{"id":92125,"date":"2018-05-21T13:33:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T13:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=996f2fbb1c7988a55c00646c92a33a7f"},"modified":"2018-05-21T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T13:33:32","slug":"press-release-companies-house-staff-thanked-for-supporting-merthyr-mans-mammoth-cycle-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=92125","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Companies House staff thanked for supporting Merthyr man\u2019s mammoth cycle challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Daniels, 55, is hoping to cover the equivalent 18,000 miles \u2013 all while seated on a static bike \u2013 to set a world record and raise money for cancer charities.<\/p>\n

Former civil servant Chris spent a week peddling furiously in the foyer at Companies House in Cardiff, where staff donated generously and even joined him during the virtual ride.<\/p>\n

Chris, from Merthyr Tydfil, is undertaking the feat in memory of his late wife, Rita, who sadly died in 2016 after a battle with bowel cancer.<\/p>\n

Chris said:<\/p>\n

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Rita wanted to raise awareness and funds to fight all forms of cancer so in her honour I will be riding for Bowel Cancer UK, Velindre Cancer Centre and Cancer Research Wales.<\/p>\n

Rita was an incredibly inspirational person but sadly we lost her to bowel cancer. I\u2019m doing this for her and everybody else who has been affected by cancer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He has staged rides at venues across Wales, where people have donated money and joined in to raise funds for cancer charities of their choosing.<\/p>\n

So far, the efforts of Chris and his supporters have raised nearly \u00a360,000 for 25 cancer charities.<\/p>\n

He added:<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve had amazing support at places like Companies House from amazing people who have shown incredible generosity.<\/p>\n

Every bit of that keeps me going.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Louise Smyth, Chief Executive of Companies House, said:<\/p>\n

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Well done to Chris who has taken on this mammoth challenge for a really worthy cause that affects so many of us.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great to see so many people at Companies House give up their time, money and sweat in support of that and with big smiles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Chris\u2019 attempt, which began in December 2017, will be broken into four stages, which will see him cover vast distances across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.<\/p>\n

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To donate, visit his Just Giving page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

You can follow Chris\u2019 progress on his Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A cyclist who is seeking to pedal across the globe in memory of his late wife has thanked staff at Companies House for their support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}