Former sapper Steve Craddock, who has raised an amazing £348,000 for Help for Heroes, has a new challenge on his hands – a cycle workshop and storage unit.

Since leaving the Royal Engineers, where he served for 15 years, Mr Craddock has dedicated much of his time to raising money for the charity.

His latest project is to raise £25,000 for the sports facility at the charity’s headquarters at Tedworth House in Wiltshire, where up to 80 wounded, injured or sick serving and veteran soldiers are accommodated.

He has already collected £9,000 and hopes this amount will be significantly boosted at the Cycle 4 Heroes event which takes place on Armed Forces Day on Saturday, June 27.

Mr Craddock, 58, who lives on St Mary’s Island, said: “This is what I am channelling my efforts on at the moment. Cycling is very important to these people because it is good exercise and a non-impact sport.

“Tedworth House is the charity’s main recovery centre on their difficult path to recovery.

“Cycling has enabled so many of our wounded to not only get fit, but take part in elite events such as the Paralympics and indeed the highly-successful Invictus games.”

Mr Craddock said the centre specialised in teaching life skills.

He said: “Many will not be returning to the Army and may have received considerable sums of compensation, but unless they know how to put the money to good use it can go quickly.”

Over the year Mr Craddock, a coordinator for the charity, has organised a football match between former international and Premiership players and a team from the Royal Engineers which raised £10,000. He also led 300 soldiers on a 360-mile cycle ride from Kent to Paris.

The Cycle for Heroes event starts and ends at the Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton.

There are two routes aimed at seasoned cyclists taking in 56 miles of Kent countryside and a 10-mile family ride along Medway’s cycle tracks.

If you want to take part, call Mr Craddock on 01634 891226.