STS is sponsoring 10 students from a number of UK universities who want to challenge themselves physically and mentally during their work-placement year by cycling over 900 miles from London to Monte Carlo. Their aim is to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Many members of the team have been affected by cancer and are personally very supportive of the work Cancer Research does. The members who haven't been affected directly are aware of the great work the charity carries out and are very eager to help the cause. The team has set themselves an ambitious target of raising £40,000.
Cycle team member, Michael Stannard, currently doing his work-placement at IBM says: "Choosing Cancer Research UK was the right decision for our charity of support. Cancer will have had an impact on a vast majority of people's lives. Cancer will continue to develop, unless charities like Cancer Research gain the funding needed to develop a response to this disease." For more information visit http://www.ldn2mc.co.uk/.
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. It has saved millions of lives with its ground breaking work into preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer. People's chances of surviving cancer have doubled in the last 40 years, and Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of that progress. For more information visit http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/.
The staff of STS would like to congratulate the cycle team for giving of themselves to undertake this challenging and extremely worthy cause and are delighted to be sponsoring the team. We wish them every success with meeting their target.