YES aims to support "social entrepreneurs" who give their time to encourage and coach the youth of inner cities to engage in sporting activity. The objectives are to improve the cohesiveness between various ethnic groups and encourage a healthy and socially productive life style aiming at 10-18 year olds. The charity has no employees and all money raised goes directly to the good causes. We find that team and combat sports seem to have the most lasting beneficial effects.

My challenge is the Raid Pyrenee which will take place on 5 - 9th September when I am aiming to cycle from the Atlantic side of the Pyrenees to the Med side some 740kms over 17 mountains and 11,500 meters of vertical climbing. I thought I had better embark on this challenge now as if I leave it any longer it will prove too much for me.