TO RAISE much-needed funds for the Great North Air Ambulance Service, Venture Properties’ Dan Stephenson, office manager of the Chester-le-Street branch, has roped colleagues, their family members and friends into a Tour de Branch, Venture’s own version of the world-famous Tour de France.
Working together, Dan and Darlington’s lettings manager, Matthew Laverick-Elliott, have devised a plan which includes 24 riders starting at the company’s most northerly office in Chester-le-Street and finishing at its most southerly office in Darlington, visiting branches in Durham, Crook and Bishop Auckland en route. A grand total of 41 miles will be covered by riders on ‘race day’ – Sunday, August 20. The event will start at 7am and aim to finish by 1pm.
To donate to this very special charity please visit the tour’s Just Giving page at justgiving.com/fundraising/venturetourdebranch.
As always, promotion on social media is crucial to gathering more support, so please follow the progress on facebook.com/ventureproperties or twitter.com/ventureprop and share/re-tweet the stories as we build up to the event.
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