HELP US GROW oUR PROJECT
Want to support us as we develop cycling in Sierra Leone? We are eager to receive donations of equipment and kit, as well as direct financial support towards the ongoing costs of running our cycling programme.
It’s virtually impossible to get hold of things like good quality cleats, pedals and helmets for road racing here in Sierra Leone – and frames good enough for road racing are extremely rare. If you have anything like this to donate, please see below for ways to get it to us.
Our main expenditures are travel to races, feeding of riders after races and training sessions, and race entries – and cash donations can help us with all of these. See below for our PayPal link. You can also purchase items from our eBay page.
Donate kit & equipment in the UK
Our partners Fausto Agency organise kit collections and then send them out to Sierra Leone by air and sea. Email them directly to find out more details.
SHOP WITH Science in sport
Endurance sports nutrition brand Science in Sport are lead title sponsors of the Tour de Lunsar. Their range of high quality products helped to fuel our riders throughout the event. Shop with Science in Sport by following the link below.
Donate kit & equipment in THE US
We receive intermittent donations that come in shipping containers from the United States via NGOs, Village Bicycle Project & Africa Rising. Email us to find out when and from where the next shipment will be sent.
SHOP WITH LE COL
British based cycling apparel brand Le Col produce all of the race winner’s jerseys. Le Col have also produced the official Tour de Lunsar supporters jersey. Show your support for west Africa’s premier bike race by picking one up via the link below.
Donate Money via PAYPAL
Kit and equipment are fantastic, but help with race entries, food for riders and travelling expenses are also vital to keep us running.
tour de lunsar merchandise
You can buy a small number of previous winner’s jerseys from 2022 and 2023 Tours de Lunsar on the website of our partners, Africap.
How to use easyfundraising
The Lunsar Cycling Team has found a new quick and easy way for our UK fans to support the team and help grow African cycling. This is thanks to the UK’s biggest charity fundraising site easyfundraising, that we now have a profile on.
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/supportthelunsarcyclingteam/
What is easyfundraising?
Easyfundraising is a charity fundraising site that is both simple to use and totally free. And with over 4,063 retailers to choose from, you can support Lunsar Cycling team almost on a daily basis. The likes of Ebay, John Lewis, Argos, Amazon, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Aviva, asos, Tesco and many more are all partners. So, when you’re ordering presents or planning future parties, you can also help grow our team and say that you support African Cycling.
How does it work?
The process is quick and easy. Simply choose a cause to support, and then visit your favourite retailers through the easyfundraising website. From there, you just shop as you would. Once you have made your purchase, no matter how big or small, the retailer will make a donation to your supported cause.
This sounds great! How can I start helping the Lunsar Cycling Team?
Step one – Make an account. You can sign up with your apple, Facebook or email account.
Step two – Visit our cause page and click ‘Support Lunsar Cycling Team’.
From there, visit the 'Shop to raise' tab on the easyfundraising website (it’s in the top-left) and browse the frankly staggering number of options, from Amazon to Debenhams, eBay to Argos, Booking.com to Virgin Atlantic. Click through to the retailer and shop as you normally would.
Once you have made your purchase, no matter how big or small, the retailer will make a donation to our cause. Typically this is between 1% and 5% of what you spend.
Step three – If you like you can add a donation reminder so that you never miss a chance to make your shopping into a donation.
It’s as easy as that to support the Lunsar Cycling Team every time you shop online.
What we use your donations for
Our main expenditures are our travel to races and race fees, feeding our riders and organisation of training sessions. Every penny of your donations through easyfundraising will help go towards these things. Just think, every time you use the site you are helping to send our riders to races, helping to pay their race fees, feed them and help us put on organised training sessions for them. As a result, it won’t be long before you see riders from Sierra Leone at big races. You can sit back and comfortably say: “I helped to do that.”
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