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Hi, having taking part in the Warwick 100 earlier this year I am considering doing the London to Paris ride next year (I was ready for it this year as I've only just bought my new bike) for a children's charity. There's a fundraising target of £1400 but the registration fee is only £99.
I'm just wondering if any of you have done this ride before and if so how did you find the fundraising? I'm considering doing it with a couple of friends and having spoken to the charity it is apparent that the fundraising target is per person and therefore between us we need to raise £4200 in 11 months. Does this sound reasonable or are we pushing it a bit too much?
Any ideas on how we could go about raising the funds are also welcome.
Lucas
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Comment by Jess on September 6, 2011 at 14:56 -
Hi Lucas, I've not done this ride before but I rode Birmingham to Berlin for Cancer Research (www.brumtoberlin.com) with four friends. We've raised almost £4000 online through www.justgiving.com and maybe another £500-800 in cash through sponsorship forms in seven or eight months. We mainly did this through social networking, emails, blogging our progress and then we had a BBQ fundraiser with a raffle at a local pub too. We continually pushed the ride to friends and family and local people. I would say though remember it's only a target and if you fall short of it, it's not the end of the world.
Jess
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Comment by Jess on September 6, 2011 at 15:00
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Sorry I should have also said we set a mental target of £1000 each to raise as we thought that would be a great achievement. Almost there!
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Comment by Lucas on September 7, 2011 at 22:33 -
Oh okay, so perhaps it is feasible then. I'm hoping to sign up soon, just waiting on my friends to make their final decisions. Birmingham to Berlin sounds really good! Perhaps I'll have to keep that one in mind if we do this one and the BBQ sounds like a great idea, perhaps we could do something over the Christmas period....... Thanks for letting me know.
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