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PCB Solicitors taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge for charity (L-R) Neil Lloyd, MD of FBC Manby Bowdler, who is running the Boston Marathon for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, and MAA critical care paramedic Kerry Penn-Ashman.
Law firm boss steps out stateside for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
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eil Lloyd, who leads solicitors’ firm FBC Manby Bowdler, will head to Boston in the USA to compete in the city’s marathon on April 18 in aid of the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. The Boston marathon is the world’s oldest annual race of its kind and started in 1897. Neil will be pounding the pavements around the greater Boston area in eastern Massachusetts, hoping to shave two minutes off last year’s London marathon time of three hours and 12 minutes.
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ocal law firm PCB Solicitors will be taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge on Saturday 21st May 2022 to raise awareness and funds for Mind and Hope House & Ty Gobaith children’s hospices. Partner Ryan Bickham said “Our staff chose the national charity Mind and local charity Hope House as our chosen charities for 2022, we wanted to take on a big challenge to help raise important funds for them and when the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge was suggested we thought it would be ideal.” The Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge includes the peaks of Pen-y-Ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside. The team will walk a circular 24 mile route taking in all three peaks in one day and the target is to complete the challenge within 12 hours. Partner Ryan Bickham said “The team have started their training and there are plenty training routes to practice locally in Shropshire and Wales. We also felt like a walking challenge was appropriate to raise awareness for Mind as there is a lot of evidence that walking helps mental wellbeing.”
Neil said he chose the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity because, as a motorcyclist, he had a keen appreciation of the work it does across the region.
Hope House ensure that children with life-threatening conditions enjoy the best quality of life, together with their families. They provide specialist care and bereavement support, when and where people need it, and work to ensure that no one faces the death of a child alone.
“The charity provides an exceptional service, delivering specialist urgent patient care when and where it is needed. But it costs in excess of £10m a year for us to have this peace of mind. It’s the kind of emergency help you hope you’ll never need, especially as a biker.
Mind is known as the mental health charity, working across England & Wales. They believe no one should face a mental health problem alone. They’re available to listen, give support & advice, & fight your corner.
“The Midlands Air Ambulance Charity also covers the same geographical area that FBC Manby Bowdler does so we know it would be there for our team or their families should they need it.” He added: “I’m really looking forward to the challenge of the race and it will spur me on, knowing I’m raising money for such a great cause.” Pam Hodgetts, corporate partnerships manager at the charity, said: “Midlands Air Ambulance Charity respond to an average of 12 missions a day all of which are funded by donations and charitable giving. Our corporate supporters play a massive part in achieving the £10million each year to keep our service operational, which is why we are extremely grateful and proud that Neil has chosen MAAC to be the recipients of his challenge.” Donations to the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity can be made via www.justgiving.com/fundraising/neillloydmaa.
You can support Mind and Hope House by making a donation to their Just Giving pages: Hope House: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/pcb-solicitorsllphopehouse Mind: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/PCB-SolicitorsLLPMind
Whernside & Ribblehead Viaduct SHROP SHIR EL AWYER 19
