Throughout 2013, as part of Ryder Architecture’s 60th anniversary we will be giving something back to the communities in which we work.

My team at Ryder have chosen to support The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation who focus on the early detection and treatment of cancer and clinical trials of new drugs that will eventually beat the disease.

I’ll be taking part in the Great North Run in September, this will be the third time I’ve done the run, last year I only managed to beat the previous year’s time by 7 seconds, which was all very embarrassing. (This time I’ll wear a watch)

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