Rod Smallwood Heading to Cuba for Annual Bike Ride
According to a post on the band's official website, their manager Rod Smallwood will be participating in a charity bike ride on Cuba to raise money for two children's charities; Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy and Childline. He writes:Our ride last year in Egypt was such a great success for the Charities, raising close to a quarter of a million pounds (about $385,000), that they asked me to arrange another just before we go off on tour. We are all aware of the difficult times many Charities are having in these harsh economic times, so, on Jan 26, myself and 24 hardy souls are heading for Cuba to cycle 100 miles over a 48 hour period once again in aid of two splendid Children's charities, Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy and Childline. I am hoping to personally reach £66,600, having fallen marginally short of this last year and am of course paying all the related costs personally so anything that is contributed goes straight to the charity.
In addition, there will be an online auction for fan club members:
To assist this, like last year for Egypt, we are having an online auction exclusive to FC members, details of which are below. I hope you will like the items on offer so may the best fan win! If any of you would like to make a contribution otherwise, no matter how large or small, you can do so easily and safely at www.justgiving.com/RodSmallwood . Any assistance is much appreciated. We will post on here a link to the website after the ride so you can see some of the havoc caused by our intrepid gang -- to give you some idea last year's Egypt ride is here.
Head here to read Rod's full message and details of the auction.