Join our Charity Fund4Trees (F4Ts) ride being held as part of the “Trees, People & the Built Environment II” conference & help get proceedings off to a flying-start
Ride Aims: (1) Raise monies for urban tree research & study bursaries and (2) Take the message to schoolchildren about the important environmental value of trees in towns & cities via hands-on tree planting and interactive group discussion.
Meeting Point / Time: 8:30am at the University of Birmingham Guild of Students Union Building on Edgbaston Park Road.
Taking Part: Please visit - http://fund4trees.org.uk/2014/02/17/2014-ride-for-research-birmingham-open-to-applicants/
Finish Time / Location: 2.00pm at the University of Birmingham for a ceremonial tree planting with Professor Julian Evans OBE FICFor President, ICF.
Route: A relatively flat route (approx. 17 miles long): roughly 50:50 between road and towpaths taking in traditional Birmingham sights such as the historic parts of Bourneville, urban parks, country parks and the canals. We will visit two schools* en route for fun educational tree planting session.
Lunch @ the Canon Hill Park cafe: Will be provided: please advise if you are a vegetarian.
Rider Sponsorship: To take part £150.00 is required. To obtain your sponsorship a please visit the Just-Giving page: http://fund4trees.org.uk/2014/02/17/start-a-fundraising-page-with-justgiving/
Please sign-up for Gift-Aid when making donations as the F4Ts Charity gains an extra 20%.
Insurance: The Ride and school tree planting events will be insured by Fund4Trees but riders are advised to take out personal ride insurance for the day**.
* We aim to get all - if not most of - the schools to turn-out for the tree planting. For any given ride we could engage with 400+ children.
** Insuring each rider would be prohibitively expensive and divert important resources away from urban tree research and bursaries.
For more Ride info. contact Russell Ball - Mob. 078844 26671 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
