Medical Detection Dogs get boost from Bike Ride
North Bucks Bike Ride sponsored by Bloor Homes has enabled participants to raise over £8000 for local charities, including Medical Detection Dogs.
North Bucks Bike Ride sponsored by Bloor Homes has enabled participants to raise over £8000 for local charities, including Medical Detection Dogs.
Medical Detection Dogs, along with other charities supported by the annual North Bucks Bike Ride have benefitted from fundraising following the success of this year’s summer event.
Bloor Homes was amongst the sponsors supporting the fundraiser, which saw a record 350 cyclists of all ages and abilities taking part, securing more than £8K of fundraising in total.
Dog training charity Medical Detection Dogs, the primary beneficiary, has been training dogs to ‘detect the odour of human disease in urine, breath and sweat’ for the past 10 years. ‘Qualified’ four legged friends are then with people who have a variety of conditions, alerting them to changes and serious situations in a ‘more efficient and less invasive’ way.
Organised by Lions Club of Winslow and Winslow Wheelers Cycle Club, North Bucks Bike Ride gave cyclists the opportunity to tackle different courses ranging from 20km to 100 miles.
Jack Costello, Sales Director at Bloor Homes’ South Midlands said: “When we were approached by North Bucks Bike Ride to support this year’s event benefiting Medical Detection Dogs who are based just 1.5 miles from our new Winslow Park development, it was a no-brainer. Congratulations to everyone who took part; this was a fantastic event with an unprecedented turnout of 350 people all having fun for local charities. And the sun shone!”
Bloor Homes has a range of two, three, four and five bedroom new and sustainable homes across eight different house styles available at Winslow Park, close to the popular market town of Winslow.
Not only is the development within easy reach of Milton Keynes and Oxford for commuters, it is located within catchment for good schools including Buckinghamshire Grammar Schools. To find out more, visit the development located off Great Horwood Road, Winslow, or bloorhomes.com
To find out more about Medical Detection Dogs, visit: www.medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk
To find out more about Winslow Lions Club and the North Bucks Bike Ride, visit: winslowlions.org.uk