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

	bahati njema! look it up in your swahili pocket dictionary!! Donation by su and charles simmons 09/09/08	£40.00
	Good luck! Donation by Charles Lissack 08/09/08	£500.00
	Good luck and have fun! Donation by The Gaskins 08/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	The only way is up Donation by Simon Temple-Pedersen 08/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Well done for the thought and for the deed! Donation by Kathryn Purkis 08/09/08	£100.00
	The good news is that it's downhill all the way from the top! Donation by Philip Huckin 08/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Give me a bell from the top Donation by Oba Nsugbe 08/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck for this worthwhile cause Donation by Robert Rhodes QC 08/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	You are doing something I will never do. Enjoy it. Donation by Julian and Diana Barran 07/09/08	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck , it sounds as if the trip will be fantastic and hopefull the momey raised will help turn some lives around! Donation by Judy Gant 07/09/08	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	you r both crazy!!!!! Donation by Lucy 07/09/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	What a fantastic experience - onwards to the top! Donation by Jo Thomas 07/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Donation by holly 07/09/08	£5.00
	you must be mad Donation by Andrew Radcliffe 07/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Well done - next time Everest? Donation by Peter Lissack 07/09/08	£50.00
	Now I know why you have been holidaying so much recently but I think your acclimatisation training at high altitude in an airplane needs a rethink! Donation by Julian Morgan 07/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Knees bent, chest out and go forth! Donation by Colleen May 07/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	One born every minute - or two in this case ! Could'nt just settle for Snowdon could you ! All the best. Donation by Nick Dunne 06/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Richard and Ben - Good luck and have fun. Donation by Nick Adams 06/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Heels down, look up,and breathe Donation by Sorrel Warwick 05/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck- are you sure you don't need help - or animal tablets? Donation by The Vetin'ries 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck to you both Donation by Charles Bott 05/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Best of Luck for a very worthwhile cause ! Donation by Parker Family 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Have a wonderful time! Donation by zoonosis adviser 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Have climbed it myself - it's tough at the top! Donation by Nathan Tavares 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Don't forget the power of the Fund It Frog to generate free (and thus groan-free!) donations. Donation by Tim Lord 05/09/08	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	Good luck. Don't forget the satnav ! Donation by David Cowie 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Will you be doing it in barefeet? Donation by Carlos Conceicao 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck getting to the top, you won't be able to watch BBC news while doing it you know! Donation by Gym Manager 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	A mountainous task Donation by Sandra and David Assersohn 05/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 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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