Claire Squires is fundraising for Asylum Welcome

Claire Squires parts the waves!

Not Since Moses 10K

on 27/06/2009

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Claire Squires

Raising money for

Asylum Welcome

Charity Registration No. 1092265

Asylum Welcome has been providing information and support for refugees, asylum seekers and immigration detainees in Oxfordshire for over ten years. We work with men and women, of all ages including young people who come here on their own, unaccompanied by adults.

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Claire Squires

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Raised: 89%

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £442.50

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My story

On Saturday 27 June 2009, I'm running the Not Since Moses 10K. The run takes place in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada, which has some of the world's highest tides - up to 15 metres.

Once a year, the waters part enough to host a run around some of the islands in the bay, and several hundred runners take part in 'Not Since Moses' http://www.notsincemoses.com/

It looks like a great race - with the added risk that if I don't do it quickly enough I'll get engulfed by the incoming tides! Better get training!

I'm raising money for Asylum Welcome (http://www.asylum-welcome.org/), an Oxford-based organisation that supports people fleeing persecution and danger in their own countries, who are seeking refuge in Oxfordshire. I've got to know them through volunteering at a youth club for asylum-seeking and refugee children and young people. Asylum Welcome also provides initial and ongoing support when people first arrive in Oxford, from handing out emergency food for those who have been made destitute as well as giving information and advice, visiting detainees, and offering a friendly face in a bewildering and threatening world.

I'm very lucky - I can travel across the world to stay with friends, run a race, and then go back home again. The people that Asylum Welcome helps out every day don't have this luxury - they are running from oppression, violence and conflict, and may never see their family, friends and homes again. I'd really appreciate any sponsorship you give - this is a great local charity that makes people from all around the world welcome during difficult times.

Thank you!

	Donation by Beth 05/08/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Well done Prof! Donation by Beverley Tarquini 20/07/09	£5.00
	Good luck Professor! It sounds amazing. Kx Donation by Katie Lytle 24/06/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	I'd join you but I've lost my flippers Donation by Sophia 19/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Bob Hughes 18/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	This will get you fit for your new role in SHARP. Donation by Leslie Howsam 16/06/09	£20.00
	The 'bobs' and I will be there to cheer you on! Donation by DeNel 11/06/09	£15.00
	run like a guinea pig Donation by Chloe Evans 06/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Sue P 03/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck and enjoy the rest of your trip Donation by Jill 02/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	good luck -you nutter! Donation by jack 01/06/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	What an adventure and a great cause! Donation by Charmian Hearne 01/06/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	good luck - hope you have 'fun'! run fast- I would like to catch up with you again! Donation by Laura D 31/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck. A marathon next time? Donation by Dan & Jules 31/05/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	every little helps! Donation by Maha 29/05/09	£2.50 + £0.71 Gift Aid
	"I wish I were a fish" - Mr Limpet (You Tube). I hope you won´t have to sing along to this one ... RUN!!! Donation by Astrid 27/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck - sounds mad! Donation by Hilary Churchley 27/05/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	attention a la maree montante et aux sables mouvants! Donation by Christine & Michael 23/05/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	or walk like Jesus? Donation by Michele 21/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	As long as you're Moses and not the Egyptians...Have fun! Donation by Muireann 21/05/09	£20.00
	couldn't you have just gone to Lindisfarne?! Best of luck! Donation by Laura Howlett 21/05/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Mild mannered book historian by day, mad-arsed runner by night (or when the tide's out). Good luck! Donation by Ian Gadd 21/05/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Claire! Have fun! Donation by Mae Dagre 21/05/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Remember to look out for 'bobs'! Donation by Danielle 21/05/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Want to borrow my snorkle, just in case? Donation by Sally 20/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Go girl, before the tide catches you! Donation by David F 20/05/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Run like a whippet! xx Donation by Julie 20/05/09	£10.00

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* Total raised online:	£442.50
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£105.06

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