Charity bike ride by British Gypsum - 100 cyclists, 100 miles, £15,000

Almost 100 cyclists from British Gypsum arrived in sunny Skegness in Lincolnshire, England on Saturday 10 June, having cycled 100 miles from the Barrow-Upon-Soar plaster manufacturing plant in Leicestershire – the largest plant of its kind in Europe.

June 13, 2017 Read time: 1 min

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Almost 100 cyclists from 8284 British Gypsum arrived in sunny Skegness in Lincolnshire, England on Saturday 10 June, having cycled 100 miles from the Barrow-Upon-Soar plaster manufacturing plant in Leicestershire – the largest plant of its kind in Europe.

They hope the event will raise more than £15,000 for the Nottingham Hospitals Charity. This is the tenth year the event has been run by employees of the East Midlands-based company and the cyclists have made nearly £250,000 for various good causes since it started.

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Stuart Keighley and Al Laverty of CEMEX Readymix Central region are on their bikes cycling from CEMEX Uddingston office near Glasgow, Scotland, to eventually reach Thorpe office near Heathrow. They will cover 600miles (966km) in five days calling at three CEMEX offices along the way, all in aid of the charity, RoadPeace.
“RoadPeace, the national charity for road crash victims is chaired by Cynthia Barlow. She has been involved with the charity since her daughter was killed in 2000 in a road collision invo