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Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. Our innovative education, employment, housing and well-being services address individual needs and help people to transform their lives. We measure our success and can demonstrate tangible results and value for money. We are determined campaigners, working to prevent people from becoming homeless and advocating solutions informed by research and our direct experience. We have ambitious plans for the future and are committed to help more people in more places across the UK. We know we won’t end homelessness overnight or on our own. But we take a lead, collaborate with others and, together, make change happen. Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
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Andrew's Running for Crisis
Hi
This September, Johanna and I are running in the Great North Run to help raise funds for Crisis.
I think it is crazy that in this day and age we still can't provide basic shelter for every person in our own country, can you even imagine not having a place to go at the end of the day, a place to call home? Jo and I feel really strongly about trying to help out those who have nowhere to go, and so are raising money for Crisis by running the Great North Run.
Crisis is a fantastic organisation that provides help and assistance to single homeless people (who fall outside of all the other schemes to help the homeless), not just by giving them a bed, but by working with them to fight the reasons they are homeless. It provides, education, training and employment opportunities so that people can find their own way out of homelessness without relying on donations or having to beg for money. In doing so it also helps to give each person a new purpose in life which means they are far less likely to fall back into homelessness.
Please, if you can, spare as little or as much as possible to sponsor me in running the Great North Run so that together we can support Crisis and perhaps in the future we can say that everyone has a place to call home.
Thank you
Andrew
UPDATE!
Partly as incentive to myself to train, partly as a challenge to you all to help me raise money, I've pledged to run 1km for every pound dontated to Crisis on my behalf (even if it takes me a year after the event to complete them). So, if you want me to suffer (and I'm sure you do), the more you donate, the more I run.
You can track all my training with Endomondo ( http://www.endomondo.com/profile/286477 )and will post update sporadically on here.
Recent donors
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Ryan & Kerensa £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 28.09.11 Hey mate! Here's another 20k.... Get running!! Congrats on finishing with a great time. |
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Jeanette & Ian £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 25.09.11 Well done. |
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Siph @ Weemen.blogspot £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 17.09.11 |
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Christopher Whalen £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 16.09.11 Good luck, Goose! Hope you enjoy the experience. |
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Eileen & Peter £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 16.09.11 A good cause |
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AV&MT £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 16.09.11 Good luck Andy! |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 16.09.11 |
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Michelle & David £5.00 16.09.11 OK Sally- I think you owe me 5 km, then :) You can save it up and come and run it off in South Africa when you and Jo visit us. Good luck! Sounds like a great cause :) |
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Kate £15.00 (+ £3.75 giftaid) 14.09.11 Good luck to both of you! |
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Helen £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 14.09.11 good luck with all the running! |
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Pauline,Caroline, Lynn - CDDFT health workers £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 07.09.11 |
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grandma £15.00 (+ £3.75 giftaid) 07.09.11 looking forward to seeing you both on the day praying for a dry day |
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John £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 07.09.11 really proud of you for your effort to help others |
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Steve & Kate £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 04.08.11 Run Forrest run! I can picture your 50km of pain already having not enjoyed just 3km in the rain |
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D & Y £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 02.08.11 |
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John £10.00 01.08.11 Good luck! Sorry there's no gift aid - I'm paying tax abroad ... |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 01.08.11 |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 01.08.11 Good luck |
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Andrew Phillips £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 29.07.11 Good luck to both of you! |
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Dan Smith (Team 764) £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 29.07.11 Good luck mate! |
