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Volunteering project in Kenya

Ian Widdows is raising money for Oxford United in the Community
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on 7 April 2011

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Oxford United in the Community is the Official Charity of Oxford United Football Club. We use the power of football and the Oxford United badge to inspire happier, healthier and better connected communities across Oxfordshire

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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In June 2011, I will be travelling on behalf of Oxford United Football Club as a volunteer with KenyanAdventure to help work on local community projects in heavily impoverished regions of Kenya, east Africa.<br /><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As part of the trip, we are also looking to raise &pound;20,000 for the Oxford United Community Sports Trust, which will help build a sports facility near the Kassam Stadium in Oxford. The trust does lots of work across Oxfordshire from excellence to community. The funds raised will add to the work done by the trust in some of these areas with young carers, adults suffering with mental health problems to twilight football on the wards with young people late at night. This trip will be used to support these initiatives giving people in Oxfordshire a chance to also engage in sport where maybe society or wealth has made it difficult for them to access facilities or teams in the past.</span><br /><br />If you would like to find out more about the trip and how communities both in Kenya and Oxford will benefit, please visit <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: blue;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">www.kenyanadventure.com/oxford.html </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">or </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.oufc.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">www.oufc.co.uk</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I am trying to raise &pound;2,000 individually, so I can be part of the Oxford United trip to Kenya to work with young people.<br /><br />I will be completing a 30 mile walk commencing 23<sup>rd</sup> to 25<sup>th</sup> April 2011 walking to Oxford United&rsquo;s away match against Barnet.<br /><br />Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;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&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.<br /><br />So please donate generously as your pennies will go to a great cause.</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£950.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Online
£10.00
Offline
£940.00

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