Vision Express volunteers finish charity bike ride

Vision Express volunteers have completed a 300km ride in aid of Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT).

The two-day Ride4Sight celebrated the company’s 30 years of trading by aiming to raise £30,000 for the charity. So far, £27,000 has been raised.

Olympian Darren Harris and Paralympian Bryan Steel rode a tandem bike during the ride and were joined by Jonathan Lawson, Vision Express’ CEO and Ian Ellington, CHECT chairman and general manager of PepsiCo UK.

Ellington said: ‘Because we’re such a tiny charity, the support from the Ride4Sight is a lifeline. My son Tom was diagnosed with retinoblastoma 10 years ago and as a parent, hearing your child has cancer is possibly the worst thing you can imagine. To all the Ride4Sight riders, thank you from the bottom of my heart.’