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The Sponsored Bike RideThe Annual Sponsored Bike Ride is a National event and every second Saturday in September cyclists all round the Country are out making money for their local County Churches Trust. The idea started in Suffolk some 25 years ago and consistently Suffolk has headed the table of funds raised. In 2003 this was over £150,000 and this is the main source of income to the Trust to enable it to make grants to churches in need.The ride is inter-denominational and cyclists are invited to seek sponsors who will undertake to pay an agreed sum of money for each place of worship visited by the cyclist between 10.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. on the Bike Ride Day. The money raised by each participant is shared equally between the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust and the place of worship nominated by the cyclist. As important as the cyclists, are the many volunteers who give up the day to man the churches and chapels and sign in the cyclists as they arrive. Last year almost 600 places of worship were manned during the day and that takes quite a team of volunteers! It is a real community effort that is the lifeblood of the trust. The event will take place on the second Saturday in September. Please get out and help raise much needed funds to carry forward the work of the Trust. The County has been split into a number of areas, each looked after by a local Bike Ride Co-ordinator. If you would like more information or to be put in touch with your local organiser, please click here to contact us by email or click here for our telephone number or address. > Calendar of Trust Events > Calendar of Church Events |
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Grundisburgh Grundisburgh, with its south porch tower. The valleys of the Gipping and Deben are home to almost all of Suffolk's 23 south porch towers. |
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