Where there’s a wheel – there’s a way! Health visiting team rises to the TriHV Challenge 2015

14th September 2015

A determined team of health visitors may be wishing they had more padding as they cycle a gruelling 170 miles across the country from the west coast of England to the east coast in aid of the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV).  The iHV will use the money to support research helping all children have the best start in life.

As part of this year’s TriHV fundraising challenge 2015 for the Institute, the team will be tackling the Way of the Roses, starting from Morecambe in Lancashire on Friday 18 September, and ending in Bridlington in Yorkshire, three days and 170 very tough miles later, on Sunday 20 September.

The demanding cycle ride is the final challenge for this superhuman team of health visitors who will complete a triathlon over three weekends – known as the “TriHV”.  This includes a swim, three relay teams competing in the Hull Marathon on Sunday 13 September, as well as the concluding 170 mile cycle along the Way of the Roses the following weekend!

Dr Cheryll Adams, Executive Director of the Institute of Health Visiting, said: “The Institute is absolutely thrilled to have such a fantastic team helping us establish this  research programme. The TriHV health visitor team have been wonderfully generous with their time and personal efforts in supporting the Institute and we are very grateful to them. We know how hard the team have been training on top of their mostly full time jobs, and we wish them the very best of luck with the Way of the Roses Challenge.”

The Institute of Health Visiting, a charity, is a Centre of Excellence seeking to improve health outcomes for all children, families and communities by using research to strengthen health visiting services across the UK.

Melita Walker, Professional Development Officer at iHV and Health Visitor with City Health Care Partnership in Hull, said: “The TriHV team have been training hard, none of them were cyclists before signing up to this challenge. It was daunting when we first started training… but now we’re ready for the Way of the Roses.   The team is amazing and I’m very proud and honoured to be part of it!”

Melita Walker added: “We invite anyone who is interested in supporting children to have the best start in life to join us on the route – we’d love to be spurred on by lots of cheering and clapping.”

To sponsor the TriHV team visit their Virgin Money Giving page –http://bit.ly/1HGAbHi

 

Follow their ups and downs along the Way of the Roses athttps://www.facebook.com/TriHV2015 and on Twitter at #TriHV

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Come along to support the team at one of the stop points on the Way of the Roses route:

 http://wayoftheroses.info/route

For more information or to arrange an interview with one of the TriHV team, please contact: Julie Cooper [email protected]