Oak Innovation is revving up for the 2018 Twin Town Challenge, a charity car rally to Le Touquet.
On Friday 25th May one hundred cars costing less than £500 each will leave from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and head to Le Touquet in northern France on the Twin Town Challenge 2018.
Over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend the teams will complete a number of fun points based challenges to raise money for Charlbury-based charity SpecialEffect.
Phillip Reynolds, CTO, said: "The challenge is a fantastic opportunity to raise money for Special Effects and have fun in good company. Oak are proud to be supporting this event for the second time. This year we will be embracing the movie theme by driving ‘Fred's Footmobile AKA Fiat Multipla."
The Twin Town Challenge is organised by Brendon Cross, MD of STL Communications and a SpecialEffect Vice President.
He said: "The sight of 100 cars, 400 people in movie-themed fancy dress, not to mention over 50 volunteers as they head off to France will be quite a sight to behold.
"We have a fabulous programme of events in and around Le Touquet including a day at Abbeville circuit and a street party with live bands in the middle of Le Touquet."
All the costs of the event have been covered by sponsorship, which means that every pound paid in entry fees as well as the fundraising by the teams goes straight to the charity.
The Twin Town Challenge has been a real game changer for SpecialEffect. Most importantly, the charity has already benefitted from the £500,000 raised by the Twin Town Challenges in 2014 and 2016 but this support escalated as the contacts made on the Twin Town Challenge brought wider gains, noted Dr Mick Donegan, founder and CEO of SpecialEffect.
He said: "The legacy of each Twin Town Challenge always continues to blossom long after the event itself. We are entirely dependent on donations to carry on our work, so events like this are our lifeblood. We cannot thank the organisers and the Twin Town community enough for their passion and generosity."
Find out more at www.twintown.org.uk