For a while we've been wanting to do a challenge for an amazing cause, an initiative that is very close to our hearts, James' Place (details below).

We have been teaching performance cycling at Ride Republic in Fulham for over 3 years now and yes we are pretty good on the bike, but we have never done anything like this before.

We will be riding for 24 hours from 1pm on Friday 17th to 1pm Saturday 18th of March in the reception at Ride Republic. We aim to be riding a minimum distance of 300km which is 50km further than the length of London to Wales. We will only be allowed one loo break per hour. We will have a bike or 2 next to us if you want to join us at all during the 24 hours & will be documenting the whole thing LIVE on our Instagram if you want to check in & send a message of support whenever.

Please support in any way you can, this charity is doing incredible things. £20 could help to train a volunteer mentor to support men after their intervention has ended, £50 could pay for the welcome assessment of one man in suicidal crisis & £100 could pay for one therapy session for a man in suicidal crisis. Your contribution could save a life.

Please read more about James' Place below:

James’ Place exists to save the lives of men in suicidal crisis. The charity was set up by Clare Milford Haven and Nick Wentworth- Stanley in 2008 after their twenty-one-year-old son, James, died by suicide ten days after a minor operation. James had no history of mental illness or depression and had sought urgent help for anxiety and suicidal thoughts, but didn’t find it.

Sadly, suicide is the leading cause of death in men under 50 (ONS 2022). James' Place offers men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis a lifesaving, proven intervention in a safe and welcoming environment.

James’ Place currently has two centres in Liverpool and London and, since opening its first centre in 2018, has supported over 1,300 men in suicidal crisis. Now they want to reach more men who need their help. They are aiming to open three new centres in Newcastle, Birmingham and Bristol over the next three years and need our help to do this.

You can find out more about James’ Place on their website www.jamesplace.org.uk