Bolton: 'Spinathon' to be held for Backup North West

A group of women will be raising money for Bolton-based charity Backup North West on January 27 with a four-hour spin marathon. 

The charity houses and supports young homeless people between the ages of 16 and 25. 

Claire Hand, a fundraising coordinator at Backup, has organised the event in her free time. 

She said: "The host is Training With Katie, a local personal trainer company. She's hosting it, I train with her, and a number of the girls from Backup and others who train with her volunteered to do it. 

"It will be from 9.30am to 1.30pm, with 15 of us doing the Spinathon. All proceeds will go to Backup. 

"We will do it continuously for the four hours, half the group will do an hour and then we will change around. Some of the girls will probably do longer. 

"I don't think anyone will do four straight hours, because they wouldn't be able to stand afterwards!" 

To donate to the Spinathon, visit their JustGiving here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/backupnwspinathon

Claire added: "Family and friends will be coming down to support us, it is at St John's Free Church in Tottington. 

It will take place on January 27 (Image: Backup North West)

"Spectators are welcome, family, friends, to help us get through it." 

To learn more about Backup North West, see their website: https://backup-charity.org.uk/

She said: "There are currently 106 young people within our properties, or projects, as we like to call them. 

"We heavily rely on raise as much funds as we can to help people in their day to day lives. 

"We have different projects which we like to make sure can stay running. It goes on food, clothes and into specific projects that we run. 

"The more money we can make fundraising, the better. If anyone wants to donate to help us, it will go into Backup North West."