As most of you will know I have been working for LawWorks, a small independent charity, for over two years now. We try to provide free legal advice to those who have no other access to it, through a network of volunteer lawyers across England and Wales. Much of the work we do is in partnership with other advice agencies and organisations and this is how I came across the brilliant work done by Crisis. Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. They are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change - see http://www.crisis.org.uk/.
I decided that, in order to ask my lovely friends and family to part with hard-earned cash for Crisis, I needed to do something pretty special to justify it. So after a great deal of persuausion/nagging from one Miss Joanne Burr, I took a deep breath, and signed up for the London Marathon 2010.
Now my training is in full swing (23 miles at the weekend!) but I need to keep up with the fundraising! While walking to work last week I passed a number of very very cold homeless people, all in need of food and warmth. They'll be counting on Crisis to provide food, shelter and life-changing services - like housing and job advice - to help them find a route out of homelessness.
£25.64 could provide a place at a Crisis centre for one day, where a homeless person will get three meals, a bed if they need it, and the chance to leave homelessness behind for good.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now.
