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My name is Jason Arday; I am a 26 year old Sports Lecturer at Richmond upon Thames College from Clapham, South London. I have been an avid fundraiser for 8 years, and in that time I have been very lucky to be a part of several fundraising initiatives which have raised substantial amounts for charity.
At the age of 17, I had what I can only describe as life changing experience. Over the Christmas period in December 2002, I was invited to volunteer at a local homeless shelter, what I saw, was to change my perception of what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. After that experience I set myself the aim of helping as many charities as I can over the course of my lifetime, and I set myself the target of raising a £250,000 before the age of 50, which thanks too so many people I am well on my way to achieving.
In the summer of 2010; between July 19th- 22nd August, I was extremely privileged to be part of an ultra-marathon challenge, which involved running 30 marathons in 35 days across the streets of London.
In total, we were able to raise just over £8,000 pounds for the two respective charities; The Shootings Stars Children’s Hospice and Shelter due to the overwhelming support by members of the public and media interest.
What is this year’s fundraising challenge?
This summer, I am very sad to say that this will be my last ever running challenge of any kind, which I will be doing for charity. For those of you who have met me, I have said this nonsense several times, but unfortunately I feel the time has come to focus on raising money for charity through other innovative means, which do not involve me killing myself!!
The final challenge, will involve running the equivalent of 300 miles in 3 days on a treadmill, this roughly will involve running for 12 hours on a treadmill. This challenge will be completed in August 2011 on the 12th, 13th with the final day of the challenge taking place on Sunday 14th August.
What is the target?
The target is to raise £2,000 for these two chosen charities, with the aim being to split the amount raised in half for the two charities!
Why is your support so important?
Your support is instrumental to me completing this task because we need to raise the required amount, and for this I will need you to delve deep into to your pocket and help me reach this target for these two charities, so that ideally we can raise £1,000 for each charity. As well as this, I going to need all the support possible too get me through running 100 miles a day on a treadmill for 3 days. It would also be great if you could come and join me at the two venues where the challenge will take place.
Where will the challenge be taking place?
The challenge will be taking place at Fitness First in Clapham Junction (12th and 14th August), and Latchmere Leisure Centre in Battersea (13th August) from 6am-8pm, at both places.
How will your donation help Shooting Stars?
Shooting Star offers a range of care services for children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families.
Shooting Stars care services are provided to families free of charge, 365 days a year. It costs £3 million every year (£8,000 a day) to maintain these care services, and with no long-term statutory funding, the majority of this comes from voluntary donations.
Website: http://www.shootingstar.org.uk/ Have a look at the phenomenal work this charity does!
How will your donation help Shelter?
Shelter homeless service is provides more than 200 specialist housing advisers. Shelter provides advice, information and help with legal and practical issues surrounding re-housing and homelessness. All of our services are free, professional and independent.
Shelter has more than 30 years' experience in dealing with housing problems. Shelter is able to; help with practical problems, explain complicated legal issues, help an individual to request and prepare for homelessness reviews, tribunals or court hearings and finally, place you in touch with other organisations that can help you. However, this is another service that is provided free of charge and for this valuable service to be maintained, it is heavily reliant on fundraising schemes and donations.
Website: http://england.shelter.org.uk/ Have a look at the phenomenal work this charities does!
We really want to go out in style for this challenge, if you could donate and get involved, the charities concerned and myself would be extremely grateful.
Much love,
Jason Arday