Aberdovey Bike Ride

Charities

The committee met this week to discuss the sponsor requests you have submitted, an email requesting further information will be coming to those who we decided to pursue further.

We aim to make a decision when we meet again in around 3 weeks.

Sponsor Money

We have now sent in the application to become a charity in our own right, this is mainly to allow us to use JustGiving as a means to collect sponsor money.

Please bear with us while this goes through as alternatives will not be as easy to manage. If our application fails then we will have to look at a quick alternative.

We are going to start sending a newsletter out via email to keep you up to date with latest info from the site.

The newsletter will consist of links to the latest articles on the site which will include all 2012 Ride Updates.

We have set an initial period to weekly but you have the option to change this as you wish user the Alert Settings option in the User Profile menu, You can also turn off the alerts if you do not wish to receive them.

If you are riding in 2012 it would be advisable to leave the settings to ensure you do not miss any important info.

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I am going to be taking a break from the busy Bike Ride HQ and training to spend a couple of weeks in the sun!

You can still enter as normal during this time and all queries will be answered by Paul Sheldon.

Please note that you won't be put onto the riders page until I get back at the end of January.  So can I ask you all to please be patient and don't email in asking why you can't see your name.

This year the Aberdovey Bike Ride gave money to help a young boy called Josh recover from an horrific road accident.  Please click the links below to see the Christmas card that he has sent in.

Thanks Josh & get well soon.

Front of Card

Rear of Card

Please visit his website www.joshtadworthappeal.co.uk

The early opening of registration for next years ride seems to be working well.

With those listed on the Riders Page and those who have yet to be allocated a number we are well on our way to our strongest ride yet.

Charity Suggestions

We are now accepting you suggestions for charities to support next year, as per last year the committee will be choosing 5 or 6 charities from your suggestions sometime after Christmas. Please send your suggestions via the Contact Us Page

Sponsorship

We are progressing the task of organising ways for you to get your sponsorship to us, please bear with while we work on this as its not as straightforward as it seems not being a charity ourselves. Our main concern is the time it took to get all the sponsorship in this year. We will update all the normal channels when we have some news.

Help!

Do you know someone who can help us? As you are aware we give 100% of the money raised to the charities, to do this we rely on donations from companies who can offer food, drinks, printing, gifts, vehicles (probably our biggest spend!). If you can help or know someone who may be able to then please contact us via our Contact Us page.