For charity. For the Mitchemp
Trust. I was one of a team of 5 volunteers, aiming to raise
£30,000 for the Mitchemp
Trust to benefit vulnerable children in the UK. Thanks to the
wonderful support of my colleagues at HSBC, I raised £2,000. When
the Group adds its £1 for £1 sponsorship that will take my total to
£2,150 or £2,400 if I have raised more than anyone else in the month.
The Mitchemp Trust
The Mitchemp Trust is a youth development charity,
established in 1992, that works with vulnerable children between the ages
of 11 and 14 years. It aims to improve the self esteem and confidence of
these young people, showing them what they can achieve if they believe in
themselves, better enabling them to play a constructive part in society.
The trust does this by providing outdoor adventure camps that are designed
to help the youngsters see what they are capable of, through challenging
their beliefs and building their own self esteem. In so doing, they are
prepared for work later with other organisations such as the Prince's
Trust. The aim is to catch the youngsters before they drop out of
education, turn to drugs and alcohol and/or become involved in crime, by
giving them opportunities to do things that otherwise would be beyond
their wildest dreams, and most certainly beyond their reach, that they can
build on over time. Here is what the money we are raising would provide:
- £16,000 could run a summer camp for 40 children
- £400 could provide this opportunity for one child
- £2,500 could provide qualified instructors and staff
for one camp
- £900 could provide transport for one camp
- £200 could train one volunteer staff member
More information is available here and on the Trust's
web site Mitchemp
Trust.
  
[ Why? ] [ Preliminaries ] [ Getting There ] [ Days 1 and 2 ] [ Day 3 ] [ Days 4 and 5 ] [ Days 6, 7 and 8 ]
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