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State Securities Sales Director To Walk In The Footsteps Of The Maasai To Fundraise For Charity
Added: (Fri Mar 17 2006)
Key points:
• State Securities Sales Director, Andrew Bullard, to undertake charity trek in Tanzania
• Motor Neuron Disease (MND) Association to benefit from fundraising
Friday, 17 March 2006: The Sales Director at a leading asset finance company, Andrew Bullard, will be trekking across the Great African Rift Valley in Tanzania during September 2006, to raise vital funds for the MND Association (registered charity no. 294354).
Motor Neuron Disease is a fatal disease that attacks the nervous system. There is no known cause or cure. According to the MND Association*, the shocking fact is that half of people with Motor Neuron Disease die within 14 months of diagnosis. The one drug licensed to treat the disease only extends life by two to three months.
Supporting the MND Association is a cause close to Andrew’s heart. The charity is run by an inspirational group of volunteers who provide essential care and support to people with MND while also promoting research into causes, treatments and a cure.
The trek should prove to be a demanding one. For 10 days Andrew will be following in the footsteps of the African nomadic tribe, the Massai of Kenya and North Tanzania. Starting in the foothills of the 8,500 ft tall Mount Longdio, a sacred Maasai mountain, he will be walking in desert-like conditions in severe heat and dust for over 25kms per day. The terrain is notoriously wild and rugged and follows a route where Maasai villages and volcanoes rise out of the acacia and savannah bush, creating the most dramatic backdrop imaginable. Overnight will be spent under canvas with very limited comfort or facilities.
Andrew said, “I was extremely encouraged by the moral and financial support received for the expedition I completed last year in Peru for Leukaemia Busters and I am hopeful again that people’s generosity will support me through this new challenge. All sponsorship and donations, however big or small, for the MND Association will be equally matched by State Securities, so together we have the opportunity to make a real difference to help the charity with its vital cause”.
For more information or to sponsor Andrew, contact him on telephone 01489 775618.
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Notes to Editors:
Editorial contact: Jo Macklin, t 01489 775646, e jmacklin@statesecurities.plc.uk
State Securities Jellicoe House, Botleigh Grange Office Campus, Grange Drive, Hedge End, Southampton, Hants SO30 2AF
State Securities
State Securities provides a one-stop-shop for business customers looking to raise finance for the acquisition of new or used assets, along with the re-financing of assets already owned by the business. It also provides commercial mortgages for properties such as factories, warehouses, offices and retail outlets.
Factoring has recently been introduced for State Securities type customers to help improve their cash management and to assist in trying to provide a complete finance package.
State Securities works with a wide range of clients, including public and private limited companies, partnerships and sole traders, and can also help companies that have difficulty in raising finance in a short period of time, for example new start businesses. Additionally, it specialises in businesses in company or individual voluntary arrangements.
The company is proud to have raised over £44,000 for the Leukaemia Busters charity last year, its 25th anniversary year.
MND Association
The Motor Neuron Disease Association is a registered charity (no. 294354). If you would like to find out more about the MND Association and its work, please visit their web site at www.mndassociation.org.
* Statistics quoted in this press release have been sourced from the MND Association press release January 2006, available from the charity’s website.
Charity Challenge
If you would like to find out more about charity challenges such as the Tanzania trek, please visit the web site www.charitychallenge.com