Keep your New Years Resolution – Give a Freedom Ticket for Life.
Broken your New Year’s resolution yet? Well if you have you’re probably not the only one. Apparently 17th January is officially the day that everybody breaks their New Year’s resolutions. It’s hard to drum up the energy to set off into the cold dark night on a run or go to a sweaty, over-crowded gym… … Read more
Poverty and Human Trafficking: Myth-Busting
By Simon Butcher Last week, the Institute for Trafficked, Exploited and Missing Persons (ITEMP) published a new report identifying poverty as the root cause of human trafficking. “By finding the roots of the problem, we can begin to look for permanent solutions,” ITEMP Director of Operations Charles Moore said. You can perhaps imagine the scene: … Read more
Redlight Run: 1 marathon down, 4 to go
Amsterdam, 10am, -5c and Phil Lane, Duncan Parker and Mark Rowland begin the first of 5 marathons, which they’ll run over 6 days. The ‘Red Light Run’ started today from the red light district in Amsterdam and will end on Wednesday 8th December at the red light district in London, covering 130 miles - 5 marathons. The team have already … Read more
Freedom means escape and an education
I’ve just visited one of the projects your money supports through Freedom Ticket for Life; Children on the Edge’s project in Mae Sot in Thailand on the border with Burma. Burma has been under military rule for many years and different ethnic groups have been under attack ever since (the military is literally trying to … Read more
