Ride100 pre event - Action Medical Research

Ride100 pre event - Action Medical Research

PRESS RELEASE
[INSERT DATE] 2017
Charity seeks riders for [INSERT EVENT LOCATION/REGION]
cycle challenge
Cycling challenge the [INSERT RIDE100 NAME] will take place in [INSERT EVENT
LOCATION/REGION IF NOT OBVIOUS FROM NAME] this [SPRING/SUMMER – DELETE
ACCORDINGLY] and children’s charity Action Medical Research is calling for riders to sign
up now.
The event on Sunday [INSERT DATE] offers a choice of [Cool (30/40 miles), Classic (50/60
miles) and Champion (100 miles) routes - DELETE ACCORDINGLY].
The routes, which set out from [WHERE], take in [INSERT DETAILS OF ROUTE AND
MAJOR SELLING POINTS].
This event is part of the charity’s popular RIDE100 series of one-day bike rides that take
place in fantastic cycling locations across the UK. Entry to every race in the RIDE100 charity
cycle series is just £25 for the Cool route or £38 for the Classic [and Champion], which
includes chip timing, food and water stations, marshals and mechanics.
Cyclists participating in the [INSERT EVENT NAME] will be raising money to help fund
medical research into conditions affecting babies and children.
For more than 60 years Action Medical Research has helped pioneer treatments and ways
to prevent disease that have benefited millions of people in the UK and across the world.
Research they’ve funded has helped to beat polio in the UK, develop ultrasound in
pregnancy, fight meningitis and prevent stillbirths.
The charity is currently funding research into meningitis, Down syndrome, epilepsy and
premature birth, as well as some rare and distressing conditions that severely affect
children.
NB: THIS PARAGRAPH CAN BE ADDED WHERE THERE ARE LOCAL RESEARCH
LINKS
Among the research the charity is currently funding is a study taking place at the [INSERT
LOCAL HOSPITAL/UNIVERSITY NAME]. This is looking at/aims to [GIVE BRIEF
DESCRIPTION OF CONDITION BEING RESEARCHED TAKEN FROM THE PUBLICITY
BRIEFING – KEEP TO ONE TO TWO SENTENCES].
For more information and to register, please visit [INSERT WEBSITE LINK IN BOLD].
- ENDS NOTES TO EDITORS:
For more information about the [INSERT EVENT NAME] please contact:
[EVENT ORGANISER NAME AND JOB TITLE], Action Medical Research
T [INSERT NUMBER/S]
E [INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS IN BOLD TYPE]
For more information on Action Medical Research, please contact Toni Slater,
Fundraising Communications Officer, on:
T 01403 327480
E [email protected]
W action.org.uk
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Action Medical Research is a leading UK-wide charity saving and changing children’s lives through
medical research. For more than 60 years we’ve helped pioneer ways to prevent disease and
develop treatments benefiting millions of people. Our research has helped to beat polio in the UK,
develop ultrasound, fight meningitis and prevent stillbirths. But we urgently need to develop more
new treatments and cures for sick babies and children and we can’t do it without you.
Join our fight for little lives today.
Charity reg. nos 208701 and SC039284.