Michael Spurgeon is fundraising for Retrak

Mike's Great North Run 2009

BUPA Great North Run 2009

on 20/09/2009

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Raising money for

Retrak

Charity Registration No. 1122799

Our Vision:

To see street children realise their potential and discover their worth.

Our Mission Statement:

Through its work Retrak will enable street children in Africa to have a real alternative to life on the street. (Retrak currently has projects in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya).

Retrak believes that every child is a unique and valuable gift, and that safe family is the preferred environment for a child to grow up and develop. We believe that the community has a vital role to play in the protection and development of the life of its children.

Retrak’s services for street children include:

o Healthcare, refuge, education, employment opportunities and sports.

o Long term care as they rediscover their identity and purpose.

o Foster care placements and/or resettlement to their family/community of origin.

o Supporting the transition into a self sustaining community life.

o A voice that speaks on their behalf.

Page owner

Michael Spurgeon

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Raised: 83%

Target: £300.00
Raised so far: £250.00

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My story

This year I'm participating in my 6th Great North Run and am finally hoping to beat the magic 100 minute mark, and in doing so I'd need to knock over 7 minutes off last year's best effort of 1 hour 46 minutes, 45 seconds. A tough ask, but it can be done!

The Great North Run is one of the most popular half-marathons around but is also widely acknowledged as being one of the toughest, with the long uphill stretches enough to test the will, ability and stamina of particpants.

I will be looking to raise as much money as possible for Retrak a relatively small charity who work to help street children in Africa to realise their potential and have a better life. A very good friend of mine has worked for them in the past and has made me aware of the great work that is being done to help with this ongoing programme of work in a particularly disadvantaged part of the world.

Any donations will be gratefully received and will make a real difference to the lives of these children.

Please give what you can - even its only a pound or two - which all adds up and will keep me going when I'm training hard over the coming weeks.

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.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Mike

	And to round it all up, here is my own contribution to a very worthy cause. Keep up the good work Donation by Mike Spurgeon 14/10/09	£52.00 + £14.67 Gift Aid
	Hi Mickey, thanks so much for supporting Retrak and congratulations on not dying after the race yet again xx Donation by Katie Roberts 22/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	I'll forgive you the 49 seconds and donate the full £15. Not a bad time, you didnt need the excuses after all. Donation by Mark B 21/09/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Good luck mike! Will keep an eye out for you tomorrow! Hope you've got a montage... Donation by Scott Vincent 19/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	From one GNR veteran to another - good luck on Sunday mate! Donation by Steven Cook 18/09/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Run, Mike, run! Best of luck. Donation by Nicola Boyne 18/09/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck. If you're struggling to get your best time there's always the option of collapsing into the arms of a lovely nurse near the finish...! Donation by Neal Smith 18/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck fella. See you at the end! Donation by gary whalen 18/09/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Hi Mike - I KNOW you can knock those 7 minutes off! Best of luck, and look out for those blisters! Donation by Cyndy Cox 18/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Carl Phillipson 18/09/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	run Mikey RUN! Donation by Alice Cook 17/09/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by james blain 16/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	The missing beer & curry contribution now going to a worthy cause. Keep off 'em til after the run ! Donation by Steve Bhowmick 15/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	I know you can do it in 100 minutes Mike! Donation by Susan Ferguson 14/09/09
	If only you'd been running for PDCA I might have been able to dig a little deeper! :-) xXx Donation by Claire Moore 05/09/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	I'll be running behind you with a thermometre just in case!! Donation by Simon Cook 26/08/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Ah, great challenge Mikey. If only it was as easy as 100 shots of beer in 100minutes. You are a machine at that. I love you man! Donation by Jack 26/08/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Stephen Magrath 14/08/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£232.00
Offline donations:	£18.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£65.44

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