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Rachel's abseil

Rachel Bentley is raising money for Barnardo's
“Rachel Bentley's fundraising”

on 26 September 2011

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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.

Story

<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In an attempt to fundraise in a way that involves no preparation/ training/ visits to the gym, l will instead be abseiling down KPMG's 15 Canada Square building on Thursday 6th October at 5pm.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Along with a team of others, I&nbsp;will be&nbsp;raising money for KPMG's&nbsp;2011/2012 chosen charity -Barnardo's, for which KPMG hopes to raise over &pound;1million.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Please give&nbsp;generously and help contribute towards this grand total!&nbsp;Thanks very much.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rachel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~&nbsp;~ ~ ~ </span></span></p> <div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"> <div></div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Barnardo's is the UK's largest children's charity, working with the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the UK. They run over 400 projects across that transform the lives of children and young people every day. Their work includes:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - providing fostering and adoption services and support </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - helping children break free from sexual exploitation</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - supporting young carers</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - helping children living in poverty</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£295.00
+ £63.75 Gift Aid
Online
£280.00
Offline
£15.00

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