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Help for Heroes have raised 100 million [10/06/2011]
Paris, France - Today, at 5.30pm, 10June, 264 Big Battlefield Bike Ride cyclists,
including Bryn Parry OBE and Emma Parry OBE, along with a team of wounded
cyclists from the UK and the USA, crossed the finish line at the Eiffel Tower and
celebrated the incredible news that the charity had raised a phenomenal £100
million since its conception in 2007.
Statement from Bryn Parry OBE, CEO of Help for Heroes:
“On 12th July 2007, Emma first suggested that ‘we do something to help the
wounded’ and we planned to do a bike ride to raise £10k. A few days later, after
meeting General Sir Richard Dannatt, who suggested that Headley Court needed a
swimming pool, we raised our sights to £500k. In early August we went to Selly Oak
hospital, met some extraordinary blokes, realized that our lives had changed forever
and raised the target to £5m. It seemed to be an almost impossible task and when
we launched on 1st October 2007, it was a very daunting prospect indeed.
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Big Battlefield Bike Ride send off [05/06/2011]
The
Help
for
Heroes
Big
Battlefield
Bike
Ride
And
They’re
Off!
Pedalling
Towards
£100
million
264
riders
set
off
on
an
ambitious
cycle
ride
across
France
Help
for
Heroes
aim
to
have
raised
£100
million
by
the
finish
Only
£500k
to
go!
Sunday
5th
June,
Portsmouth,
Hampshire:
Today,
at
7pm,
5th
June,
Help
for
Heroes’
most
well‐known,
challenging
and
emotional
ride,
The
Big
Battlefield
Bike
Ride,
set
off
under
starters
orders,
by
Air
Vice
Marshal,
David
Murray
and
World
War
II
veteran,
Mrs
Gregory
from
Southwick
Park,
Portsmouth.
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