Project SEARCH saddled up for Burnley Together, raising over £1000 by cycling a whopping 77 miles!
The team set off at 9am, each jumping on the stationary bike on the first floor of Calico’s head office to rack up the mileage.
The 77-mile ‘route’ stopped at every other DFN Project SEARCH location in Lancashire, including Places for People in Preston, Blackburn Asda, Hutton Police HQ and Colne Asda.
“Our target was to raise £300, and we’ve made over £1000 – phenomenal. It’s great knowing the money raised will go towards helping more people in Burnley”.
Students from Burnley’s DFN Project SEARCH class all enjoyed having a spin on the bike for charity. Colleagues from Calico and volunteers from Burnley College and BFC in the Community also hopped on to help tally up the miles.
Corey, one of six from the Burnley cohort, said: “Everyone has got up and had a go and it’s for a great cause. I really enjoyed when I volunteered at Burnley Together so it’s good knowing how it’s going to help people”.
Throughout the day, colleagues guessed at the time it would take for the group to complete their challenge – ranging from an optimistic 5 hours, all the way up to 8. The team managed to smash the challenge in just 6hr45.
Maria Bolton, DFN Burnley Project SEARCH tutor, said: “In the morning, we were on track for 12 hours after a slow start – but we all sped up and smashed it!”.
The event celebrated National Supported Internship Day on 27th March. Across Lancashire, all Project SEARCH cohorts were tasked with a raising awareness by challenging themselves to different tasks.
Sarah Moorhouse, Project SEARCH tutor, said: “We had a brainstorming session to come up with ideas to fund raise. Out of other ideas like pie eating and wrestling, we all decided bike riding was the best!”
If you’d like to donate, please visit their Just Giving fundraising page.