In a bid to raise funds and awareness for SIS’s exciting new project, Clober Farm, Project Co-ordinator Shaun Dargan and Kenny Herriot, Spinal Injuries Scotland member and one of the world’s leading wheelchair athletes and motivational speaker have been challenged to an 8 day cycle event, touring the length of Scotland. Whilst on this journey Shaun and Kenny will be stopping in at various sites to let people know why they are doing the challenge and why a place like Clober Farm is so very important to those with a Spinal Cord Injury.
It is planned that Clober Farm, near Milngavie, will be converted into a state of the art centre for those who have suffered a spinal injury as well as a showcase for modern integrated design of a functioning living space adapted for those in with Spinal Cord Injuries of all levels. Working with architects, designers, planners, local authorities and wheelchair users, SIS envisage Clober Farm to show how existing products and techniques can be used to provide an adaptive environment that is suitable for everyone. The charity needs to raise funds to complete this project.
Shaun and Kenny will set off on August 8th from Mull of Galloway to Loch Ness, by way of John o’ Groats, Orkney and Shetland.
Kenny Herriot has participated in events worldwide such as “The Great Lemon Ride – 4000 miles from San Francisco to New York and has been voted Aberdeen’s sportsman of the year three times. He says: “When Spinal Injuries Scotland asked me to take part in this event there is no way I could decline. Spinal Injuries Scotland has been great support to me since 2000 when a motorbike accident left me paralysed from the waist down. Also, handcycling is a great way to see Scotland’s countryside and I’m just hoping that the weather goes easy on us”
Shaun Dargan, Project Coordinator of SIS isn’t one of the worlds leading athletes, he is just a normal guy who cycles from time to time that loves a challenge. He has a passion for making Clober Farm a centre of excellence for adaptive living whilst still being something people could replicate in their own homes. He says, “I’ve seen Kenny race and was really excited when I was given an opportunity to cycle with him. I have never taken on a challenge quite like this but I’m sure Kenny and I will make a great team, not only in terms of the cycle but of getting SIS’s message of education and awareness across Scotland!” Donations can be made via the SIS office detailed below, or through http://www.justgiving.com/siscrosscountrycycle
PEDAL POWER TO BOOST FUNDS FOR NEW ACCESSIBLE ACCOMODATION
SPINAL INJURIES SCOTLAND CYCLE CHALLENGE 2011
In a bid to raise funds and awareness for SIS’s exciting new project, Clober Farm, Project Co-ordinator Shaun Dargan and Kenny Herriot, Spinal Injuries Scotland member and one of the world’s leading wheelchair athletes and motivational speaker have been challenged to an 8 day cycle event, touring the length of Scotland. Whilst on this journey Shaun and Kenny will be stopping in at various sites to let people know why they are doing the challenge and why a place like Clober Farm is so very important to those with a Spinal Cord Injury.
It is planned that Clober Farm, near Milngavie, will be converted into a state of the art respite centre for those who have suffered a spinal injury as well as a showcase for modern integrated design of a functioning living space adapted for those in with Spinal Cord Injuries of all levels. Working with architects, designers, planners, local authorities and wheelchair users, SIS envisage Clober Farm to show how existing products and techniques can be used to provide an adaptive environment that is suitable for everyone. The charity needs to raise funds to complete this project.
Shaun and Kenny will set off on August 8th from Mull of Galloway to Loch Ness, by way of John o’ Groats, Orkney and Shetland.
Kenny Herriot has participated in events worldwide such as “The Great Lemon Ride – 4000 miles from San Francisco to New York and has been voted Aberdeen’s sportsman of the year three times. He says: “When Spinal Injuries Scotland asked me to take part in this event there is no way I could decline. Spinal Injuries Scotland has been great support to me since 2000 when a motorbike accident left me paralysed from the waist down. Also, handcycling is a great way to see Scotland’s countryside and I’m just hoping that the weather goes easy on us”
Shaun Dargan, Project Coordinator of SIS isn’t one of the worlds leading athletes, he is just a normal guy who cycles from time to time that loves a challenge. He has a passion for making Clober Farm a centre of excellence for adaptive living whilst still being something people could replicate in their own homes. He says, “I’ve seen Kenny race and was really excited when I was given an opportunity to cycle with him. I have never taken on a challenge quite like this but I’m sure Kenny and I will make a great team, not only in terms of the cycle but of getting SIS’s message of education and awareness across Scotland!” Donations can be made via the SIS office detailed below, or through http://www.justgiving.com/siscrosscountrycycle
