A message from our Head Of Trip, Bradon Pilling
Dear Friends Family Colleagues…
Please forgive the impersonal nature of this message, which I sent to literally everyone who has made it into my email address book! So, another two years having passed and it’s that time again when I take the chance to talk to you about Bolton Lads & Girls Club (BLGC) (www.blgc.co.uk) and the wider national community to which it belongs, Onside (www.onsideyouthzone.org) in the hope you will feel inspired enough to donate just a little to ensure its continued success –https://www.justgiving.com/page/roofoverourhead
I can’t believe how fast two years have passed, but when I look back I see x2 years of real change and real increasing pressure on young people. Who would have thought that Governments would consider (and indeed have) banning (Anti) Social Media for under 16-year-olds …. goodness knows what pressure AI will bring! But it reminds me every day that the goal of BLGC (and the wider Onside community) is simply to try and give every young person the chance for a good start in life, provide in a safe, measured and caring environment. When BLGC was formed, over 125 years ago, it was at a time when society demanded that young people grow up, and quickly and so the club was created as that same safe space that effectively belonged to the young people so they could determine the agenda of what it was that they needed and not what society deemed they needed. And this is why, every two years we embark on a cycle challenge and ask if you will kindly support us.
This year we will be flying into Nice, and taking on the high mountains in that area. Over 8 days we will cycle 574 miles (923 km) and climb 60,125 ft (18.3km) at over 100ft of climbing for every mile we ride on average. And as always, we are totally self-funding the event, to ensure that every penny you donate makes it to BLGC.
Of course, I fully understand and respect if, for whatever reason, you do not wish to. I know that many support their own charities etc., and if that is the case, then I thank you for your time and hopefully at the very least I have made you more aware of the work this great Charity does and stands for. But if you feel moved to get involved in helping keep the “doors open”, then know that your donation will be spent well, as it always has been.
Thank You again for your time!
Kind Regards
Brandon
The riders: Brandon Pilling, Cal Difalco, Craig Kippax, David Leather, Edward Hunt, Graham Balshaw, Graham Lister, Jeff Swindles, John Myburgh, Liz Rylott, Mark Griffiths, Mark Parsons, Martin Truelock, Mike Evans, Mike Picton, Pete Leather, Sarah Newton, Steve Turner, Si Patel, Steve Kenny, Steve Taylor, Steve Turnock, Tony Brierley, Tony Lowe.