Summary
IT SEEMS charity begins with the car, and people looking for entertaining ways to raise cash for good causes are turning to madcap vehicle rallies to create awareness and generate money.
There are plenty to choose from, many with London connections. Take the Gumball 3000 event. Created to raise money for testicular cancer charities, it's likely to start in Waterloo Place next year, heading for Venice, Istanbul, and then, thanks to the hire of giant Russian transport planes, North Korea, Japan and Las Vegas. However, its three-week duration and Pounds 20,000 entry fee make this a charity car fest for the very wellheeled.See the full content of this document
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Rallying to the Cause
Not so Home2Rome, organised by Kingston-on-Thames-based Justin Clements. "It lasts three days and costs Pounds 150," he says cheerfully, of the rally, which starts in Calais on 28 October - although all places may well be taken b...
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