Prosperis gives help to a hero

June 10th 2008

Prosperis has helped British Army Major Nicholas Shanahan in his cycling quest to raise £12,000 for the Help for Heroes Charity.

Nicholas took part in the Big Battlefield Bike Ride, a 350 mile route which started from the HMS Victory in Portsmouth on Sunday 25 May. The demanding course took him across the channel to Caen and through northern France’s World War One and Two battle sites, including the Normandy landing beaches and Thiepval on the Somme.

He was helped along the way by Prosperis - the company agreed to sponsor Nicholas, funding the cycling equipment needed for the demanding race.

Prosperis’ corporate director Niall Gunn, brother-in-law of Nicholas, said: “It’s staggering that Nicholas raised such a huge amount of money for the Help for Heroes charity. We were eager to help in any way we could, as this is a cause close to his heart and ours too”.

Nearly 300 cyclists took part in the Big Battlefield Bike Ride, collectively raising over £1million for the Help for Heroes campaign, which uses donations to care for the UK’s wounded soldiers.