Anyone for a Biscuit?

I had a great donation last night, one of the lads from work Alan had sent a mail out to his family asking if they would be able to help out with any sponsorship or prizes for the raffle and came up trumps.
He told me that his brother had a few boxes of goodies for me, when I got to his I found 6 massive boxes full of biscuits and treats.

I’ve split them all up into different size packs and they will all be offered out as prizes in the raffle. So thanks Mark Pattie & the staff at Burtons foods.

Also Sarra who works with my Fiancée Donna spoke with her partner Darryn who has offered to provide a canvas portrait as a prize (winner provides the picture). Thanks to Darryn Kennerley and staff at gocre8.

gocre8 provide all aspects of print from design to print to display and new media, so whether it's a few flyer's you need, a banner for a building or covers for CD cases they can provide it all.

So far the prize list consists of:
Meal for Two – Est Est Est
Family Ticket – The Beatles Story Exhibition
Canvas Portrait – gocre8
Biscuit Hampers – Burtons Foods

It’s starting to grow now, please keep asking around though and let me know if you get anything.

In A Bit Of A Drought

Everything seems to have tailed off a little bit now, I've stopped getting letters and mails back from my requests for sponsorship & prizes and the wristband sales have slowed down on eBay.

I've posted on a few forums to try to boost the sponsorship and that seems to have had some impact which is good. I'm going to get onto the council about doing some public campaigning and go and shake some collection tins at people.

If anyone has any ideas of how I can raise money or of someone or a company that would be able to help please don't hesitate to get in touch with me.

Back from Bastogne.

Well not quite, more like Salisbury Plain but it did look like Bastogne.
I've been on a Lance Bombardier Leadership Course all week which was really good. It was mainly classroom based with a few command tasks but then we had an overnight exercise which was emotional, I reckon it was down to about -5 at least.

I got back to find that the 10 wristbands on eBay had been sold so that's 20 so far, I've just thrown another 10 on. If anyone would like one please visit my eBay page where you can buy them.

Unfortunately there hasn't been anymore offers from the letters I sent out asking for sponsorship, equipment or prizes over the past week, hopefully people have just been thinking really hard about what they can offer and will get back to me really soon.

Last little bit now, it seems like I'm going to have to miss the Liverpool Half Marathon due to a T.A. course that I'm on so if anyone wants a number for it I've got one going. I'm a bit gutted as I was looking forward to it but ah well, time to get on the bike now then.

More prizes

Last night I received a letter from the staff at the Beatles Story exhibition in the Albert Dock, Liverpool, they have very kindly donated a family ticket (2x adults, 3x children(5-16)) as a prize for me to raffle off. This is a great start so far and a massive boost to get such a big attraction in the city to back what I'm doing and what Help for Heroes are doing.


The first 10 wristbands that I put on eBay have been sold already, at £5 each I had budgeted for the cost of eBay fees, Paypal fees, Jiffy bags & postage and was expecting abouth £3 left. I have managed to get the jiffy bags and postage through work so just have the fees to deduct which means about £4.50 is going into the pot.

I'm going to be away on a course for the next week so hopefully when I get back there will be a raft of goodies for me to tell you all about and loads more sponsorship and wristbands sold.

Bad News

When I was in the T.A. last night I found out that a course I'm on clashes with the Liverpool Half marathon, I'm going to have to have a word with the Sergeant running it to see if there's anything that I can do to get round it. Everything seems to be against me at the minute with this run, I'm on another course all next week so my training is going to be hampered quite heavily by that.

I just hope I can get something sorted out.

First of Many

Last night I came home to a very welcome surprise, VDO Computing had sent me a new cycle computer to help me track my training.

I would like to thank everyone at VDO Computing for their very kind gift and support for the Big Battlefield Bike Ride.

I had written to them to let them know about the BBBR and to see if they could help out in any way and they came straight back within a couple of days. They sent me a new C2 cycle computer.


:: current speed, :: trip counter, :: trip ride timer, :: average speed, :: maximum speed, :: manual stop watch, :: clock, :: total odometer, :: total odometer bike 1 & bike 2, :: comparison of current and average speed, :: 2 wheel sizes (bikes) selectable


Of all the companies that I have written to VDO are the first to get back to me with a positive response, I hope that many other companies will follow suit.
Please follow their link above to check out the excellent products they have available.


I also received an e.mail from Sam Grocott at Living Ventures, she has sent me a voucher for a meal for 2 at one of their Est Est Est venues which I will be either raffling or auctioning off to raise funds.






Visit their website and pop along to one of their restaurants for a great meal. They are also doing their own bit to support H4H, here is a extract from their site.

News

Help for Heroes

Est Est Est are delighted to be a part of The Sun newspaper's campaign for Help for Heroes. Please read on for further details.....

As a show of support to all armed forces Est Est Est will offer complimentary dining to any member of the armed forces who dines in our restaurants.

On production of a valid Armed Forces ID the bearer will be entitled to a free starter, main and dessert when there is at least one full paying customer purchasing the equivalent amount of courses. Management reserves the right of admission. There is no cash alternative.

It's great that companies are really getting behind the forces.

Big drive for support

Over the past few weeks I've been putting in a massive drive to try and drum up support and sponsorship for the BBBR. I've sent letters and e.mails to all the local bike shops and all the UK bike manufactures and basically anyone who makes or deals with bike parts, clothes and equipment. Hopefully I'll hear back from some of them soon.

I've also been sending letters and e.mails to a lot of restaurants, shops and local attractions around Liverpool asking if they can offer me anything that I can either raffle or auction off to raise funds. I've also sent letters and e.mails to both of the football clubs in the hopes that they can help out in anyway at all.

The quickest money seems to be coming from the Help for Heroes wristbands that I've been sent, I'm selling them for £3 and have auctioned some on eBay at £5 to cover postage and charges, they are going pretty well.
www.ebay.co.uk/Help For Heroes Wristband Charity Sale