A GROUP of fundraisers are ready to take part in a bike ride from John O’Groats to Lands End for the Ameila Mae Foundation.

Trustee for the charity Andy Bowie will be leading a team of seven people to raise cash for the foundation on June 7.

In September 2012 Amelia-Mae Davies was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that effects about 100 children per year in the UK.

The Globe backed a campaign by the family to raise £250,000 to take the youngster to America to try ground breaking treatment.

Unfortunately before enough cash could be raised Amelia-Mae passed away in July 2013.

Andy and his team now want to raise £10,000 to help other children who have been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma.

Andy said: “My friends and I have done challenges before but nothing on this scale.

“We thought, what was the biggest thing we could do, you can’t get much more than cycling from one end of the country to the other, it’s the best we can do.

“It’s all quite scary but we’re up for the challenge.

"This will be a physically challenging experience, with daily rides covering between 80 and 130 miles, and I am told there are some big hills in Scotland.

“Our target is to raise £10,000 from donations, we are also sponsored by Commsquest and Digital Vision North West.”

As well as the bike ride there are many more events happening including the Eastham beer festival.

Andy added: “We decided with the organisers of the beer festival to run a charity day alongside the event and it keeps getting bigger and bigger every year.

“Since we’ve started altogether the charity must have raised more than £100,000 and each year we probably double the amount of fundraising we do generate.

“Angie, Ameila-Mae’s mum is the backbone of the charity, she helps to liaise with families who have children with a similar condition as Ameila-Mae and is often travelling all around the country.

“We currently are helping around 11 children in the UK right now and we see around 100 each year.

“We’re naturally growing year on year as a charity and it’s great to see this in Ameila-Mae’s memory.

“For some families having the support from someone who has been through this, is a lifeline for them that they cannot get elsewhere, the bigger that the charity grows the more children we are able to help.”

For more information about the Ameila-Mae Foundation visit: http://www.ameliamaefoundation.co.uk/ and for more infomation about the bike ride click here: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/AMFJOGLE