Charity - Talbots Law

Charity

Talbots Law have always been committed to raising money for good causes, and our staff have taken up a number of challenges over the years for the benefit of local and national charities.

This year is no exception and our staff have selected their Charity of the Year for 2018 as Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity, a cause close to the heart for many of the Talbots’ team.

What are we doing to raise money?

Birmingham Half Marathon

A quartet of Talbots ladies are running in the Birmingham Half Marathon on 14th October this year to raise money for Birmingham Children's Hospital. Spurred on by the efforts of our teams climbing Snowdon and cycling to Paris, our team of Chrissie...

Paris here we come

Less than a month to go for our five cycling heroes to get their training up to speed and themselves ready to take on the challenge of a lifetime. They'll be digging deep by Day 4 on that ride into Paris, and our generous sponsors have also been digging...

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Our Famous Five Cycling Heroes - meet the team!

Matt Wistow is a keen cyclist, and away from the day job thinks nothing of a gentle 50 mile cycle through the Cotswolds on a Sunday morning. Whether he can maintain the stamina needed for twice that distance, three days running, is debatable, but Matt is supremely confident that, with training, he'll stay the distance. Matt is also in charge of team training holding after work cycling sessions around Stourbridge for the rest of the team and any other cycling professional contacts. They usually finish up at the Lyttleton Arms so that they can exercise their arms as well as their legs. And who can blame them - it's thirsty work!

Peter Hill is another experienced cyclist, and no stranger to marathon rides, having already completed the 75-mile Mad March Hare Cycling Sportif this year. The London to Paris challenge has been on Peter's bucket list for some time and he is very excited at the prospect of making the journey and raising funds for BCH all at the same time.

Callum Haynes is the third member of our Talbots team and is no stranger to endurance cycling either, having completed the Wolverhampton-Aberdovey Bike Ride on a number of occasions, although he did withdraw this year, preferring to maintain his level of fitness for the London-Paris Bike Ride. Cal has youth on his side, and is looking to set the pace for the rest of the team.

Keith Yates isn't quite sure what he's let himself in for and firmly believes that he must be mad. However, always a keen cyclist, Keith won't let anything stand in the way of raising money for such a great cause and has rallied friends and family to help him get to the right level of fitness that he needs for the 300 mile trip. And in the meantime, he's managed to rope in his son-in-law to take part too.

Steve Kenny is the only member of our team that isn't actually employed by Talbots. But we wouldn't let a little detail like that stand in the way of joining. When he heard Talbots were planning a Sunday afternoon cycle ride, he wanted to be part of it, but definitely wasn’t expecting 300+ miles of it. Although he doesn’t personally work at Talbots, the company is part of his daily life. His father-in-law Keith Yates and wife, Claire Kenny are both long term employees of the company. He's been a keen cyclist for many years, mainly mountain biking so this is a new challenge for him personally, but helping the wonderful kids at the Children’s Hospital really swayed him to join. Being an Aussie, he loves the great outdoors and hopefully with a good tailwind, this will be the first of many long haul challenges (on a road bike). The biggest challenge of course is whether he lets his father-in-law cross the line first?

Birmingham Half Marathon

Paris here we come

Our Famous Five Cycling Heroes - meet the team!

Volunteering

Snowdon