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Cycle challenge underway to raise funds for our Robot Appeal

13 November 2023
Maxine and Jo are pictured on static cycles in our main foyer, with Joe from PureGym standing behind and between them, holding a fundraising bucket. Another bucket hands from the front of Maxine's cycle. Both women wear James Paget Charity T-shirts, which are white with the charity logo - featuring different colour flying seagulls - on the front.
Our charity cycle challenge is underway in our foyer – with our Chief Executive Jo Segasby, right, and Charity Manager Maxine Taylor, left, the two cyclists who started the first shift at 9am.
Pictured with them is Joe Racey, manager at PureGym Great Yarmouth who have kindly provided the two cycles for the challenge.
The challenge will see members of staff pedal for up to an hour at a time on the static cycles with the aim of completing the distance from John O’Groats to Land’s End – the length of the UK – over the course of five days from today until Friday, 17 November. This will be equivalent to over 830 miles.
The aim is to raise as much money as possible for our hospital charity surgical Robot Appeal.
While the challenge is on there will be collection buckets and QR codes for people to donate online available in the main reception area.
We will share our team’s progress during the week and all money raised will go the surgical Robot Appeal, as we work towards collecting the £1.6million required to purchase the device that will help our surgeons perform surgery with greater precision through smaller incisions.
You can find out more about our appeal and make a donation here; https://www.jpaget-charity.org.uk/appeal/surgical-robot-appeal
We’d like to thank PureGym Great Yarmouth for their support with this fundraiser. You can find out more about the Pasteur Road gym here; https://www.puregym.com/gyms/great-yarmouth/

Update Wednesday 15 November

As our team continue their cycle challenge to ride virtually from Land’s End to John O’Groats, they are now well into Scotland after starting the journey from Cornwall and completing around 575 miles in the first two days.

As they may well complete the initial challenge today, they have decided to extend the route and head back down towards the south coast as they continue cycling until Friday – and now the aim is to complete as many miles as possible in the time frame.

So far the team have raised more than £730 via the buckets in our foyer.  

If you’re visiting our hospital this week please say hello and perhaps drop some coins into the collection buckets if you can – all funds raised are going to our Robot Appeal which aims to raise £1.6million to purchase a surgical robot for the James Paget, which will help our surgeons perform surgery with greater precision through smaller incisions.