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Iʼve raised £9,313 to help get George back on his feet after his boat sinking.
- Bradford-on-Avon, UK
- Funded on Saturday, 1st June 2019
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George is a vunrable man who lives on in his boat on the kennet & Avon canal in Wiltshire. Due to some verbally aggressive youngsters who were speeding on hireboats this weeknd his boat is now sinking. This is his home and if the community cant manage to re-float it he will be homeless. If people DO manage to re-float his boat it will need some cash injected to make it habitable again for him.
Thank you so very much for caring. He is in a very confused state and needs to be left alone with people who know him at the moment.
Laura
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- 5 years ago
Laura Darling
5 years ago👋 Update... The community has been busy helping/ building a steel cabin for George, meaning he is warm & dry ready for winter, we have a woodburner going in soon! Today we helped him clear away some of the rubbish that was still there from the day he lost everything. It’s all taken longer then we hoped but it’s starting to look much better! He will continue to build his home and with the generous donations that you so kindly gave him. Quite simply without them we don’t know what would have happened to him! Thanks again for your support! :)
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- 6 years ago
Laura Darling
6 years agoGeorge is still in a tent on the towpath unfortunately but he is in high spirits! He has ordered steel and is in the first stages of getting his boat cabin built. He is getting help sourcing boat essentials such as bilge pumps and batteries etc, and we have put plans in place for a wood-burner too. We really need the rain to hold off for long enough to get the steel welded, as that can't be done in the rain. Ideally this would be done in a dry-dock but unfortunately- it is too expensive! Hopefully, the next update will be a happy one!
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- 6 years ago
Laura Darling
6 years agoHello everybody thank-you SO much for all your support for George. *** He has kindly requested that he feels he has enough money and require any more. *** Thank you so very much for caring. He is in a very confused state and needs to be left alone with people who know him at the moment. Laura
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528
Anonymous
Dec 10, 2018
Hope your able to build your new boat, George.
£20.00
Anonymous
Dec 1, 2018
Hope you can the boat repaired prior to the winter and can once again enjoy life afloat.
£20.00
Anonymous
Nov 17, 2018
Anonymous
Nov 17, 2018
Rob Dady
Nov 17, 2018
£10.00
Tina - boater from Kent
Oct 27, 2018
£10.00
Miriam Nowar
Oct 24, 2018
£30.00
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Laura Darling
Bradford-on-Avon, UK
Liveaboard boater on the Kennt & Avon Canal. Friends with George. X