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Media Team Leaves Politicians with Egg on
their Faces After Scooping The Rehab
Parliamentary Pancake Race in Westminster
Channel 4’s Angus Walker
and ITV News’ Lucrezia
Millarini.
The relay race aims to raise
awareness of the important
work carried out by the
Rehab disability charity,
which provides training,
employment, health and
social care services to more
than 6,000 disabled people
and those at a disadvantage
in the labour market
throughout the UK.
Members of the public
wishing to support the work
of Rehab’s brain injury
services across the UK can
visit www.parliamentary
pancakerace.co.uk
The Race is on!
I
t was over in just about the time it takes to make a pancake.
After 11 laps, and in a time of five minutes and 25 seconds,
the Media Team was first with pan and pancake past the post
to deny the Parliament Team three-in-a-row victories in a no-
holds-barred scramble at the annual Rehab Parliamentary
Pancake Race, supported by Lyle’s Golden Syrup.
This quaint British
Parliamentary tradition, now in
its 21st year, took place in
Victoria Tower Gardens,
Westminster, witnessed by
spectators from all around the
globe and beamed by news
The winning team!
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teams to bemused viewers to
such far-flung places as Japan.
Among the household names
to take part in this year’s high-
stakes caper were the BBC’s
James Landale and Jo Coburn,
Sky News’ Lewis Goodall,
Rehab is a charity that
champions the value of
diversity and inclusion for
people with a disability or
disadvantage in their
communities. Over 20,000
people use Rehab’s services –
children and adults with a
disability, people with acquired
brain injury, people with mental
health difficulties and people
who are disadvantaged in some
Hurrah for us.
way in the labour market. More
than 3,200 employees deliver
Rehab’s services in over 170
locations in Scotland, England,
Wales, Ireland, Poland and
Saudi Arabia.
If you would like to learn more about the Rehab Charity visit:
www.parliamentarypancakerace.co.uk