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At Galliford Try Partnerships we are completing an 850 mile Cycling Challenge for World Child Cancer. Why that far? Well, it is the distance between our UK offices. The first 800 miles will be completed by employees over four days (24th to 27th September) using static bikes in our regional offices. The final 60 miles will take place on roads across Dartmoor finishing in Exeter on Friday 28th September.

The important thing to remember is I am doing it for a worthy cause - World Child Cancer.

Galliford Try Partnerships teamed up with World Child Cancer as its nominated charity for 2018/19. Divisionally, we aim to raise £50,000 over the next 12-months for this small but vital organisation which seeks to support children around the world who do not have access to treatment and support. This target will be achieved with the help of regional business units which have each been set a task of raising £5,000 - we hope to meet (and beat) that challenge.

Thank you for your support in helping us to raise as much money as possible!

The need: Childhood cancer in the developing world​

Over 300,000 children worldwide develop cancer each year. If the illness is detected early enough, many of these children can be cured - as many as 80% of children with cancer in the developed world survive. However, in developing countries, survival rates can be as low as 10%. In addition, many children are dying without effective pain relief.

The following highlights just the small ways your fundraising will be used:

• £25 funds accurate diagnosis for 10 children in Bangladesh

• £50 pays for life-saving chemotherapy for a child in Ghana

• £100 could support accurate diagnosis for 5 children with cancer in Cameroon

• £200 covers the salary of a nurse on a children's cancer ward in Cameroon for a month

• £300 covers the cost of a play-worker on a children's cancer ward in Myanmar for a year