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Karen Hurl is raising money for ChildLine

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Land's End to John O Groats · 20 September 2011

ChildLine is the UK's free and confidential, 24 hour helpline for children in distress or danger. Trained volunteer counsellors comfort, advise, support and protect children and young people who may feel they have nowhere else to turn. Children call ChildLine about a wide range of problems, but the most common problems are abuse (both sexual and physical), bullying, serious family tensions, worries about friends' welfare and teenage pregnancy. Children and young people can call ChildLine about anything – no problem is too big or too small. ChildLine is a service provided by the NSPCC

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Thank you for visiting my fundraising page for ChildLine.  As many of you know I have been a volunteer counsellor for ChildLine for the past two and a half years.  The longer I am there the more I realise how precious a resource it is for children from all over the country.  We are somebody a frightened, abused, bullied, lonely, sad, confused, helpless child can talk to when they feel they have no-one else We are there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to listen, support and help these children. A small team of us are aiming to raise a massive £50,000 so that more counsellors can be trained and more children's calls can be answered.

How are we proposing to do this? Just a small matter of riding from Land's End to John O' Groats in 12 days averaging 85  to 90 miles a day!  For someone who has only ever cycled a couple of miles on a 'sit up and beg bike' this is a huge and somewhat daunting challenge.  However this cause is so important to me that I am determined to complete it.  With your support I know I can do it.  The pain and effort will be worth it when I achieve my personal fundraising target of £2,600. 

Please please help ChildLine achieve the massive target we have set and dig deep.  I know I can count on your generosity (because all my friends and family are such a caring lot).  Sponsor me as much as you can for such a worthy cause.  Your donations will go towards training more counsellors so that every call from a needy child can be answered.

Thank you for your generosity and please share this page with your Facebook friends

 

Karen

 

 

Donation summary

Total
£4,169.00
+ £571.92 Gift Aid
Online
£2,430.00
Offline
£1,739.00

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