Cycling For Cans

Hi my name is Sophie I am 9 and live in Blyth, Northumberland. Yesterday my school year bubble was told we had to self-isolate until the 11th October. At first, I was worried and scared but when I realised that I was not going to be able to litter pick every day I was so upset.

Last night I sat and thought what if I could do something during my isolation to help my community from home. Me and my sisters spent some time thinking and we came up with the idea of ‘Cycling for Cans’.

During the next 12 days me and my two older sisters are going to attempt to cycle (on the exercise bike) all the way to London from our hometown of Blyth! For every mile we do at the end we will donate a can (or item) to Blyth Food Bank. So if we succeed and reach London that would be 296 miles.

Brandon really wants to join in to but he is too small for the bike he has been set his own little challenge while he takes over my litter picking and for every aluminium can he collects during his school run litter picks, 1 can (or item) will be added to the total.

I will be sharing our journey with you and have made a window display which will keep us focused on our end goal as we will be cycling in front of it.


I would also really love to also raise £50 to donate alongside our food donation to help and we would be so grateful if you could share our story.

Love
Sophie, Brandon, Caitlin, and Lily.

Do you want to join us in making a difference? We are raising money in aid of BLYTH FOODBANK and every donation will help. Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.