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Team Wathall launch charity bike ride
At the end of April 2012 six members of G Wathall & Son Limited's staff are planning to cycle over 400 miles from Derby to Paris in support of the Laura Centre Derby.
The Laura Centre Derby Appeal was recently launched to try and raise £150,000 to enable the charity to establish a base in the Derby area. The Laura Centre was orignally set up in Leicester by Gail and Harry Moore following the death of their daughter Laura at the age of 5, in January 1989. The Charity provides dedicated, highly specialist bereavement counselling and support when a child dies or is bereaved.
Over the years the charity has gained national recognition for its cutting edge approach and clinical excellence in the field of family bereavement.
The charity is now hoping to be able to offer such support to the city of Derby and its surrounding areas by establishing The Laura Centre Derby.
You can find out more about The Laura Centre by clicking their logo:
Also, you can follow Team Wathall's progress via their Facebook page:
First Rider Sponsor Announced
Bourne & Co are proud and honored to have been the first to sponsor a rider in The Team Wathall Charity Event.
Michaela Edwards is wholly supportive of the Team's challenge and quite rightly so as her husband, Paul Edwards, Finance Director of G Wathall & Son Ltd, is one of the riders.
"I have every faith in Paul and the rest of the team that they will be successful in this challenge - although it is a daunting one! At Bourne & Co we are very pleased to be associated with this excellent cause and hope The Laura Centre Derby can be established. Losing a child must be one of the worst things that can happen to any parent and losing a parent when you are a child yourself must be equally as bad.
Could I please urge everyone to visit the just giving page and make a donation - no matter how small.
I wish them safe and well on their mammoth journey and hope they manage to enjoy it! Myself, our boys and other riders families are looking forward to cheering them on as they arrive under The Eiffel Tower on May 4th."
Other pledges of support...
Balti International get behind The Laura Centre
Balti International Indian Restaurant show their support for The Laura Centre by sponsoring the Derby to Paris Charity Bike Ride.
English Landscapes & Building Services sponsor team rider
Mr Richard Box, trading as English Landscapes & Building Services, agrees to sponsor one of the team riders.
The Wilmot Arms show their support for The Laura Centre
The Wilmot Arms in Borrowash have agreed to get behind G Wathall & Son Limited in their fund raising efforts.