THANK YOU MATT!

THANK YOU MATT!

For a first at George House Trust, we had someone fundraising for us by taking part in the London Night Cycle.

Matt Thornton took on the challenge and used his own story to garner support and tell people about the vital work we do at George House Trust. Before the ride, Matt had said

“anyone who lives with HIV will know, support is one of the key things to get you through the early months of diagnosis and George House Trust do such an amazing job of helping people that I felt compelled to try to raise as much money for them and their amazing work as I can”

Matt managed to absolutely smash his fundraising target and afterwards gave us a bit more information on the event and an update on his experience:

“The London Nightrider Challenge is a 100km circular route around London, starting and ending at the Lee Valley Velodrome, where the likes of Victoria Pendleton won Gold in the 2012 London Olympics.  Now I’m not saying I’m anything like Victoria Pendleton, but to do the Nightrider Challenge, you certainly need alot of stamina to cope with the fact that you’re riding through the night and there are some pretty steep hills throughout the route!  So my training for the event started back in the dark days of February, when it was cold, wet and miserable.  The promise of better weather ahead and the fact that so many wonderful friends and family had sponsored me, got me through those early dark days to complete the Challenge on the 9/10th June 2018.  It’s a fantastic event, that’s well organised, fun and there’s an enormous sense of achievement once you’ve finished it!  The picture featured in this story is taken of me at the 95km mark in the Challenge…I can’t actually believe I have a smile on my face, considering I felt like I wanted to throw up by that point!”

If you want to follow in Matt’s footsteps and raise money to help support people living with HIV then check out the fundraising section of our website or request one of our brand new Fundraising Packs to get hints, tips and ideas to really kickstart your fundraising efforts!