Iceland Trek 4 Day Challenge

We are taking on this challenge to support i2gether - a charity set up to give young vulnerable looked after adults the help they need to become who they aspire to be. From hard backgrounds of physical, sexual and mental abuse we give them opportunities to experience new positive challenges to help them improve their lives. One such person is Liberty who is taking on this challenge, see his story below. Together we educate, mentor and guide them to the brighter futures they deserve. We have seen the difference that we can make to young people lives, mentally and developmentally. 

We are a collective of like minded individuals who have come together to change the lives of young vulnerable people. This trek of more than 100km over 4 days over rugged terrain will be, self sufficient, self guided in a country we don't know, carrying everything we need on our backs and staying in basic mountain huts with only the basics to live off. We aim to all come back in one piece having  smashed our fundraising target and learnt alot about our own abilities.

I2getheruk support each individual with a bespoke progression to independence programme PIP which takes them from where we find them ( homeless, isolated, abused) and guides them through becoming independent , giving them skills for life, self belief , confidence and a path to further education and employment.
Liberty is one of the young vulnerable adults we support this is his story. It has (like all of our young people) an adult or adult's who abused their position of trust and let them down.

Liberty's story:

Hi I’m Liberty and I wanted to tell you a little about my life. Up to the age of 12 I lived with my parents. Unfortunately they weren’t the best and they used to torture me in horrendous ways both physically and mentally. My life was pretty miserable and I felt very alone. Thankfully the police found out about the abuse and harm I was encountering and I was put into care which took me away from that awful life.

I was eventually fostered to a good couple but at the age of 16 they were both diagnosed with cancer and I had to be moved into lodgings, alone once more. Things have picked up though and I was lucky enough to get placed with Independent Together who supported me in finding me somewhere to live and providing the support I needed to learn about life. As I was doing well I got onto the development programme with i2gether and have been involved in their education and life skills camps, learning new skills and making new friends. I am currently training to be a mechanic and have a career path.

The opportunity has come for me to be involved in the Iceland challenge and I jumped at the chance to do it. Every donation will help others like me have the opportunity to have a better life. Thank you.

We are:

Hannah Durrant an A&E Consultant, Paul Barlow the Chair of the trustees of i2getheruk, Carol Barlow, a regional sales manager, Dale Walker -a Health Physiotherapist, Connor Holah -social media manager, Diane King ITU Nurse, Nick Hall a National Park Ranger, Chloe Elliott a teacher and Liberty one of the young vulnerable I2getheruk people.

I2GETHER CIO is a charity and it has been entered onto the Register of Charities with the Registered Charity Number 1183013