Simon Oliver

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Fundraising for The Outward Bound Trust
£1,832
raised of £500 target
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Simon Oliver's fundraising, 20 February 2011
The Outward Bound Trust

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RCN 1128090 (England & Wales), SC040341 (Scotland)
We help develop young people to to equip them with skills for life

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I'm walking 200 miles across the entire country, Coast-To-Coast in April!

 

When I was just 16 years old, a charity whose name I do not now know sponsored me to go on an Outward Bound course for three weeks in Abrdovey. It changed my life! Something about that three weeks tought me that I could do things that I had though I could not do until that point. It pushed me to my limits too! But it also pushed a love of the wild-hills into my blood that was perhpas there before but was certainly there afterwards. It tought me that through hard work and determination one can achieve many things and that one's past is not necessarily a barrier to the future. Without that course, I would probably not have had the get-up-and-go to do many things that I have since done. It altered the bedrock of who I am and I think back to it more often than you might expect. Thanks so much to those who chose me and gave me the opportunity. Though it is now very many years later, this is my chance to put a little back and maybe let another young person have their life brought out of the dark and into the light. 

 

Please give whatever you can afford. Your donation will help someone who in years to come will be so very glad that they were given a chance to lift their head and believe from somewhere deep inside that 'I can if I just try!'.

 

You can follow my progress as I hike coast-to-coast across the country at http://simon-coast2coast.blogspot.com/

 

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So please dig deep and donate now.

 

Simon

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About the charity

The Outward Bound Trust

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RCN 1128090 (England & Wales), SC040341 (Scotland)
The Outward Bound Trust is an educational charity dedicated to unlocking the potential in young people between the ages of 9-25 through discovery and adventure in the wild. We give them access to adventurous experiences through which they can learn to achieve more than they ever thought possible.

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Total raised
£1,832.00
+ £319.94 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,832.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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