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Laura Bushell is raising money for Barnardo's

Participants: Oliver Povey, Myra Doyle, Jean-Paul Chia, Jamie Hance, Shameet Thakkar and Laura Bushell

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Barnardo's - KPMG Sahara Desert Trek · 1 April 2012 ·

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When life gets tough or it feels like there's nowhere to turn, Barnardo's is here. We make sure children and young people feel safer, happier and more hopeful by directly supporting them with specialist services across the UK. We have been changing childhoods and changing lives for over 150 years.

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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our Group consisting of&nbsp;Jean-Paul Chia, Jamie Hance, Shameet Thakkar, Oliver Povey, Myra Doyle&nbsp;and Laura Bushell.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">We will be trekking for between 8-10hrs each day through a forbidding Moroccan landscape punctuated by stark peaks and formidable gorges.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">We will hike over 100kms through the Sahara Desert in April 2012, to raise vital funds for Barnardo's work with vulnerable children in the U.K.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">This is your</span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">chance to</span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">donate to</span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">such a worthy cause and to</span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">show your</span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">support as we</span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">take on the</span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">challenge of the trek, blisters, 50degree heat and maybe the odd scorpion, not to mention that one of the team</span></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">hates Sand. Each team member must raise &pound;2,550; a grand team total of</span></span><strong><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">&pound;15,300</span></span></strong><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">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.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: navy; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£15,137.19
+ £3,026.80 Gift Aid
Online
£14,272.19
Offline
£865.00

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