Uncle starts cycle challenge to raise funds for all-terrain wheelchair for nephew

Sunderland Echo

Army veteran David Cook is cycling 25 miles every day in May to raise money to buy an all terrain wheelchair for his nephew, William, who has muscular dystrophy.

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00:00Okay then David, can you just tell me about the challenge that you're doing at the moment

00:17and why it's so important to raise this money for William's new chair?

00:20The challenge I've took on at this moment in time for the full month of May, I'm going

00:27to do 25 miles on a static bike. For each day of May, obviously the first of May today

00:35I've completed that. It's took us nearly two hours to do the 25 miles which is equivalent

00:41to 40.10 kilometres. The reason I'm doing it is for my young nephew William who's suffering

00:55from muscular dystrophy from the age of three. He's now 11 and he's rapidly deteriorating

01:02so if I can get this money raised, which the target is £5,000, we'll be able to get this

01:10all-terrain wheelchair which William desperately needs to get out and about, just to visit

01:19the beach, play out in the snow, things we take for granted. It'll make a massive difference

01:25to his life and it'll make one young small boy very happy and his life comfortable and

01:31a bit more bearable. So that is the total reason behind it and like I say, I'm trying

01:36to get £5,000, I've got £2,490 at the moment so I appreciate all your support, your effort,

01:48your family and friends and whoever sees this. I can't thank you enough, I'm totally

01:55appreciative of all your efforts. Thank you very much.

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