Staff at First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) raised more than £1,500 during their annual charity bike ride.  Three cheques of £515 have been presented to Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, Cardiac Risk in the Young and Children's Leukaemia Care Fund at the Pendlebury Hospital. 

The group cycled 140 miles cost to coast from Whitehaven to Sunderland.  FCHO chief executive Hugh Broadbent said: "This was the 10th year running myself and a group of intrepid cyclists have done a long distance ride for charity.  It wasn't easy but we trained hard and we all got through it." 

A minibus carrying the back-up team supported the group thanks to sponsors Connaught, New Image (PR) Ltd., Lord Group, Pannone Solicitors, Trowers and Hamlin, Apollo Heating and Northgate Information Systems. 

Hugh Broadbent presents the cheques to Frank Bilton and his daughter, Bethany, of the Children's Leukaemia Care Fund, Angela Morris, from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, and Gary Livesey, from Cardiac Risk in the Young.