Thomas Nicholls

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Fundraising for NSPCC
£3,465
raised of £4,275 target
by 32 supporters
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Event: Mount Kilimanjaro Trek - Rongai Route, from 6 February 2014 to 16 February 2014
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Story

About a year ago, I had just been made redundant for the second time in a year. I was massively unhappy and having had depression since I was 13 anyway, this laid me very low indeed. I also was going through about a 3rd year of having terrible problems with anxiety as well.
Apart from my wife and family, I honestly felt like I had nothing to live for. I needed something to give my life direction and something possitve to do. Needing to confront my problems with travel anxiety in particular, I needed a challenge that would help me face these problems head on and beat them.

I had always loved mountain walking and wanted to do a bigger mountain than anything I had done before. A quick search online and there were a lot of opportunities. I stumbled across a site doing mountain walks for charities. This was perfect!
I selected climbing Kilimajaro for the NSPCC. This would allow me to face my travel anxiety head on and also raise money for a childrens charity.
As a child I was adopted. To go from being unwanted, to a child that had a loving family, made me very lucky indeed. I was given every opportunity and had a great childhood. A mother that cared and a father that took me to rugby and to walk mountains in the Lake District.

The NSPCC help out children who don't have the luck and opportunities I got. So many children in the UK live through poverty and abuse. They need all the help they can get, as they cannot help themselves.
Every child deserves a childhood! Lets help them have one.

About the charity

NSPCC

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We’re the only charity fighting to end child abuse in the UK and Channel Islands. That’s why we help children who’ve been abused to rebuild their lives, we protect children at risk, and we find the best ways of preventing child abuse from ever happening.

Donation summary

Total raised
£3,464.05
+ £743.05 Gift Aid
Online donations
£3,364.05
Offline donations
£100.00

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