Crispian Besley, from Northamptonshire, is using his participation in historic motor racing as a novel way of raising funds and promoting awareness of the national learning disability charity United Response.
The charity has a special significance to Crispian as they provided support for his younger brother, Dominic, for the last 15 years.
Crispian said:
"Dominic was born with Down's Syndrome and sadly died earlier this year at the age of 48 but his years in United Response’s care were some of the happiest of his life."
"I want to use my passion for motor racing to tell others about United Response’s work and to make it possible for more people with learning disabilities to live life to the full."
Crispian, a winner of the Front engine class of the Historic Formula Junior Championship 2008, is asking people to pledge money based on the points that he scores in this year’s championship, with a prize for the donor who correctly guesses the points and his final position. Crispian won the Front Engined class last year and over the last 7 years has scored an average of 43 points.
To read more about Crispian’s fundraising efforts and support him, go to www.justgiving.com/crispianbesley
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