A mother and son from Droitwich are teaming up to raise money for Action Medical Research.

George Brown, aged 29, an estimating manager at Cold Clad Ltd and nine colleagues will take on the Taff Trail Challenge on Saturday, September 23.

The 55 mile cycle route from Brecon to Cardiff is mainly off-road and takes in a canal towpath, mountain fire roads and single-track trail.

Mr Brown said: “My colleagues and I are all keen mountain bikers and a group of us go to the Forest of Dean most Fridays after work to ride a few trails.

"We have been talking about trying something more challenging for a while and one of my colleagues did the Taff Trail a few years ago.

“Obviously with my mother getting involved with Action earlier this year, it raised my awareness of the great work the charity does. We just want to help by doing our bit – reaching our fundraising target would be amazing!”

Judy Brown, aged, 64 was introduced to Action by a friend and after finding out there was no fundraising group locally, started a committee with the help of her partner Peter. They then held a recruitment meeting in July.

“The meeting in July was really successful - there are now nine of us planning our first fundraiser for Action in November which is so exciting," she said.

Action Medical Research is currently funding research into conditions including asthma, prematurity, epilepsy, meningitis, cerebral palsy, brain cancer and some rare and distressing conditions.

They have been funding medical breakthroughs since 1952 including helping to introduce the first polio vaccines in the UK, developing the use of ultrasound in pregnancy and testing the rubella vaccine.

If you would like to get involved in Droitwich you can contact Judy via email judy295@outlook.com

To donate to the Taff Trail Challenge visit justgiving.com/fundraising/cold-clad