insideKENT Magazine Issue 40 - July 2015 | Page 155

CHARITY

RAISE FUNDS FOR YOUR LOCAL
CHURCH WITH RIDE AND STRIDE

NON-UNIFORM DAY RAISES £1,260
FOR NEPAL EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
Chairman, Nigel, at Ride or Stride 2014 with a group of friends

Taking place throughout England and Wales on the second Saturday of
September each year, Ride and Stride is organised by each region's local
County Churches Trust – Kent's being the Friends of Kent Churches.
The aim is to raise funds for your local church and to help other
churches in Kent; people of any age are sponsored to go from church to
church, visiting as many as possible by either walking or biking. Partakers
can even take a dog along – or a horse if preferred!
In 2014, a whopping 740 churches in Kent opened their doors to
raise a fabulous total of £138,616! All denominations are welcome, and in
the last 10 years alone, Friends of Kent Churches has given over £1,330,000
to the county's churches, therefore preser f