<p><!--StartFragment--></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 20.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Despite being the wrong side of 50 and known to face even a single flight of stairs with some trepidation I am taking on the 3 Peaks Challenge &ndash; an attempt to climb the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales within 24 hours &ndash; in order to raise funds to train new coaches for Cricket for Change and help them meet the growing demand for their unique and highly effective programmes.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 20.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Cricket for Change uses adaptations of the game to </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #151515;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">help engage with and change the lives of a wide range of disadvantaged young people, enabling those with a disability to access cricket provision comparable to their able-bodied peers and helping to divert young &lsquo;at risk&rsquo; children from criminal activities and gang involvement and to make positive choices about their lives.&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 20.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The new coaches&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">will all be participants in current&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;programmes, having either a disability or coming from a disadvantaged inner city background. This is a</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;key element to the success, growth and sustainability of all of the charity's programmes as well as the&nbsp;credibilty of the coaches to the young people being targetted.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">By&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">tapping into the energy and ideas of the young people they work with, and starting them off in their careers in coaching and youth development,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">Cricket for Change</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;will be able to further accelerate the positive viral loop that it's work has already unleashed.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 20.0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">I will be covering all of the costs of the climb myself &nbsp;so every penny raised will go directly to the charity. Please give as generously as you can and thank you in advance for all your support.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p>&nbsp;</p>