Five dental business consultants cycled more than 1,000 miles in 15 days from Land's End to John O'Groats in September to raise funds for three charities – Cancer Research UK, Bridge2Aid and BrushUpUK.

Sara Hurley, Chief Dental Officer (CDO) for England

Chris Barrow, Les Jones, Sheila Scott, Simon Tucker and Ashley Latter raised £38,064 (including Gift Aid). The team was sponsored by Practice Plan, Dental Sky, Wesleyan and Dental Focus.

The campaign received an additional boost when visitors to the recent BDIA Dental Showcase event held in London in October 2018 were encouraged to do their bit on a spin bike.

Sara Hurley, CDO for England, also joined in at the event to encourage last minute donations.

Simon Tucker, Chief Executive Officer for Dental Sky, said: 'We're all getting older and sadly many of us will experience cancer in our lives. The NHS has launched a huge campaign highlighting the danger of obesity and cancer, so it made sense to do something physical which would raise awareness of the link between the two as well as raising funds for cancer research.

'Dental professionals are almost certainly aware of the amazing work Bridge2Aid does in Africa training local medical officers to carry out basic dentistry. As we all work in the dental sector, it was an obvious choice to make them a beneficiary of our efforts as too was BrushUpUK, a charity that provides dental education and guidance to vulnerable groups in society.'

A fundraising page will remain open for anyone who would like to support the challenge – www.fivegoforth.co.uk.