Father and son pick up litter along Oxford Canal in Banbury as part of fundraising challenge

Richard MacKenzie has launched a litter picking fundraising challenge to benefit the charity Cycling Without Age Oxfordshire.

Richard said: "I am litter picking to raise money for a trishaw for Cycling Without Age Oxfordshire because I believe their bikes can change lives.

"My aim is to litter pick throughout Oxfordshire until I reach £10,000 to buy a new Cycling Without Age Oxfordshire trishaw."

He set up a Just Giving web page to help the fundraising campaign.

Anyone who would like to make a contribution can use the following link: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/LitterPickingRichLast year he did a 78-mile litter pick along the Oxford Canal. This year wants to clean up Oxfordshire.

He added: "I will just keep it going until we've raised enough money to buy Cycling Without Age Oxfordshire a brand-spanking-new trishaw."

Cycling Without Age Oxfordshire is a local charity that takes older and vulnerable people at risk of social isolation out on bike rides on specially built trishaws. They already have their first bike but are raising funds for another two so that they can help thousands more Oxfordshire residents in the years to come.

Richard lives on a narrowboat with his wife and children, including Bobby.

He even wrote a book about life living on a narrowboat called: 'Family Life on a Narrowboat.' It can be purchased on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Life-Narrowboat-Brother-narrowboat-ebook/dp/B07LDS1TSZMessage from the editor: Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you.

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