Les Platts is fundraising for National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Les's Everest & NY Marathon Double

ING New YOrk Marathon 2009 - NSPCC teamGO

on 01/11/2009

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Team members:

Everest with Richard Goodyear, NY Marathon with Bob Ledwidge.

Raising money for

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Charity Registration No. 216401 and SC037717

The NSPCC's purpose is to end cruelty to children and our vision is of a Society where all children are loved, valued and able to fulfil their potential. In September 2008, the NSPCC launched its Child’s Voice Appeal to answer more children’s cries for help. Every day, thousands of children and young people need to talk to ChildLine about a problem they face, while hundreds of caring adults call the NSPCC Helpline, worried about a child’s safety.

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Les Platts

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Raised: 41%

Target: £20,000.00
Raised so far: £8,208.19

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My story

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I trekked to Everest Base Camp trek and ran/ hobbled the NY Marathon over the last month. Yes it was self indulgent but I financing it all myself and I will be putting in a substantial top up to the monies raised. Anne in particular, and I occasionally, have helped the NSPCC for years. You all know what a great cause it is but just one key fact - one third of the 2.3 million calls to Childline go unanswered each year due to lack of funds. It costs £100 to answer 25 calls and it costs £1600 to train a volunteer counsellor to answer calls, so we can make a big difference. Monies raised will go the Child's Voice Appeal which directly addresses this issue.

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	Well done Les, sorry for not sorting sooner Martin Donation by Martin McMillan 16/11/09	£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid
	Sorry this is late Les - very busy!! Hope you are in one piece! Donation by Gerry and Liz Boon 14/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	better late than never Donation by stuart dootson 06/11/09	£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid
	Donation by Garrie Lumb 04/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Great effort on both fronts. Shame you didn't catch Paula though! Time to give the feet a rest. Donation by Bob & Libby Underhill 04/11/09	£262.19 + £73.95 Gift Aid
	Good luck. Great effort and great cause Donation by Greg McMahon 03/11/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Les, these are truly twin peaks of achievement! I look forward to celebrating with you in New York. Donation by Bob Ledwidge 25/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Nepali for " help" is "gohar dinu".Don't forget your GPS Donation by PRJ 20/10/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck from all at Ludlow & Co. Donation by Sid & Ian 13/10/09	£250.00
	Good luck guys Donation by Gwyn Griffiths 12/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Have a great time Donation by Bob Wabrburton 09/10/09	£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid
	Madness! Good luck Les x Donation by Mags Scott 08/10/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good luck Les! Very daft indeed but also very impressive! All the best :o) Donation by Kate Murphy 07/10/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Busy retirement! good luck Donation by david blackwood 06/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 05/10/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	have a great time......! Donation by richard gabbertas 04/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Wishing you lots of luck and few blisters Donation by Will Smith 03/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Best of luck, Les. £10 for every year I've known and liked you, to help you on your way. Donation by Allan Beardsworth 03/10/09	£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid
	Wow - sounds like hard work but it's for a great cause! Good luck! Donation by Michelle MacMahon 02/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Les, we'll be thinking about you! Donation by Linda Beck 02/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Donation by Jessica Dooley 01/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Great cause! Great itinerary! Certainly novel. Have fun! Donation by Richard Bell 01/10/09	£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid
	Good luck Les Donation by Brian Boothroyd 01/10/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck. Enjoy (if that's the right word!). Donation by Ken Wild 01/10/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	This is going to hurt. Very best wishes. Donation by Malcolm Smith 01/10/09	£26.00 + £7.33 Gift Aid
	Good luck Les. Guess you should be known as "dangerous" now.... Donation by David and Janet Wood 30/09/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good luck - i dont envy you one bit! Donation by Antonia 30/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Les Goodluck, would love to do the Everest base camp trip but any marathon is totally beyond me. Glad you're enjoying life. Donation by Jane Lodge 30/09/09
	Les, good luck!! Kate and Tom x Donation by Kate Darlison 29/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good Luck - Bill Donation by Bill Holroyd 29/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£6,478.19
Offline donations:	£1,730.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,756.67

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