City Jogging Tours, a sightseeing jogging tour company started by budding entrepreneur Hope Sloly, is celebrating the recent investment that Bright Ideas Trust has made into the company by getting the charity’s founder Tim Campbell out on a unique city sightseeing tour on March 31st.
Hope Sloly explains:
"I am really happy to have secured the support of Bright Ideas Trust as this will help me take my idea of Active Tourism through sight-jogging to the next level. Active tourism is increasing in popularity around the world, as people choose healthier ways to explore new places they visit. With the Olympics coming to London in 2012, the city is all about becoming healthier and more eco-friendly, and City Jogging Tours is proud to be contributing to this process. Having Tim on his first tour will be fun; I hope he can last the distance!".
The concept of 'sight-jogging', whereby sightseeing and jogging are combined, is rapidly spreading around the world and City Jogging Tours are leading the sight-jogging revolution in London. With six different scheduled jogging tours on offer, plus the option for customers to choose a customised tour, there are jogging tours available catering for all fitness levels and interests.
City Jogging Tours are also set to launch the City Jogging Club in May, perfect for Londoners who are new to jogging and are looking to get fit and have fun. More information on this and on the sight-jogging tours can be found on the company’s website www.cityjoggingtours.co.uk
No stranger to running, Tim Campbell who is running the Virgin London marathon again this year, will run a 6km City Jogging Tour route to celebrate the recent investment. Tim, who founded Bright Ideas Trust after winning the BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ show with Lord Alan Sugar, recognised the potential of this health focused tour company and is proud to support it.
Tim said, “Supporting City Jogging Tours was an easy decision as not only did Hope display the passion and drive to make the business succeed but it is a model that has taken hold across the world but has not yet been fully exploited here in London. More and more people want to get healthy – why not support this market driver with the wonderful views of the city? Passion plus opportunity makes sense for us and we wish Hope well with her business as we do all we can to support her.”
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Notes to editor:
1. City Jogging Tours offers guided sightseeing running tours around London, offering a unique sightseeing experience for runners of all abilities. Runners can explore London in a truly unique and healthy way, jogging through the city with an experienced runner guide. Customers can choose from one of six scheduled tours or opt for a customised tour (with home/hotel pick-up and drop off). A T-shirt, photos, running product samples and discount vouchers at Runner's Need are included in the tour price. Tours run daily and are in English. Individuals, groups and corporate events are all catered for. The City Jogging Club will launch in May, offering Londoners who are new to jogging the chance to get fit and have fun at the same time (includes weekly jogs, specialist advice and generous discounts at local running shops). To book a City Jogging Tour, visit their website www.cityjoggingtours.co.uk or call 0845 544 0433. To enquire about the City Jogging Club, call or e-mail: info@cityjoggingtours.co.uk
2. Bright Ideas Trust is a charity that helps young people who are not in employment, education or training to start their own business and to learn commercial skills that will stay with them for life. It provides funding as well as advice and support from a team of dedicated business mentors and expert advisors. To learn more about the Bright Ideas Trust, visit www.brightideastrust.com
3. Tim Campbell will be taking his City Jogging Tour on 31st March at 2pm from Trafalgar Square (meeting underneath Nelson's Column). There will be an opportunity for photos and filming (Trafalgar Square, on Golden Jubilee Bridge, past the London Eye, near Parliament and by the Mall/St James's Park) – e-mail info@cityjoggingtours.co.uk or call 0845 544 0433 to arrange with Hope Sloly.
