Alex Starling is fundraising for Five Talents

Alex, Boydie and Ben do LEJOG 2009

LEJOG team at the finish!

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LEJOG team at the finish!

LEJOG team on the train to Penzance

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Raising money for Five Talents

Charity Registration No. 1113969

Five Talents empowers the active poor in developing countries with business training, small loans and savings schemes - helping entrepreneurs to start and expand small businesses. Our motto is; "Fighting poverty, creating jobs, transforming lives" - giving people a hand-up rather than a hand-out!

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09/09/2014

Raised: 51%

Target: £1,000.00
Raised so far: £512.50

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Hi All,

Ben, Boydie and myself have just cycled from Land's End to John o'Groats. It was awesome fun - but also pretty tough, not least putting up with Boydie's grumpiness and Ben's chat! Poor Boydie and Ben had to put up with some 'wind assistance' from their third team member. Apart from great weather at the start and end of the journey, we struggled against rain and unfavourable (meteorological) wind in Scotland, forced creaking knees and and other joints to actuate more times than they really wanted to, and ate incredibly large quantities of food. Over the 9 days, we cycled 930 miles and covered and climbed 15,000 metres (so our satnavs tells us!). It was great fun, even if Boydie and Ben at times didn't need to be reminded of this fact by their rather overenthusiastic third team member.

Have a look at some of the photos here: www.tiny.cc/lejogflickr

Cutting straight to the point, it would be great if you could support one of our chosen charities - Five Talents, whose mission is to fight poverty, create jobs and transform lives by empowering the poor in developing countries using innovative savings and microcredit programs, business training and spiritual development. Basically, this means giving people an ethical loan so they can start a business, therefore sustainably helping them help themselves. Once the loan has done its work and helped set up a thriving business / livelihood, the money is paid back to Five Talents who then reinvest it, thereby helping more people and recycling the initial charitable donation.

I support this charity myself, have done some basic due diligence on it and am comfortable that it genuinely makes a difference rather than just 'talks a good game'.

Obviously it would be great if you could donate through this page, but more useful for the charity would be if you went straight to Five Talents and set up a direct debit - contact the charity directly on 020 3326 0426 (or email vanessa.henegan@fivetalents.org.uk). If you Gift Aid it, the charity gets loads extra (and you might be able to claim more back on your tax return).

Many thanks for reading this far and thanks for your support.

Cheers.

Alex, Boydie and Ben

	Well done! Donation by Nathalie Ewing on 29/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Marc d'Abbadie on 22/09/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Donation by Angela and John Smith on 22/09/09	£20.00
	Well done! Hope the legs have stopped aching now. Donation by Becky Smith on 21/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Well done. Donation by Roz Green on 16/09/09	£10.00
	THANK YOU FOR A WEEK OF PHOTO ENTERTAINMENT Donation by Jeremy Starling on 16/09/09	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	well done Alex, another amazing achievement! Donation by Manousos Syngellakis on 16/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Really didn't need to know about the third member's wind, but well done anyway ... Donation by Ben Jeapes on 15/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done, Alex, impressive effort and great cause! Donation by Robert Lees on 15/09/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Well done Alex! Get back down to the pool for some recovery! Donation by Jane McMenemy on 15/09/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	superb effort!! Donation by James Andrew on 14/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Congratulations! Donation by Richard Samworth on 14/09/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Well done Alex! Donation by sarah burrows on 14/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	An incredible achievement - congratulations! Loved the photos and captions along the way! Donation by Lucy Owens on 14/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Edward Belgeonne on 14/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Congratulations! What an achievement and for such a good cause. Donation by Kathryn and Oliver on 13/09/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Great work - can I come on the next trip? Donation by Blox on 11/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done, Alex!! Donation by Cath, Stu & George on 11/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done guys! I am very impressed - I'm not sure I can even remember how to ride a bike it's been that long... ;o) Donation by Caroline G on 11/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	well done! Donation by Philip Whall on 11/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Wow that does sound like a tough challenge. Well done team. Donation by Lucy C on 10/09/09	£12.50 + £3.53 Gift Aid
	I am sooooooooooooo proud of you!! You are amazing! Donation by Anna on 10/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous on 10/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	well done Alex, what a fabulous thing to do. Donation by charlotte greig on 10/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous on 10/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£512.50
Offline donations:	£0.00
Mobile donations:	£0.00
Total Raised:	£512.50
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£136.09

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Alex, Boydie and Ben do LEJOG 2009

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