Thanks for visiting my Irish Coastal Charity Cycle fundraising page on iDonate.ie. To celebrate turning 50 this year, I am cycling the Irish Coastline to raise funds and awareness for three great charities, these are Children in Hospital Ireland, Irish Cancer Society and The Alzheimer Society of Ireland. 

The challenge will take me around the Irish coastline from Dublin, in an anti-clockwise route, covering 5100+kms over 50 days in the saddle with 7 rest days mixed in, all of these kms will be cycled in my customised Derry City FC cycling jersey, A.K.A. The Candy Stripes Wheeler. #RAWA

The reason I'm raising for each of the charities is:

• The Irish Cancer Society – I lost my da to cancer when he was in his early sixties back in 2001. This was an unexpected shock to our family and he passed away after a very short fight with cancer, which can be a cruel illness. Since then I’ve done a number of fundraisers for this charity, as I believe it’s a worthwhile cause as it impacts a lot of people in Ireland.
• The Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland – my ma has had dementia going on 8 years, this is another awful illness and has had a big impact on my ma and on all of our family and friends. Until my ma had it, I had only ever heard about the disease but not fully comprehended the impact it can have on a family, it is a truly awful disease, so I’m glad I can help out by raising funds for the society
• Children in Hospital – this is Grant Thornton’s chosen charity partner for 2024, and I've been working with them for 20 years. In all my charity fundraisers I've done in that times, at least 75-80% of donations have come from GT Staff past and present, so this is me paying it forward to CIH. I don’t have kids myself, but I have enough nephews and nieces (and great nephews and nieces, yes I am that old) to understand that when your kid is in hospital, everything stops, and the services CIH provide are truly fantastic

All funds raised here will go directly to these charities. I greatly appreciate any donation made, thanks for your support,

William McCann.

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