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

	Hope you don't get bored! Donation by Charlotte Watson 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck and good climbing Donation by Richard Bridges 05/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	send a post card! Donation by Stephen Somerville 05/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Cara Guthrie 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	good luck RL. Take it easy. Donation by Hannah R 05/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Sounds like it could be quite a trial, but you're used to those (ouch). Have a safe and enjoyable trip! Donation by John Stokes 05/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by The Watson family 05/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Take care. For once, it is a mountain, not a molehill. Donation by Jayne Astley 05/09/08	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Donation by Laura Dunseath 05/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	The Kilimanjaro Hunt is one I have never hunted with. Report for the souwester please. Donation by Adam Waugh 05/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	You're mad! Good luck and keep smiling! Donation by Melanie Hart 05/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck Donation by anon 05/09/08	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	Have fun and good luck Donation by Andrew Spink 05/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good luck, I know that you will succeed Donation by Roy Saunders 05/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Donation by james bruce 05/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	What a fantastic effort - good luck Donation by Alex Lawson 05/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Be strong and smile all the way. You inspire me... I'll be there one day. Have fun. Donation by oba noakes 05/09/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Climb every mountain Donation by David Pannick 04/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	We are supporting dad all the way! Donation by Olivia, Rory and Tilly Compton 04/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Very best of luck Donation by Gillian Whitby 04/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	I hope you will both be very happy. Donation by John Bate-Williams 04/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Hakuna Matata! Donation by Richard Bretton 04/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Donation by Douglas Day 04/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Donation by Alison McCormick 04/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Donation by Toby Bridge 04/09/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Enjoy the scree, pole pole Donation by Paul Farrer 04/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	You only get this if you resist a lift from the sherpas Great choice of charity. Have fun! Donation by The Cotton Family 04/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Love that mountain, Richard! Donation by Christopher Renwick 04/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Hope you feel better when you come back!! Donation by Martin at Cloisters 04/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Richard, keep your bowler on! Donation by Nick Chavasse 04/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 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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