Rachel and Gareth

Help!! I'm riding the Big Ride Home 2024!

Fundraising for Happy Days UK
£2,001
raised of £2,000 target
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Event: The Big Ride Home 2024 - Lakeland Adventure, from 13 June 2024 to 15 June 2024
All proceeds will go to Happy Days and will help us provide essential resources, support, and opportunities to those who need it most.

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Having cheered on the Henderson boys for years on their epic cycle challenges, this time I am taking to the saddle and doing it for the girls!! As a complete cycling beginner this will be the hardest physical and mental challenge I have ever done, covering over 200 miles in three days up hill and down dale to the Lake District and back. It's not going to be pretty, but I am determined to complete this, with Gareth by my side to raise vital funds for such a worthwhile cause.

Happy Days supports and empowers people who are homeless or in crisis, and often in the most desperate of circumstances to live independent and purposeful lives, giving them dignity, hope and a future.

Please support us, if you can, to make this torture worthwhile!!

A three day challenging bike ride:

Day 1 begins in in Calderdale and makes it’s way across through the winding roads to the Lakes taking in some beautiful views

Day 2 begins in from the hotel in Kendal, and takes a journey through the peaks and by the Lakes

Day 3 is the homeward bound stretch taking us back into West Yorkshire

Please donate to support the incredible riders and raise money for Happy Days!

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About the campaign

All proceeds will go to Happy Days and will help us provide essential resources, support, and opportunities to those who need it most.

About the charity

Happy Days UK

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Happy Days supports and empowers people who are homeless or in crisis to live independent and purposeful lives by helping them to access the advice and services they need to bring about sustainable change. We do this by providing a wide range of services including an engagement service which connects people with the specific support they need. We listen to each person individually and create a plan specifically designed to help that person; we gain trust and build real relationships in order to help people. Happy Days meets the growing demands of those struggling to cope with the cost of living crisis by operating a broad range of services that tackle homelessness and food poverty. These include The Winter Shelter, Halifax Community Supermarket and The Community Café at The Gathering Place. For single adults who are homeless, the charity operates supported accommodation and services that are designed to help residents move on and live independently. This may include support to overcome addiction, skills to sustain employment and tenancy and specialist input for mental health and trauma. Our vision is to be a leading and highly valued provider of services to people who are homeless or in crisis.

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+ £461.26 Gift Aid
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£2,000.03
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