The knock-down price was in aid of charity - following a plea for help from Julien's old school, Twynyrodyn Infants.
"It's not every day you get to see your heroes, " said Lewis Knights, a keen cyclist from Ipswich who a day earlier had ridden the route the professionals are tackling on the first stage in aid of charity.
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The 13-day trek across the frozen polar ice cap was in aid of the charity Walking With The Wounded which supports injured ex-servicemen and women.
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The 33rd London Critics' Circle Film Awards will be held at London's May Fair Hotel on 20 January in aid of the charity Missing People.
Gascoigne cut short his appearance at the Park Inn in aid of a cancer charity and a football club academy last month.
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And he will stage a fundraising Sentebale Polo Cup match in Connecticut, in aid of his African-based charity, which supports orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho.
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He ran the marathon in aid of The Breast Cancer Campaign, the charity to benefit from the cycling challenge.
It was staged in aid of Pieta House, a suicide and self-harm awareness charity.
Yet even a small gesture in the spirit of Ramadan charity, such as making special provision for emergency aid into Afghanistan, might help persuade doubters that America wants justice rather than revenge.
David McNair, senior economic justice adviser at the charity Christian Aid, says tax havens are used in a variety of ways, but the general principle - for a business active in a number of countries - is to maximise the amount of profit made by subsidiaries based where taxes are low, at the expense of those based where taxes are high.
Charity campaigners have argued that all aid to Africa should be in the form of grants rather than loans, as most sub-Saharan African countries are unable to repay their existing debts to Western institutions.
Jane Wurwand, through the FITE initiative, is giving the CSR world a much-needed kick in the pants by promoting dignity and empowerment, rather than outdated charity aid models that often promulgate cycles of poverty.
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