The idots are doing it again!

After last year’s resounding success, the fools are trying to embrace their flagging adolescence and drive from London to Milan in a car purchased for less than £500.  This trip will be reminiscent of the famous film The Italian Job, e.g. when we arrive we too will have no doors!

Many people ask us if we are completely insane, then we tell them about the rally and they seem to cheer up.

Listen to what the rich and famous are saying;

“Shall we have dinner at the Ritz tonight?” – Anon

“Did you see that Gucci handbag, it was beautiful” – Anon

“I need a new car, the Ferrari is dirty” - Anon

It’s all in aid of Centrepoint; “award-winning approach to supporting homeless young people, collaborating with others and influencing government policy, we will achieve our vision of ending youth homelessness.“

 

Good luck to

Lee Nowel (Jean-Luc)

Mike Patti (Principle Navigation)

Stewart Apps (Strategist)

Mark Carr (asleep in the boot)

To give you an idea of how the money you are raising helps Centrepoint here are some of the things you will be enabling…

 

·         £270 gives a homeless young person the basic skills they need to start a college course or get their first job – reading, maths and basic IT. Can you imagine trying to find a job if you can’t read?

 

·         £1,200 pays for Centrepoint’s Workwise programme – an intensive course to prepare homeless young people for work it covers CVs, applications, interviews and working life, plus gives young people two weeks work experience. If anyone has read the Evening Standard over the last few weeks you’ll have seen how hard it is to find work for young people – it’s especially hard for young people who’ve only recently found a safe place to live.

 

·         £145 means Centrepoint can give a young person training in how to manage their money, how not to get ripped off by dodgy landlords, how to pay bills and keep the lights on – everything they need to know for when they move on out of Centrepoint accommodation.

 

·         £100 is the average bursary Centrepoint gives to young people starting college. This means they can buy the books they need to learn from, or the bus pass that gets them there in the morning.

 

·         £600 could buy a new computer for a Centrepoint hostel – absolutely vital if young people are going to be able to study successfully and look for jobs. And go on facebook…