A DIDCOT fundraiser is organising what he thinks may be the town’s biggest event for five charities.

Richard Williams and eleven friends will set off from the Wheatsheaf pub at 6am on Saturday on a 100-mile cycle around the county.

While they are gone, the pub will hold an all-day fundraiser with a bouncy castle, pub games, a barbecue and live music in the evening from local bands.

And from noon, another group of fundraisers will haul a hotrod car up the town’s Broadway to raise more money.

Mr Williams, 42, who lives with wife Helen and their children Jamie and Bethany in Bridge Close, Didcot, said: “This event is going to be seriously massive. I’ve done fundraising before but this is just off the rails.

“I don’t know how much we’re going to raise but the sky’s the limit.”

Mr Williams, who has been raising money for good causes for 30 years, said the fundraising event will be his last.

The day will start when he and fellow cyclists pedal off from The Wheatsheaf at 6am.

Over the next 10 hours they will cycle to Wantage, Abingdon, Wallingford, Goring, Blewbury and back to Didcot.

All the charities they are supporting have personal significance, starting with Prostate Cancer UK in honour of Mr William’s dad Ted, who is currently fighting the disease.

Second on the list is Oxford children and young adults’ hospice Helen & Douglas House, which cares for children with life-limiting illnesses.

Their third charity is the Oxford Centre for Enablement.

Mr Williams’ close friend Jason White got to know the centre well after his mother Hazel had a stroke.

She received five months of treatment there, and is now back at home. Mr Williams said: “It’s made a massive difference.

“I’ve known Hazel for a long time, and to see her a few weeks ago I couldn’t believe how they had turned her around, it was totally amazing. They’re fantastic people.”

Mr White, who lives in Abingdon like his mother, will join the cycle ride.

The fourth charity is more local to Didcot – the Freddie Perry Foundation, founded by the parents of 10-year-old road accident victim Freddie.

Lea and Judith Perry are now raising money to fund a 20mph speed limit in Brasenose Road near to Stephen Freeman Primary School.

Mr Williams has a personal connection to the family as his daughter Bethany, now 12, was in the same year as Freddie at the school when he died in 2013.

The final charity is perhaps the closest to Mr Williams’ heart – Wallingford’s Kingwood Trust.

His younger brother Edward has autism and has lived in accommodation provided by the trustfor the past eight years.

The Wheatsheaf will also host an auction on Saturday evening with lots including a £240 children’s bike and a helicopter ride over Oxfordshire.

Mr Williams thanked his manager at Allmakes 4X4 in Milton Park, John Ballantyne, for his support, and K&K printing and embroidery for printing event T-shirts.