On Friday 19th May the 105VS team will be hosting a social 105km bike ride starting in Westminster and finishing in Windsor to raise funds for our charity partners, Westminster Wheels, The Abbey Centre, The Grey Coat Hospital School, Wondering Minds ; St Matthew's primary school and Pimlico Ladies. Your kind donations will help us raise our £15,000 target for these worthy causes.
You will be aware of 105VS’s Social Strategy which we launched in the old House of Fraser space last year. A key partner of our social strategy is Westminster Wheels, a local charity which supports young, disadvantaged people in the borough to train as bike mechanics who then transform unwanted and unloved bikes into high-quality and affordable rides for Westminster residents. They aim to refurbish 2,000 bikes per year and donate 400 newly refurbished bikes to Westminster residents who need them most.
Given this partnership and given the lengths we have gone to making cycling and sustainable travel and a key element in the finished 105VS scheme, it seems right to make our flagship Social Strategy event of 2023 all about cycling!
To make it even more of a challenge, some of the team will be completing the 105km loop on some very old bikes!
A huge thank you to all involved for their generous support.