London to Paris cycle ride with Breast Cancer Care

[BreastCancerCare]

Event title: London to Paris Cycle Ride
Event date/s: Various in 2013: 15-19 May, 12-16 June, 31 July-4 August or 4-8 September
Event location: Begins in Blackheath, London and cycling to Paris
Event organiser: Breast Cancer Care through Discover Adventure
Your relationship: Charity
Cost of entry: £149 reg fee
Minimum sponsorship: Either £640 trip costs and as much as you can raise, or £1,600 in sponsorship and no trip costs
Beneficiary: Breast Cancer Care
Event link: http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/fundraising-events/cycling/london-paris-cycle-ride
2013 places are now open for this cycling trip of a lifetime! Cycle over 300 miles from London to Paris, passing picturesque Kent countryside and war cemeteries, small villages and medieval market towns of Northern France along the way. With long days in the saddle and some strenuous hill climbs the sight of the Eiffel Tower, your glorious finishing point, will evoke a real sense of achievement. Follow up your trip with a free day in Paris to reward yourself for completing this amazing challenge.

Breast Cancer Care offer free services to anyone affected by breast cancer. These include our helpline, forums, group and one to one support sessions and information packed resources. Any funds raised will go towards helping us continue to provide these support services for free.

For more information and to book please visit http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/fundraising-events/cycling/london-paris-cycle-ride or email challenges@breastcancercare.org.uk

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

What happens if the rider is unable to raise the minimum sponsorship?

What happens if the rider has an accident and is unable to attend the event, or collect sponsorship due to not completing the event?

Does the rider sign any legally binding document committing to raising said amount, for which they are responsible for personally?

Just want to understand the full picture. I ask these things because in marathon running which I also do some charities ask runners to sign up to regular direct debits until they meet the fundraising total. Others have started taking runners' credit card details when they agree to take part so they can be charged if they fail to deliver the funds.

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/991700/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH

 

[BreastCancerCare]

Hello, thanks very much for your reply and interest.

It depends which entry option you choose - if you choose to pay trip costs (£640) yourself then you pay these upon entry and then there are no minimum targets to reach for sponsorship or any deadlines, just as much as you would like to or are able to raise, so there is nothing binding.

If you choose the minimum sponsorship option instead then Breast Cancer Care would need to have received 80% of your sponsorship (£1,280) 6 weeks before the event before we finalise your place with the organisers. If we don't have this we are unfortunately unable to finalise your place. From previous experience cyclists do tend to raise this in time though, and many raise much more than they imagined they could!

If a cyclist is unable to take part due to injury they can transfer their place to a later trip date for an admin fee depending on how long before the trip it is.

Hope this makes answers your question but please let me know if not.

Best wishes,

Breast Cancer Care - Sporting & Challenges Team