Three directors from Bill Plant Ltd have stepped out of their cars and onto bicycles to raise money to help provide clean safe drinking water to African villages.

Bill Plant, the founder of Bill Plant Ltd, the UK’s fastest growing driving school and driver training company, Paul Kittrick, operations director, and Roy Danby, training director, pedalled the  113 mile Loughshore Trail cycle way in Northern Ireland. The intrepid trio will be hoping their efforts raise enough to buy at least four additional water pumps in remote villages in Malawi.

Bill Plant Ltd, which has a 300 plus network of driving instructors and driver trainers across the country, has teamed up with UK water charity Pump Aid and pledged to purchase a new pump per month.

Paul Kittrick said :  “As driving instructors and driver trainers, we are more used to being behind the wheel of a car than on bicycles so it was quite a challenge. The weather was appalling and we were definitely saddlesore, but we managed to raise £1014 for our efforts. We are proud to be associated with Pump Aid which is a small specialist charity providing clean water very cost effectively working closely in partnership with local communities. This cycle ride signals the start of our ongoing support for Pump Aid.”

Amy Cruse, Development Manager for Pump Aid: ‘We are thrilled Bill Plant has chosen to support us. This partnership means that we can reach more communities in southern Africa and provide them with the clean water that they desperately need.’

For more information about Pump Aid, go to their website: http://www.pumpaid.org.

If you are interested in raising money for Pump Aid, or any other charity, then please visit Just Giving for more information.

In common with many countries in the Sub-Sahara regions of Africa, Malawi suffers from a lack of clean drinkable water in certain parts of the country, but help is at hand through the good offices of Bill Plant. The fastest growing National Driving School has donated money to Pump Aid which specialises in bringing water to those most in need.

Pump Aid have been around for well over 11 years and during that time they have successfully supplied and installed “Elephant” pumps which are simple devices that once installed, require little maintenance easily carried out by the local population themselves.

The initial donation made by the Bill Plant School of Motoring is seen by them as an initial signal, heralding the start of a long association with Pump Aid, which will save and improve the lives of tens of thousands of Africans.