Start of the ride in 2009
While London today is full of people running 26 miles for their chosen charities, we can offer you a slightly more leisurely alternative – join our sponsored cycle ride on 20th June and help us raise some funds for the Strawberry Line Community Cafe at Yatton Station! Last year the event was very successful, and this year we’ve joined forces with North Somerset Council’s Sport and Active Lifestyles team to make it an even better event – it’s in National Bike Week too, so there are plenty of reasons to give it a go. It’s going to be suitable for all ages, with quizzes for children, stalls at both Yatton and Winscombe, and help with mishaps like punctures.
Full details are on the North Somerset Go4Life website, but in the meantime you can download a sponsor form and get going!
We’re delighted to announce that SLCP has been successful in obtaining a grant of £13,500, representing 50% of the cost of the installation of an accessible toilet, and of some associated costs of refurbishing and re-opening the disused waiting room. This grant is from the Department for Transport’s ‘Access for All’ Small Schemes programme, and will need to be matched from other sources, but we’re already working to identify these, so we’re confident of being able to use it. Hoping for more good news soon on other funding applications!
Under the expert supervision of the Rev Peter Cresswell from Horsecastle Chapel, our Easter Draw took place on Saturday 3rd April. All the lucky winners have been notified, but for the record the winning tickets were 00246, 00516, 01105, 01149, 00004, and 00271.
Big thanks to our willing band of ticket sellers, and of course to those who kindly donated prizes – Eurostar, First Great Western, ‘theclub’ at Cadbury House, and Mrs Williams. The draw raised close to £1,000 for the project, which all goes towards our all-important ‘matched funding’.
On the subject of funding, we’re in waiting mode now – though we’ve had some encouraging noises in response to one of our applications, we can’t do much except wait and see whether we’ll get the funds we need to start on site this summer.
And moving on to the summer… after our very successful sponsored cycle ride last year, we’re following this up with another ride this year, tying in with North Somerset Council’s ride along the Strawberry Line in National Bike Week. The date will be 20th June, and sponsorship forms will be available on the website, along with more details, very soon. We hope you can join us again for a great day out!
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