CADS - Wolverhampton

Yesterday, our amazing colleague, Kev Baldwin returned from his 4,000 mile cycle ride around the coast of mainland UK. It’s been four months since Kev’s departure from Ness point in Lowestoft and 33 years since he started his career journey at CADS. Kev popped into CADS head office in Great Yarmouth yesterday afternoon for a retirement send off complete with pizza, cake, and tales of the road, before heading off south on the final leg of his magnificent journey - back to Ness point where he was greeted by a large gathering of friends, family and well wishers.

The total amount of money raised for Cancer Research UK now stands at a fantastic £15,681.65, with donations still continuing to pour in. There’s still time to donate if you can, by heading over to Kev’s Compass 4 Cancer giving page at the link below. A massive thank you to everyone who has supported Kev on his travels and to those of you who have made a contribution to Kev’s charity fundraiser. Well done Kev, you're a real life superhero and a true inspiration! Happy retirement from all of us at CADS.

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/compass4cancer

Check out Kev’s Instagram to find out more about his travels at
https://www.instagram.com/compass4cancer/

Happy Friday everyone! We hope your week has gone as well as the progress of our cycling colleague Kevin Baldwin’s. If you’ve been following our updates, you’ll know that Kev is currently cycling the coast of mainland UK to raise £20,000 for Cancer Research UK. After seeing the sights of Blackpool earlier in the week, today saw Kev enter Cumbria, his final county before hitting Scotland. After the soaring temperatures of earlier in the week, Kev reports “The weather is holding, and the temperature is much kinder to cyclists today.”

CADS colleagues are still continuing to do their bit to support Kev’s efforts by clocking up the miles in our own fundraising challenge. Two teams of colleagues (group 1 and group 2) are taking part in various fitness activities such as cycling, running, walking, or swimming. If we can raise £1K, CADS will donate a further £1K to add to Kev's Cancer Research fundraising total. CADS’ Testing Engineer Jonathon Orland’s group 1 have this week overtaken Group 2 led by CADS’ Head of Operations, Clare Montgomery, by 14 miles! This brings group one’s total milage to 1981 and group two’s milage to 1967. As always, well done and a massive thank you to both groups.

Follow Kev's journey on Instagram - and if you can, please donate to Kev’s at:

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/compass4cancer

If you’re taking part in the CADS fundraiser, please get your family and friends involved by asking them to donate whatever they can to Kev's fundraising page (link below) and adding the word "CADS" in brackets when they make a donation, so we know it's in support of CADS team efforts. All money raised goes towards Kev's total.

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Our Testing Engineer Joe Scullion has set himself the challenge of running 56 miles during February in a fundraising effort for Cancer Research UK. Having worked on his fitness during 2021, including losing over six stone in weight, he felt he was ready to challenge himself and raise a bit of money for a fantastic cause close to his heart - Cancer Research UK.

His original aim was to £56 - £1 for every mile run throughout the duration of the challenge. However, he has already smashed that target and would love to reach £280 - or £5 for every mile run.

He is tracking his miles on the Just Giving page below, where you can read more about the challenge and his updates along the way. If you would like to donate and anything you'd like to donate would be much appreciated.

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/joes-run-56-giving-page-6