St Joseph’s School helps launch Sea-Wheeling event for Apostleship of the Sea

A Round-Britain Bike Ride has launched from the port of Hull. Sea-Wheeling is a charity bike ride consisting of 60 towns in 60 days with one aim – to raise funds for Apostleship of the Sea’s (AoS) work with seafarers.

To help kick-start the celebrations, David Savage and Tim Phipps, two of the intrepid cyclists, went along to St Joseph’s School in Grimsby to talk to the children about Sea-Wheeling and why the event was so important to raise funds for AoS so they can continue to support seafarers. Seafarers are often a hidden workforce, working hard to bring us everyday items such as coffee, tea and bananas. Things we often take for granted, thinking they will just be available.

St Joseph’s School has a good relationship with AoS and have undertaken several fundraising events in the past, so it was fitting that the riders visited the school. In fact, David Savage himself is originally from the area.

The children at the school prepared a welcome for the riders and a good luck send off. David talked to them about the event and the route the cyclists were taking, and to help the children understand the enormity of the voyage, a route map was displayed with all the stops on. All the children had loads of questions for the cyclists about their adventure and about seafarers. The staff had also raised a fantastic amount amongst themselves to support AoS.

David and the other riders are completing this tough challenge to raise funds for AoS. They are asking for help to meet their £100,000 target. You can visit the Sea-Wheeling JustGiving page at www.justgiving.com/seawheeling to donate online. David will also be blogging about his cycle experience as he goes along. If you would like to keep up-to-date with the adventure, you can by visiting David’s Blog at http://seawheeling.blogspot.com

If you would like to find out more about the work of AoS, you can visit their website at www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk