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From the Office to the Alpine Ridges | PART THREE | We Are Domestiques

we started on 2025-06-04
€8,479
raised 69 % out of  €12,348

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59 people
This campaign is already closed. Thank you!
The cycling season is in full swing, and once again we're heading from the saddles (of our bikes) to the saddles (of the mountains). A year later, we're taking on another stage race across the Austrian and Italian Alps.

This time, we want to give our journey a deeper meaning—for many reasons, including some very personal ones. We believe that being active is normal, that giving is normal, and that caring about people and the world around us is a foundation of a healthy society.

That's why we're setting off on this journey—with the goal of helping others!
Join us! Ride with us again! Be part of our team! Let’s become DOMESTIQUES – together, where it truly matters.

(A domestique  is a cyclist who sacrifices their own ambitions in a race to support their team – shielding the leader from wind, bringing water, or pacing them toward a decisive moment.)

We are David, Robert, and David – three friends, amateur cyclists in the “prime of our lives.” This year again, we’re riding the Tour TransAlp – a stage race across the Austrian and Italian Alps. Over seven days, we’ll take on hundreds of kilometers, 15 mountain passes (including the legendary STELVIO and the terrifying MORTIROLO), and 15,000 meters of elevation gain. We need your support – but even more so, the DOMESTIKS need it.

Because once again, we want our journey to have a deeper meaning. It’s not just about the athletic challenge. If you can help, you should – that’s the foundation of a healthy society. You might remember last year, we rode for Dobro-druzi – young changemakers building a better world. Thanks to you, we raised 300,000 CZK.

This year, we’re riding for DOMESTICI.CZ – a brilliant project run by dedicated volunteers and professionals who support hospice care, raise awareness around palliative care, and work to ensure that life’s final chapter isn’t one of suffering, but of dignity and presence.

Join us. Get in our slipstream and support the DOMESTIQUES.
We’re riding for palliative care.

DOMESTICI.CZ – the organization receiving all your donations – is a vital project helping people navigate the hardest moments: how to support a loved one as long as they have the strength, and eventually, how to face our own final days. Under the leadership of the tireless Martin Souček – a passionate cyclist himself – Domestici are helping develop care that sooner or later, every one of us will need. They open the difficult conversation about end-of-life care with courage, empathy, and respect.

And we want to thank them – not just with words, but with action.

Join us. Every kilometer and every donation matters.
Help the DOMESTIQUES. Help palliative care. Help those who help others.

Thank you.
David Neveselý / Robert Neruda / David Bureš
domestici pro pomoc druhým z.s.
In cycling, domestiques are team members whose role is to support their leader and help them reach the finish line in the best possible shape. Domestici.cz is a project that connects active people with the topic of palliative care — so that they can support their loved ones while they still have the strength, and contribute to the development of palliative care, which sooner or later, most of us will need.
Life should remain meaningful and dignified until the very last second. That’s what palliative care is here for.
Our dream is to create a high-quality awareness project focused on this essential topic. As a non-profit association, we rely on your support to make it happen.
Right now, we’re a small team of just four people, doing everything we can to shine a light on palliative care — and make sure this topic gets the visibility and attention it truly deserves.

What Have We Achieved So Far?

  • We raised over 11 million CZK to support organizations providing palliative care — learn more about the fundraising campaign.
  • Organizing public awareness events such as the charity bike ride "8 Days for Palliative Care" in 2025
  • We helped the seriously ill doctor Petra Vrbová organize the “Petra Calls 155” fundraiser for the hospices in Semily and Vrchlabí and raise over 1 million CZK 
  • We organized a series of public talks and community events to promote the topic.
  • We recorded multiple podcast episodes featuring inspiring guests.
  • We involved public figures and personalities, encouraging them to launch their own donation challenges.
  • We gained the support of corporate partners such as T-Mobile, Česká spořitelna České spořitelny and others.
  • We appeared in numerous media outlets and press coverage — see the full list here.
  • In 2024, we successfully completed the Race Across America, dedicating the ride to raise awareness and support for palliative care.

Where Your Donation Goes

Your support helps us cover the essential costs of running and growing our non-profit activities, including:
  • Hosting public talks, panel discussions, and expert forums, including venue rental, technical services, promotion, and ticketing
  • Managing and developing the association’s social media presence
  • Maintaining and updating our website, including hosting, domain fees, content updates, and development
  • Creating graphic design and DTP materials to promote palliative care and our mission
  • Producing and printing informational and promotional materials
  • Conducting media outreach and PR campaigns
  • Securing technical equipment and services needed to run events and campaigns
  • Producing and distributing promotional items
  • Covering travel and logistics related to the execution of our programs
  • Funding staff compensation for people directly involved in our activities
  • Paying for accounting services and necessary administrative expenses
  • Covering other costs related to raising awareness about palliative care and supporting our mission
Join the Peloton of Domestiques!
With all our hearts, thank you.
Martin Souček and his team

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Follow everything about our activities: domestici.cz •  Photos and videos on Instagram • Facebook
From time to time, we will inform you about palliative care and how to support it by email newsletter.
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The domestici.cz project is carried out based on a public challenge by Martin Souček, in contractual cooperation with the organization domestici pro pomoc druhým z.s.
 For this reason, your personal data may be shared — strictly to the extent necessary — with domestici pro pomoc druhým z.s. for purposes such as project administration (thank-you messages, project impact analysis, ongoing communication, updates on results, opportunities for further support, and project-related fundraising).


Gratulace k výsledkům a poklona za Vaši vůli, odhodlání i cíl páchat dobro.

Klein family

Petr Klein
CZK 20,000

Twitter fandí sportovcům! 😊

Rajče

Respect ✊

Jan Sturm

Skvela praca!

Maroš Kravec
CZK 5,000

Congrats everybody, so great to see the ongoing strength of Domestici and all that Martin and the team bring to our elders :)

James Walsh

Hlavne opatrne! :)

Maroš Kravec
CZK 5,000

Díky za tento projekt!

Ondřej Libosvár
CZK 1,000

Skvělá iniciativa, neskutečné výkony! :-)

Vladek Krámek
CZK 5,000

Diky, ze tohle delate (a diky za moznost platit QR, (minule se mi to nepovedlo pres kartu, neb jsem nemel cas a bryle).
Jo a zdravime se zenou na vrcholky hor z lehatka dole u more…je to hezke cteni k vode, kdyz pisete o tom, co jste vsechno nastoupali….

Martin Vlasic
CZK 2,000

Hodně sil a pěkné počasí :)

Hana Balounova
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domestici pro pomoc druhým z.s., projekt: DOMESTICI.CZ | Martin Souček | For a Dignified End of Life | Support for Non-profit Organization