# Prudential RideLondon participants raise record-breaking £13 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/12/19/prudential-ridelondon-participants-raise-record-breaking-13m/
- Published: 2018-12-19T09:00:21+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Participants in this year’s Prudential RideLondon events have raised more than
£13 million for charity, setting a European record for a one-day cycling event.**

The total beats the previous year’s record of £12.75 million, and brings the total
raised for charity to more than £66 million in the cycling festival’s first six 
years.

The inaugural [Prudential RideLondon](https://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/) took
place in 2013 and saw 16,000 riders raise more than £7 million. The following year
20,709 finishers broke the £10 million barrier. In 2015, a total of 25,564 finishers
raised more than £12 million, setting a new fundraising record for a cycling event
in Europe that has been broken year on year to date.

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This year, riders battled through heavy rain and strong winds but still managed 
to raise a quarter of a million pounds more than the £12.75 million raised in 2017.
A team of more than 450 riders raised almost £300,000 for Charity of the Year [Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity](https://www.gosh.org/).

Macmillan Cancer Support raised more than £500,000, making the charity the most 
successful fundraiser from the event for the second year running. [Alzheimer’s Society](https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/),
British Heart Foundation and Prostate Cancer UK were among the many other charities
that raised six-figure sums.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said:

> “I’d like to pay tribute to every cyclist who helped raise this record-breaking
> amount of money for charity at 2018 Prudential RideLondon. Their efforts will 
> help some fantastic charities make a real difference to people’s lives.”

Tim Johnson, Chief Executive at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity,
said:

> “We were thrilled to be Charity of the Year for the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey
> 100 in 2018. It was such an impressive sight; seeing a team of more than 450 incredible
> riders cycle through the streets of London and Surrey to raise nearly £300,000
> for GOSH Charity. This fantastic amount raised will help to fund vital accommodation
> for the parents and families of the most seriously ill children who come to Great
> Ormond Street Hospital for specialist treatment.”

[Entry to the ballot](https://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/events/100/entries/)
for the 2019 Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100, which takes place on Sunday 4 August
2019, is open until 17:00 GMT on Friday 4 January 2019.

 

Photo credit: Prudential RideLondon

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