Nursing home staff take on 168-mile ride

Staff at a Blackpool nursing home got on their bikes to support good causes.
By The Newsroom
Published 30th May 2017, 16:54 BST
Updated 4th Jun 2017, 21:05 BST
Pedal power from staff at Sandycroft Nursing Home: (From L to R) Marlene Balmer, Helen Allinson, Jane Lyth, Laura Brade, Gaby Zazel, Adele Moore, Joanne Gillard, Dean Stickley.Pedal power from staff at Sandycroft Nursing Home: (From L to R) Marlene Balmer, Helen Allinson, Jane Lyth, Laura Brade, Gaby Zazel, Adele Moore, Joanne Gillard, Dean Stickley.
Pedal power from staff at Sandycroft Nursing Home: (From L to R) Marlene Balmer, Helen Allinson, Jane Lyth, Laura Brade, Gaby Zazel, Adele Moore, Joanne Gillard, Dean Stickley.

Budding cyclists at Sandycroft Nursing Home, in Lytham Road, saddled up on exercise bikes and took part in a sponsored Charity Bike-a-thon.

Participants – including newly-engaged carer Laura Brade – cycled 168 miles to raise money for Trinity Hospice and to help highlight Dementia Awareness Week, which took place earlier this month.

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General manager at Sandycroft, Jane Lyth, said: “It was a tremendous effort from all of the staff and we’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who donated so generously. Trinity Hospice provides a wonderful service that improves the quality of life for people with terminal illnesses and their families, and we’re very happy to support it in any way we can.”

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