The Sick Children’s Trust (SCT) is ORIP’s nominated Charity of the Year for 2011. We want to raise enough money to fund a room in one of the SCT’s homes. Please help us reach our goal!

ORIP is part of Barclays Group Centre, working within the Compliance area. To support Barclays’ strong commitment to sustainability, we want to get involved in our local community and see how we can make a difference.

Harjap Samra has his running shoes at the ready and will be participating in both the London Marathon  (17th April) and the Copenhagen Marathon (25th May) to help raise money for the SCT.  His target is £3000 so please give generously.

The SCT believes that no child should be separated from their family while in hospital receiving treatment for serious illness.  Their is to provide high quality ‘Home from Home’ accommodation for families whose children are receiving hospital treatment for serious illness. Today, the charity has seven ‘Home from Homes’ at major paediatric hospitals around the country, each providing clean comfortable accommodation for families with seriously ill children.

Every £25 raised (or saved on their behalf) pays for a family to stay in one of their houses for a night, and £9,000 would fund one room for a year, which would allow approximately 36 families to stay near their sick child.

For every £ raised, Barclays will match that so your money will go even further than you think - just imagine what your donation could mean to one of the families.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate.

So please dig deep and donate as much as you can.


Thank you!