A challenge but for two great causes
Stephen doing it for the team
Stephen Uprichard, husband of Lucy Pye, and co-founder and director of Nusom Collective is cycling 800km over five days starting in Richmond Park, London on Tuesday 19th September and culminating Lyon, France on Saturday the 23rd September.
40 cyclists will be averaging around 100 miles each day which will be an epic physical and mental challenge. The finale of the event will be the Wales v Australia Rugby World Cup game and so joining the challenge are Welsh rugby legends Ian Gough, Tony Copsey as well as Head for Change (see more below) founder Alix Popham.
Also joining the peloton to support the riders through every mile will be Tour de France winner, Geraint Thomas.
Head for Change is the lead charity for the event Stephen and Nusom Collective are personally contributing towards raising awareness and donations for The Childhood Trust as well, more information below.
LIVE tracking
You can follow Stephen via links below that will be updated each day.
ROUTE PREVIEWS ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE LINKS BELOW. THESE WILL BE UPDATED WITH LIVE TRACKING EACH DAY & COMPLETED DAYS RESULTS WILL REMAIN VISIBLE.
The Charaties
Two very worthy causes
The Childhood Trust is London’s child poverty charity, targeting 800,000 children living in poverty in London. They help vulnerable children to overcome the disadvantages caused by poverty such as hunger, homelessness, stress, loneliness and anxiety.
As part of their work, they have a program called Decorate a Child’s Life, which Stephen and Nusom Collective have got behind.
Decorate a Child’s life is where they transform children’s bedrooms or rebuild and repair derelict and disused playgrounds and community play areas. As part of Stephen’s challenge, we will be supporting this area by aiming to raise money and contribute to either new beds or a desks for the children that really need them.
All money raised will go directly purchasing items for these projects and directly benefit the children that need them. You can donate as much or as little as you like, via Stephen’s JustGiving Page it all goes to the same pot and your contribution will change a child’s life.
The lead charity on the cycle event is Head for Change, whose goal is to create a safe space for our sporting heroes, past, present and future that suffer from sports-related brain injuries and connect with the best brains in science and research to make positive change.
They are determined to continue to raise awareness and educate people about sports-related dementia in rugby. With your support, they are also fundraising for much needed research in the prevention and cure for early onset dementia and neurogenerative disease in the sport we love. More information and to donate visit here https://justgiving.com/campaign/headforlyon
Former rugby player @AlixPopham explains what motivated him to set up his charity @Head4Change, saying he found there was "nothing out there" in terms of support for younger people living with dementia.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 18, 2023
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