Why I'm fundraising

During his lifetime my great great grandfather, William Mather of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, was heavily devoted to the rehabilitation of abused and orphaned women and children.

Compelled to continue his father's work after his death, his son Edward Ponnusamy Mather built the William Mather Memorial Women’s Centre in Maruthanamadam in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The centre housed and rehabilitated women and girls who were victims of harrowing sexual assault and other crimes against women. Edward ensured the Women's Centre provided a safe haven for women and girls to receive critical support, protection and education in order for them to re-enter society with confidence.

My grandfather, Rev. Bramwell C.D Mather, was devoted to the running of this centre throughout his lifetime until his death in 1990.

The Women's Memorial Centre is still in operation today and has since helped many of the women and girls who were raped and sexually assaulted during Sri Lanka's recent civil war.

In memory of my grandfather Rev. Bramwell C.D. Mather’s charity work, I wish to continue to support victims of rape and sexual abuse worldwide. It is for this reason that I have chosen to run the Richmond Riverside 10K Run in order to raise money for Rape Crisis (England & Wales) and end the fight against sexual violence towards women and girls.

So please spare some money for this incredibly worthy cause and join me in supporting this great charity to help the very women and children it serves to protect.

I am truly grateful for your support.

Zoe


Why Rape Crisis (England & Wales)?

Rape Crisis England & Wales exists to promote the needs of women and girls who have experienced sexual violence, to improve services to them and to work towards the elimination of sexual violence.

Rape Crisis England & Wales works with member Rape Crisis organisations to achieve three core priorities:

1. Securing high quality specialist services for women and girls who have experienced sexual violence
2. Building our collective expertise to improve services and policies for the benefit of survivors / victims
3. Ending rape and sexual violence

Rape Crisis acknowledges all forms of sexual violence, including but not restricted to: rape, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, sexual harassment, rape within marriage / relationships, forced marriage, so-called honour-based violence, female genital mutilation, trafficking, sexual exploitation, grooming and ritual abuse, irrespective of whether the violence is from known or unknown perpetrator(s).


Text donations

Donations can be made via text by simply texting the code WMMC89 and the amount to 70070. Within 24 hours you'll receive confirmation by text letting you know the donation has been successful.

For example, if you wanted to give £10, you will need to text 'WMMC89 £10', sending this to the number 70070.

You can only donate £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 by text, for any other amount you'll need to give online.

What's the cost of donating by text?

It's completely free. There's no cost to you for sending the text and your free allowance/bundle won't be affected - the only charge will be the donation itself which will be added to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your pay as you go credit. What's more, 100% of your text donation (including Gift Aid) will be sent to the charity.

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