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Actuarial Double Marathon

Thomas Evans is raising money for Ocean Youth Trust Scotland

Participants: Sandy Trust, Stephen Walker, Will Swales, John Wood

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Double Marathon · 27 May 2012

Ocean Youth Trust (OYT) Scotland is an award-winning voluntary organisation and youth work charity. For 25 years, we have been transforming the lives of disadvantaged young people through residential youth work voyages. To date, the Trust has supported more than 16,000 young people aged 12-25 from a range of backgrounds and circumstances across Scotland.

Story

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Sunday 27 May, an elite team of actuaries will be swapping their calculators and yellow&nbsp;tables for (hopefully not yellow) lycra and headbands, and will take on a double marathon, venturing over the cobbled, hilly, and fear-provokingly treacherous terrain of Edinburgh&rsquo;s city centre. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Will, John, Stephen, and Tom are entering for the marathon relay (aiming to beat our Tax counterparts&rsquo; time), and Sandy Trust will be tackling the entire marathon by himself- no easy feat, I&rsquo;m sure you will agree.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Inspired by our victorious colleagues who&nbsp;took part&nbsp;in the recent boat race, we too will also be raising money for the Ocean Youth Trust Scotland <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">(</span></span><a href="http://www.oytscotland.org.uk/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman;">http://www.oytscotland.org.uk/</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">). They are a great charity who operate on the West coast of Scotland where they take young people sailing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span>Last year they took over 800 young people sailing, over 40% of whom were from disadvantaged backgrounds &ndash; working as a team to sail a big boat, often in challenging conditions and for several days at a time opens their eyes to the possibilities that are out there and is a genuinely life changing experience for many.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">So please, give generously. We are aiming to raise &pound;1,500 and to reach this target we require support from as many of you as possible!</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;"></span></strong></span></span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£1,871.80
+ £362.95 Gift Aid
Online
£1,621.80
Offline
£250.00

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