Belvoir gets its charity kicks on Route 166!

Belvoir’s Franchise Director, Ian Maclean, will celebrate his 60th birthday in August by embarking on a month-long motorbike journey from John O’Groats to Land’s End, visiting every Belvoir office en-route and raising thousands of pounds along the way for charities Crisis and Just a Drop.

Ian, who is a keen motorcyclist, will be teaming up with Andy Soloman, ex-CEO of Yomdel. The duo will be riding high performance electric motorbikes that are currently being hand built in Italy by Energica Motor Company and donated for the duration of the challenge.

“Pre-pandemic I’d always dreamed of celebrating my ‘big’ birthday by completing the famous Route 66 in America,” says Ian Maclean, who has worked for Belvoir for 15 years. “Obviously, this was not possible during lockdowns, but after chatting to Andy Solomon, the idea for Route 166 was born. Route 166 will be a four-week charity trip from John O’Groats to Land’s End, visiting all of Belvoir’s 166 offices.

“We were also keen to promote the idea of environmentally friendly travel, and we are incredibly grateful to Energica Motor Company for their generous offer of providing us with these amazing high performance electric motorbikes. We will be riding these beautiful bikes for six days a week, and travelling over 3600 miles in 27 days, so the logistics of charging the bikes and keeping to a very tight schedule will be an interesting challenge!

Commenting, Belvoir CEO Dorian Gonsalves (right) said, “I am sure that everyone at Central Office, as well as all our franchisees, will get behind Ian and Andy on Route 166 and will be keen to help them raise as much money as possible for charity. I believe the closest Belvoir office to John O’Groats is Belvoir Inverness and their final destination will be Belvoir Plymouth & Saltash which is the closest Belvoir office to Land’s End. We look forward to receiving regular updates from the team as they complete their epic journey.”

To sponsor the Belvoir Route 166 fundraiser click here.
For more information on the electric bikes, visit Energica Motor Company.