About 7½ miles). There will be marshals along each route. This
is not a race, allowing participants to finish the route in their own time.
Participants are expected to raise money for their chosen Air Ambulance
through sponsorship of their finishing their chosen route. Everyone who
finishes will receive a certificate.
Registration is open now. Anyone in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern
Ireland can take part to raise money for their own local Air Ambulance or
for an Air Ambulance elsewhere in the UK. The registration fee is ₤10, with
no registration fee for children under 13 when accompanied by a fee paying
adult.
In addition to the bike, run or walk activities there will be refreshments,
including an ice cream van and a burger van, a selection of stalls including
a tombola, plus face painting, a bouncy castle and other amusements to make
the event a fun family day out. Parking is available for a small fee. There
is a Premier Inn and camping facilities nearby.
A registration form can be downloaded from the BRoW4
website. People who
would like to support the event, but not bike, run or walk are welcome to
volunteer as marshals.
The event has been organised by BRoW4 (Bike Run or Walk 4), a fundraising
group run by volunteers. Founder Anna Dutton said:- "Following the
success of our first two events when we raised money for Magpas, an Air
Ambulance based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, this year we are being more
ambitious by opening the event to cover Air Ambulances, from all over the
UK."
More information can be found on the BRoW4
website, on
Facebook or send them an
email. Plus
you can call:- 07828
471738.
For a full list of Air Ambulances in the UK visit:-
AssociationOfAirAmbulances.Co.UK.
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