Pedal power
Cyclists take the Chestnut route to raise funds
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his autumn, a number of our Chestnut team embarked on an epic 500km cycle ride around all of our properties, in support of the Norfolk Community Foundation and to continue our important fundraising efforts for The Giving Tree. Currently, more people than ever are struggling with energy bills, rising mortgage rates and the cost of their weekly shop. We wanted to act to help our local communities and, when the opportunity came up to support the Norfolk Community Foundation’s Nourishing Norfolk initiative, we jumped at the chance. Nourishing Norfolk was established in 2021 and brings together groups both big and small who work at grassroots level to ensure communities have access to affordable, healthy food. Through its food hubs, Nourishing Norfolk helps to feed thousands of locals each week. After a lot of planning (and training), fast-forward to 11th October when a team of nine cyclists set off from The Carpenters Arms on a route that took them from the wetlands and fields in Cambridgeshire, to the rolling hills of Constable Country, onto the winding country roads of the Suffolk and
Norfolk coasts, before finishing four days later at The Weeping Willow on 14th October. The core team of four, including an assistant manager, two head chefs, and an operations manager gallantly rode the full 500km and were joined along the way by the 10 equally important support cyclists, who completed partial sections of the Safari. Thanks to the efforts of everyone that took part in the ride and our sponsors, Birketts, Abbeygate Wealth Management and Adnams, we’ve been able to raise over £20,000 for our local communities to be able to access affordable, healthy food. The money raised is incredibly helpful to the Norfolk Community Foundation, which supports over 2,000 small charitable groups, and will go towards funding additional food hubs across the county as they become increasingly in demand. We want to say a big thanks to everyone who took part in cycling, organising, donating, and sharing of this great Giving Tree initiative by our team. Well done to everyone involved! For those who would still like to donate, you can do so online on our Go Fund Me page, just search Chestnut Cycle Safari Go Fund Me on our website.
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