The 51-year-old set off on his 300-mile biking problem on Monday – the route will see the comic cycle from Wrexham, Wales to Glasgow, Scotland on a modified Raleigh Chopper bike. To organize, McGuinness skilled with six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy, who made headlines himself for sharing his shock terminal cancer diagnosis final month.
However how a lot has McGuiness raised to date – and the way does it evaluate to his fellow BBC Radio 2 host Vernon Kay?
How a lot has Paddy McGuinness raised for Youngsters in Want?
Up to now, McGuinness has raised nearly £6m for the charity together with his 300-mile cycle, which can see him cycle by Flintshire, Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Dumfries and Lanarkshire earlier than arriving in Glasgow on Friday morning.
McGuinness has raised greater than £6 million for Youngsters In Want to date
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How a lot did Vernon Kay elevate for Youngsters in Want final yr?
McGuinness was impressed to finish the problem by his buddy and BBC Radio 2 co-host Vernon Kay, who took on an Ultramarathon challenge himself for the charity final yr. The problem noticed 50-year-old Kay journey, by foot, from Leicester to his hometown of Bolton, in simply 4 days. In complete, the journey clocked up greater than 115 miles, with Kay elevating a staggering £6m for the BBC’s annual kids’s charity attraction.
Though McGuiness has already trumped the gap his colleague accomplished final yr, Kay has been a vocal supporter of McGuiness’ problem, rallying listeners of his radio present to ship donations and even leaving a heart-warming reward for his buddy on the ending line.
Vernon Kay raised tens of millions final yr
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Throughout an look on Who Do You Assume You Are? earlier this yr, McGuinness found that his grandfather, who he by no means knew, served within the Boer Warfare to flee a lifetime of poverty. He was then proven the medal that his grandfather was awarded for his service.
The medal was in a personal assortment earlier than being auctioned off, with its whereabouts unknown – till now. It has since been tracked down, with the public sale home shopping for the medal again from the people who purchased it in 2021. Now, Kay is hoping to current McGuinness with the medal when he crosses the end line on Friday. “It brings us full circle to what we’re doing for Youngsters in Want, making an attempt to leap youngsters out of a life in poverty,” he stated.
