Richard Lissack is fundraising for Depaul UK

Richard Lissack's Fundraising Page

Climb Kilimanjaro

on 11/10/2008

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Team members:

Richard Lissack and Ben Compton

Raising money for

Depaul UK

Charity Registration No. 802384

Depaul UK helps young people who are homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged. We are passionate about what we do, working in the very heart of local communities.

We protect young people who become homeless by finding them a place to call their home. Each year we provide over 100,000 bed nights and we are open every day and night.

Depaul UK is the new name for Depaul Trust. We prevent young people from becoming homeless by rebuilding family relationships and offering through the gate support to young offenders.

We provide young people with the chance to fulfil their potential in the community through education, volunteering, training and jobs.

Since we started in 1989, we’ve made a difference to over 45,000 young people.

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Richard Lissack

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Raised so far: £18,944.00

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My story

We would like your help please. On 1st October we board the night flight toNairobi. The purpose of our trip is to climb Kilimanjaro; as you know it is the highest free standing mountain in the world and its summit at just short of 20,000 feet is the highest point on the African continent.

We know all the FAQs....

Why are two men who "ought to know better at their age" engaging on such a trip?

Will they survive in tents for goodness sake?

Do Vodafone have a mast their (yet)?

How will they charge their laptops?

What is the shopping like up there?

Will the Prada loafers stand the strain?

...and other critical issues of life and death

Well, of course like so many others before us and like many more to come we are doing this to make a difference to someone else's life. [No, not giving our families a welcome break from our company, that is not what we mean....]

We are doing this to raise money for the admirable Depaul Trust which we know some of you support already. Details of its excellent work appears to the left on this page and still more can be found at www.depaultrust.org

In short, Depaul Trust specialises in working in communities where poverty and long-term unemployment have resulted in generations of social exclusion and high rates of homelessness. Whilst their work with homeless young people continues to be a central part of what they do, they have developed new services and opened new projects that not only help individual young people but - crucially - whole communities where homelessness and anti-social behaviour are rife.

Today, the Depaul Trust is tackling the issues that are most important to and in one way or another impact on all our lives - excluded young people some of whom who get mixed up with drink and drugs and then through petty offending they enter a vortex of offending and suvival.

Depaul Trust provides young people and communities with the services that prevent these problems from happening. At the same time, they continue to work with individual young people who have fallen through the safety net and lack the most basic needs, such as somewhere to live and something to eat.

Stand back and consider for one moment the Depaul Trust's successes with the homeless young and vulnerable all over the UK, without regard to colour or creed, religion or belief, sex or societal position and we are sure you will see exactly why we are foresaking our blackberries and making this effort.

Please support Depaul Trust: donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Depaul Trust gets your money faster and, if you’re ataxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

So please sponsor us now!

Many thanks

Richard and Ben

	Good luck to you both Donation by caroline tanner 15/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by bels 15/09/08	£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid
	Donation by Sarah Neish 15/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Really good luck! Incidentally, I'll double this if you combine it with an egg and spoon race. Donation by Amy S 15/09/08	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Best of luck - enjoy Donation by Dickinson family 15/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	We'll all be thinking of you Donation by Elgood family 14/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Enjoy every minute Donation by Wills family 13/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good luck ! Donation by Claire Rawle 12/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Donation by Colin Jessey 12/09/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Be sure to take gin and tonic Donation by Keith Morton 11/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	We've heard the views are stunning - will you take our camera? Donation by Tim and Clare Hagon 11/09/08	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	I assume that in the true spirit of Monty Python you will be climbing both peaks of Mt Kilimanjaro. Good luck with each of them! Donation by Richard Wald 11/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Laetitia Glossop 11/09/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Swahili worth noting: Ita daktari = Fetch a doctor! Wapi choo = where are the loos? Nataka bia baridi tafadhali = I`d like a cold beer please! Donation by Adrian and Annie Leng 10/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	The picture at the top looks nothing like either of you!! You are not allowd home with a beard! Donation by R's WIFE and all the horses,ponies and dogs!!!!! 10/09/08	£999.00 + £281.77 Gift Aid
	as they say climb every mountain,you have been a fantastic support over the last 2years. Donation by charles rifkind 10/09/08	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck and safe return! Donation by Julian Aylmer 10/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Don't look down Donation by Johnnie and Pony Burridge 10/09/08	£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid
	Very envious- having a great time and for a good cause too, what could be better! Donation by Alison Brooks 10/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Don't forget your kendalls Mint Cake Donation by Bultitude 10/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Well done both of you! Donation by Antony and Clare Pinsent 10/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Tom Leeper 10/09/08	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	Hope the porters can keep up! Donation by The Drummond Smiths 09/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Come back, please. Donation by Grice 09/09/08	£50.00
	Wish I could come with you, boys Donation by Lord Bingham 09/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Nick most envious. He did Mt. Kenya, saw Kilamanjaro in the distance and wanted to climb it ever since. It'll be worth the headache! Donation by Sue and Nick Baxter 09/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	when the going gets tough............ :-)) Donation by Graham Hart 09/09/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Hope you have wonderful trip! Donation by Gabrielle Heaney 09/09/08	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Come back safely - your juniors need you! Donation by ML2 09/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Donation by maili felton 09/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£15,769.00
Offline donations:	£3,175.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£3,741.13

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