CADS - Wolverhampton

CADS very own Kevin Baldwin who is cycling around the coast of mainland UK in aid of Cancer Research UK, continues to make fantastic progress back towards his starting point in Lowestoft. While Kev ploughs on, CADS colleagues who have been cycling, running, walking, or swimming their way to their 4000 miles target set in April, can now begin to wind down their efforts as their challenge comes to an end.

Group one has been led by CADS' Head of Operations Clare Montgomery, with Group two being led by CADS' Testing Engineer Jonathon Orland. We've been saying it with every update, but a massive THANK YOU to everyone who has taken part in the challenge. Your efforts and donations have helped to get us even closer to raising the £1k needed in order for CADS to match with a further £1k donation.

Thanks to further donations from the CADS team, we now only need £255 to make it to the magic £1k needed for CADS to match fund - Almost there! Please keep donating via the link below if you can. :-) Remember, all funds from the CADS 4000 mile challenge will be added to Kev's total fundraising effort, currently standing at £13,215.50

And now, the totals for each group taking part in the CADS 4000-mile challenge for Compass 4 Cancer. Drum roll please....

The total distance covered by the two groups is a whopping 5,834 miles, smashing the 4000-mile target! Group two managed to clock up an impressive 2,685 miles, with group one finishing victorious on 3,149 miles. Well done to everyone and thanks for your superb efforts. Stay tuned for further updates on Kev's progress in the coming weeks!

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/compass4cancer

If you’ve been following our weekly Compass4Cancer updates, you’ll know that we’ve been closely tracking the progress of our friend and colleague Kevin Baldwin as he cycles around the coast of mainland UK in aid of Cancer Research UK. This week sees Kev take a well-earned break from the saddle with a few rest days in the luxury of a camper van at Oban, Scotland. In Kev’s own words he’ll be “mostly sitting about eating, drinking and chatting”, and after his epic efforts to date, you really can’t argue with that!

As we write these updates on Kev’s progress, it’s easy for us to focus on the current section of his ride and forget the bigger picture. When we take a look at the absolutely enormous distance Kev has cycled since his journey began at the start of May, it seems incredible to us that he hasn’t taken more time to rest and re-energise than he has! Kev is making the journey seem effortless with his regular and cheery updates over on Instagram. So cheery in fact that it’s easy to forget that he’s undertaking something which most of us would find impossibly difficult even with our minds and bodies at 100% full fitness, let alone with a Cancer diagnosis. I’m sure we speak for everyone at CADS when we say Kev is a complete inspiration and truly encompasses the meaning of true grit and determination in the face of adversity.



A massive thank you to everyone who has taken the time to donate towards Kev’s £20K target. Kev is now up to £11,171.50 so we still have a way to go to reach the 20 grand total. Please keep spreading the word with family, friends and colleagues and please also share the fundraising link (below) with anyone and everyone.

If you’re taking part in the CADS fundraiser (or even if you’re not but still want to show your support to Kev), please get your family and friends involved by asking them to donate whatever they can to Kev's fundraising page (link below) and adding the word "CADS" in brackets when they make a donation, so we know it's in support of CADS team efforts. All money raised goes towards Kev's total.



Talking of the CADS fundraiser, CADS colleagues are once again doing their bit to support Kev’s efforts by clocking up the miles in our own fundraising challenge. Two teams of colleagues (group 1 and group 2) are taking part in various fitness activities such as cycling, running, walking, or swimming. If we can raise £1K, CADS will donate a further £1K to add to Kev's Cancer Research fundraising total.

This week has seen CADS’ Testing Engineer Jonathon Orland’s group 1 again increase their lead over Group 2 led by CADS’ Head of Operations, Clare Montgomery, to 178 miles. Group 1 are now on a total milage of 2434 with group 2 trailing on 2256.
Follow Kev's journey on Instagram - and if you can, please donate whatever you can in support of his fantastic efforts at:

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/compass4cancer

Friday fact: According to Wikipedia, Ballantrae is a community in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The name probably comes from the Scottish Gaelic Baile na Tràgha, meaning the "town by the beach". It’s also a community where our colleague and intrepid cycling superhero, Kevin Baldwin passed through this week while on stage 33 of his epic quest to cycle clockwise around the coast of mainland UK.

Kev’s fundraising total is now at almost £11,000K and a massive Thank You to everyone who has donated so far. Please continue to share Kev’s progress to friends and family and let’s see if we can help to get closer to his £20K target!

CADS are once again doing their bit to support Kev’s efforts by clocking up the miles in our own fundraising challenge. As you may know by now, two teams of colleagues (group 1 and group 2) are taking part in various fitness activities such as cycling, running, walking, or swimming. If we can raise £1K, CADS will donate a further £1K to add to Kev's Cancer Research fundraising total.

This week has seen CADS’ Testing Engineer Jonathon Orland’s group 1 further increase their lead over Group 2 led by CADS’ Head of Operations, Clare Montgomery, to 76.4 miles. Group 1 are now on a total milage of 2199 with group 2 falling further behind on 2,122.6.

If you’re taking part in the CADS fundraiser, please get your family and friends involved by asking them to donate whatever they can to Kev's fundraising page (link below) and adding the word "CADS" in brackets when they make a donation, so we know it's in support of CADS team efforts. All money raised goes towards Kev's total.

Follow Kev's journey on Instagram - and if you can, please donate whatever you can in support of his fantastic efforts at:
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/compass4cancer