Derek Brown, Debbie Goodfellow, Jennifer Robertson and Kat Thomson, all from the Supported Employment Team, are to take part in a 20-mile sponsored bike ride from Glasgow to Loch Lomond next Friday.

The group, with both experienced and first time cyclists, is currently in training and aims to complete the ride in five hours, whilst having fun en route.

Derek said: “With government funding for charities becoming tighter, we did not want our service users to miss out on any of the exceptional services Cosgrove provides, so we decided to do a sponsored cycle.

“We are going to use the money raised to cover the cost of some of our service users attending SVQ courses. Last month five of them attended an awards ceremony at Reid Kerr College after completing their courses.”

To sponsor Derek and his team, email dbrown@cosgrove.co.uk or call into Cosgrove’s charity shop.