Hi. I am Holly Illing and I am passionate about education and sport and how it can enrich peoples lives in so many ways. I love helping others through teaching and coaching sports and an opportunity has arisen to help children in Africa enhance their education and experiences through sport. Through my school "Bourne Community College" and the organisation "Plan My Gap Year" I am volunteering in February 2024 in Ghana, to help community projects and children through teaching games and renovating school facilities to create long term benefits.

I would very much like to help the project by volunteering for 15 days and to do so I need your help in raising £2,000 to help fund the trip and donate directly to the projects. Firstly, I am donating all of my coaching money I earn to the fund, (I am a Community Hockey Coach in local schools and Coach Football as I am part of the England Football Leadership Academy). I will also be raising money through cake sales (I love baking!) at sporting fixtures and doing gardening work for some elderly friends and my Grandma.

I have been really inspired by family and friends who have set themselves incredible personal challenges as part of their fund raising activities and so I have set myself a goal of Running, Walking, Cycling, Swimming, Canoeing and probably crawling at the end!, the distance from Emsworth to Ghana totalling 4,760 km. I started my journey in March and my goal is to cross the finish line by 27th January 2024. I am currently on target with fund raising and distance covered, tracking all my daily Kilometres on my Fitbit and my Dad and I are logging my progress on a route map.

If you would like to help simply share this page. If you buy one of my healthy cupcakes from me at a sports event thank you. If you are able to make a donation that would be amazing and everyone would be very grateful and I know your money will make a difference to the community and a child's life.

Thank you

Holly