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| Updated: 17:32, 01 April 2021
A £50,000 fundraiser has been launched in West Norfolk to throw a financial lifetime to families struggling to meet transport costs for children being treated for cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
This sum would be enough to get the new charity, Break in the Clouds, off the ground and to fund it for the first 12 to 18 months.
Richard Bowker, from Docking, came up with the idea after hearing of families who were struggling to meet crippling financial costs of transporting their sick children for treatment.
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He said: âMany children have to travel over 40 miles each way to get the required treatment, with some travelling in excess of 150 miles. This can cost families anywhere from £500 to £600 a month in travel and accommodation fees, causing undue stress and strain.
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By Richard Bowker, Criterium Cycles director
In the early part of the 17th Century, the famous Tulip Mania gripped Holland. Steadily rising prices of tulip bulbs had tempted ordinary people to borrow money and speculate in tulip futures, so much so that bulbs were being sold and resold, many times over, without even leaving the ground. The crash came almost overnight in 1637 when rumours surfaced over the sustainability of the market. The price structure collapsed almost immediately, resulting in financial ruin for many ordinary Dutch families.
It remains an important lesson in what can happen when economic fundamentals and common sense are ignored as people become swept up ‘in the moment’.