{"id":15808,"date":"2022-08-20T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=15808"},"modified":"2022-08-10T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T15:21:50","slug":"servicemaster-clean-bournemouth-completes-charity-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/servicemaster-clean-bournemouth-completes-charity-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"ServiceMaster Clean Bournemouth completes charity bike ride"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The director of ServiceMaster Clean Bournemouth completed the Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michelle\u00a0Walker\u00a0of\u00a0ServiceMaster\u00a0Clean Bournemouth\u00a0and her husband Gavin\u00a0have been training\u00a0to take part in the Macmillan Dorset\u00a0Charity\u00a0Bike Ride, which takes place annually\u00a0on the first Sunday in July.<\/p>\n

The Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride was founded in 1989 by Peter Smith-Nicholls, who wanted to find an ongoing way to continue his fundraising efforts for Macmillan, which began with his cycle ride from John O\u2019Groats to Land\u2019s End in 1988. Since then, the bike ride has taken place on the first Sunday and is organised by a community of volunteers from the Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride Fundraising Group. This year, the group was expected to raise over \u00a335\u2019000 from around 325 riders, including Michelle and Gavin.<\/p>\n

The money raised by the ride is vital, as it ensures that Macmillan services, which provide essential care to cancer patients in the area can continue to run. Fundraisers like this are the lifeblood of organisations like Macmillan, who without them, wouldn\u2019t be able to afford to keep operating.<\/p>\n

\u201cMacmillan services are urgently needed now more than ever but they simply can\u2019t continue them without your help. Please donate today to help make sure Macmillan can keep delivering this critical support. Macmillan nurses, doctors and other health professionals up and down the country are there to continue to support people living with and beyond cancer,\u201d says the Fundraising Group.<\/p>\n

On their JustGiving page, Michelle has extended her thanks to all those supporting the ride:<\/p>\n

\u201cMacmillan gives people with cancer everything they\u2019ve got,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally have 4 immediate family members that have been struck with this awful disease and recently a close family friend, so I am sure as your reading this, you can perhaps relate to my experience with people close to you,\u2019 she adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t save the world through this bike ride alone, but I can try and raise an amount of money that may just may, contribute towards the research to cure people. In memory of Mum and Dad\u2026 For all others close by or in my memory, you are not forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each participant rode a distance of either 38, 48, 63, or 100 miles through the Dorset countryside. Michelle and Gavin\u00a0participated\u00a0in the 48-mile ride, raising \u00a3345 for Macmillan,\u00a0and\u00a0smashing their \u00a3200 target. Posting on her JustGiving page after the ride, Michelle said, \u201cThank you\u00a0[to]\u00a0everyone who donated to such a worthy cause. We completed the ride in 4 hrs 42. Loved every minute\u2026 well almost. Thank you so much from\u00a0[the]\u00a0both of us!\u201d<\/p>\n

If you would like to get in touch with Michelle and the rest of the ServiceMaster Clean Bournemouth team, don\u2019t hesitate to call to book a professional carpet and upholstery cleaning service in Bournemouth and the surrounding areas. Or if you are interested in starting your very own ServiceMaster Clean business, give the ServiceMaster franchise sales team a call to find out about available territories near you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The director of ServiceMaster Clean Bournemouth completed the Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Michelle\u00a0Walker\u00a0of\u00a0ServiceMaster\u00a0Clean Bournemouth\u00a0and her husband Gavin\u00a0have been training\u00a0to take part in the Macmillan Dorset\u00a0Charity\u00a0Bike Ride, which takes place annually\u00a0on the first Sunday in July. The Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride was founded in 1989 by Peter Smith-Nicholls, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,1529],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleaning-franchises","category-servicemaster-clean-residential"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Picture11.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}