Ryan Smith

Ryan's Tour de Wales

Fundraising for Wales Air Ambulance Charitable Trust
£1,607
raised of £1,500 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Tour de Wales , 6 May 2014
We provide all-Wales emergency air cover to serve Wales & save lives 365 days a year

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last day of the tour. Heavy legs looking forward to a bath and bed. currently sat on £1246 it would be awesome if I could charge through the line at £1500. thanks to everyone for their support. the donations have kept morale high through some of the toughest climbs and driving winds. thank you to everybody thats supported me , I couldnt have done it without you.

im £6 off £1200 please help me get to £ 1200 by 9am when I leave for the tour. thanks Ryan

come on ladies and gentlemen im on £1194 let me get to 1200 by the time I wake up. Every little helps. Thanks Ryan

a massive thank you to everybody thats donated. guess its all down to me now. honoured to have such great friends

Since Gaz's accident I have learnt that the Wales Air Ambulance (WAA) is actually a charity, that receives no government grants or lottery funding (actually no funding at all), which is pretty amazing and shocking at the same time as they provide such an invaluable service. The WAA needs to raise at least 6 million pounds a year to operate their 3 helicopters, which can be dispatched anywhere in Wales within 20 minutes. The average price of each callout is around £1000.

To help raise money for WAA I am taking part in a 500km cycle ride from North to South Wales via all of the WAA bases, which will take place between May 6th and May 9th 2014.  Realistically due to the terrain I think 125km per day will be achievable and we will complete the ride in 4 days, if training goes well we may look to cover this in 3 days though.  We will start at the WAA base in Caernarfon, heading down to Porthmadog, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Bala  taking in the Snowdonia national park en route before heading into the 2nd WAA base in Welshpool.  From Welshpool we will then head towards Newtown and Llanideos and then on to Lampeter before following the road down to the Mumbles and the 3rd and Final WAA base.  From here we then head back across to Newport at a steady pace finally arriving back in Newport to complete the ride at the final Newport Gwent Dragons home game of 2014 at Rodney Parade.

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About the charity

The Wales Air Ambulance Charity provides advanced life-saving emergency care for everyone in Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are a ‘mobile emergency department’ that relies entirely on donations to keep our helicopters in the air and rapid response vehicles on the road.

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Total raised
£1,607.00
+ £360.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,607.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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