September 2024 sees the seventh edition of the annual bike ride for the construction and built environment sector – ‘Ziggurat’. Riders will come together in Tuscany to help raise funds and awareness for children’s charity Acton Medical Research.
Action Medical Research is very grateful to be supported by lead sponsor Brett, as well as sponsored by key leaders in the construction industry including Day Group, Maylim, Herbosch-Kiere and for the first time, SIG. Ziggurat provides people working in the industry an opportunity to network and raise funds to support medical research for sick babies and children.
The cyclists are representing a number of companies including additional teams from Velocity Magazine, Willmott Dixon, and Baxall Construction, amongst many others. The cycling networking tour will see around 60 riders cycle over 235 miles, climbing 17,000 feet from Pisa to Lucca on a fully supported four-day ride through the stunning yet challenging Tuscan countryside.
Thomas O’Mahony, MD of Maylim Limited said: "This will be the third year we have taken part in this incredible event that not only provides an excellent platform to network in the built environment but also raise money for a really amazing charity. We are very proud to be a partner on Ziggurat".
Action’s Head of Partnerships, Sarah Stevenson, said: “Action is so grateful to all our supporters of Ziggurat who enable us to deliver our seventh annual bike ride for the construction and built sector industry. We are delighted that SIG will join our key partners Brett, Day Group, Maylim and Herbosch-Kiere to make this special event possible and raise funds towards our vital research to help sick and disabled babies, children and young people.”
If you are interested in taking part in Ziggurat in 2024 then contact sstevenson@action.org.uk or call 01403 327419
Action Medical Research is a UK-wide children’s charity which funds desperately needed research to tackle the diseases that devastate the lives of so many of our children. It has been funding medical breakthroughs since it began in 1952 including helping to introduce the first polio vaccines in the UK, developing the use of ultrasound in pregnancy and testing the rubella vaccine.
The charity is currently funding research into areas including premature birth, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, brain cancer and some rare and distressing conditions.
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Action Medical Research is the leading UK-wide charity saving and changing children’s lives through medical research. For 70 years we’ve helped pioneer ways to prevent disease and develop treatments benefiting millions of people. Our research has helped to beat polio in the UK, develop ultrasound in pregnancy, fight meningitis and prevent stillbirths. But we urgently need to develop more new treatments and cures for sick babies and children and we can’t do it without you.
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Ziggurat partners
Brett Group has over 51 locations across the South East of England and is the largest independent construction and building materials group in the UK.
Day Group Ltd handles over five million tonnes of construction material each year, as well as providing services to the construction, demolition, glass recycling and water treatment industries.
Maylim are specialists in hard and soft landscaping, paving projects, highways and civil engineering and their work helps to form the foundations of the towns and cities we live in.
Herbosch-Kiere have been building the infrastructure of today and tomorrow for more than a century. In, on or near to water. We maintain waterways, carry out offshore energy projects, salvage ships, construct foundations and remediate contaminated land. Over the years, we have succeeded in taking on challenging and impressive projects, growing into a trusted player within the construction sector and joining the Eiffage Group, one of the largest construction groups in Europe.
SIG is a leading pan-European supplier of specialist insulation and sustainable building products and solutions, differentiated through specialist knowledge, product mix and end markets.