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Running a Marathon for Samaritans

Kevin McLellan is raising money for North London Samaritans
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Milton Keynes Marathon 2012 · 29 April 2012 ·

North London Samaritans provides emotional support 24 hours a day to people experiencing anxiety, distress, or suicidal feelings across the three large north London boroughs of Enfield Haringey and Barnet. As a branch it is entirely self-funding, receiving no money from the central organisation.

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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong><span style="line-height: 140%; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Enfield, Haringey and Barnet Samaritans</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Enfield Haringey &amp; Barnet branch of Samaritans provides emotional support across three large north London boroughs, both inner city and suburban.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The branch has 80 volunteers who give up, on average, 170 hours of their time each, for free, every year to provide our service. Our branch responds to about 20,000 calls a year.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It costs over &pound;30,000 annually to provide this service; funds that the branch has to raise itself. It is an entirely self-funded, stand-alone charity. We undertake a variety of fundraising activities throughout the year but ultimately we rely on the generosity of organisations and individuals to keep our service running.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 140%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks,</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 140%; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Kevin McLellan</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£530.00
+ £106.25 Gift Aid
Online
£500.00
Offline
£30.00

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