Southern Water and delivery partner executives have raised thousands of pounds from a charity bike ride around the Isle of Wight, covering over 65 kilometres in total.
The bike ride was in aid of Waterside Community Trust and Sail 4 Cancer.
The team completed the bike ride, despite facing torrential rain as they set off from Cowes.
However this didn’t dampen their spirits, and later that day the sun put its hat on, with the team completing the bike ride and finishing with a well earned stop at the pub.
A total of £7,500 was raised, with the money for Waterside Community Trust going towards the continued delivery of its Sea Safe Programme, which is shared with local schools in June on Sandown beach.
This aims to teach vital drowning prevention messages and lifesaving skills, as part of the Ryde Beach Lifeguards preventative approach to lifesaving.
The fundraising t-shirts that were worn on the day, were kindly supplied free of charge by Island Embroidery.
Todd Miller, Manager - Waterside Community Trust:
“We are touched that Southern Water and their delivery partners thought of us when undertaking their fundraising bike ride.
"We are often overseen as a charity, but our local impact is vast and this money will be invested in our continued delivery of our drowning prevention programmes.”
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