On 22 October I will be running (8km) and cycling (25km) up and down the hills of south Cork, with Mark Gorman and Mark Faulkner. We'll also be dipping our oars in the local river (1.5km). All as part of the South Coast Adventure Challenge to raise money for Innovista Ireland's Future Leaders programme. Robbie* is a teenager from inner city Dublin. He lives in a community where drug and alcohol abuse is rife and the best paying job prospect for young males is as a drug dealer. Alcoholism and a parent in prison have devastated Robbie's family life. It is no surprise that he has dropped out of school early and has a police record for violent behaviour. Today his future has 'prison' written all over it. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Robbie is intelligent, talented and influential. He has incredible potential. Imagine if he used that potential to influence his peers for good, to bring change in his community. Robbie could be a future leader. To do that he needs people around him who will invest deeply in him; who will show him that another way is possible; who will encourage him and cheer him on; who will do what most of us would consider normal. Future Leaders is an initiative created for young people like Robbie. We want to break the cycle of hopelessness and despair and help him experience that change is possible. We want to equip Robbie and his peers with the skills, courage and character to be leaders who change their own lives and transform their communities. Robbie is part of the Future Leaders pilot programme that's being delivered by Innovista Ireland and a local church. There are hundreds of teenagers like Robbie who can become future leaders. Your support will enable us to expand the programme, giving more young people their much needed opportunity to see that there is a better way and become part of the change that's needed where they are. That's why we're doing the challenge. Please give whatever you can. [If you are a UK taxpayer please give via http://www.justgiving.com/sammoore2011/ and we can reclaim tax on your donation] For more information see www.innovista.ie