Barry's Edinburgh Marathon Fundraising Campaign
Edinburgh Marathon
Thank you for visiting our fundraising page.
After watching the 2009 London Marathon, we both felt the inspiration to run the Edinburgh Marathon in 2010 and early training commenced thereafter.
This was coming from a person who had never even tried to running distances greater than 500 yards.
There is definitely going to be a long arduous journey training through the cold winter months !
We chose Children with Leukaemia as our charity as we want to make a difference to the lives of Children who are affected by Leukaemia.
Alison and I have pledged to fundraise £4,000.00 for Children with Leukaemia.
At first, we thought that this was a daunting prospect but when you break it down, it is more manageable. After all, how hard can it be getting 200 people to donate £20 each !!
We all know times are tough, but this is a very important cause worthy of digging deep for and we would ask that you are help as much as you can...
If you cannot afford much, then just give us what you can afford...
If on the other hand, you are feeling flush, we would be grateful for any donations towards our Fundraising Campaign goal of £4,000.00.
Donating through this page is simple, quick and secure. It is the most efficient way to give – so every donation goes further – and if you are a UK taxpayer and give Gift Aid consent the charity will receive an extra 28% at no cost to you.
Thank you for your much valued support in helping us achieve our target !
- Total raised online
- £30.00
- view donations
- Total Gift Aid reclaimed
- £8.46
- Total raised offline
- £0.00
- Grand total
- £38.46
A message from CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA
Leukaemia is cancer of the blood. It’s not hereditary. You can’t catch it. Yet, alarmingly, leukaemia is the most common childhood cancer.
In February 1987, leukaemia claimed the life of fourteen year old Paul O’Gorman. Just nine months later, another devastating blow struck the O’Gorman family when Paul’s sister, Jean, was also killed by cancer.
Always a caring boy, Paul had made his parents promise to help other children with leukaemia and, within weeks of his death, they started fundraising. In November 1987, just days after Jean’s death, they met Diana, Princess of Wales. Deeply moved by the double tragedy, she personally helped establish this charity.
Paul continues to inspire the work of CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA. What started as a small memorial charity is now the UK’s leading charity dedicated to the conquest of childhood leukaemia through pioneering research, new treatments and the support of leukaemic children and their families.
Fifty years ago, leukaemia was a virtual death sentence. Tremendous advances in treatment and care mean that four out of five affected children now survive. However, alarmingly, incidence of leukaemia has also increased steadily during the past fifty years and the treatments, which include chemotherapy, radiotherapy and bone marrow transplants, can themselves cause severe problems in the young children whose lives they save.
Thanks to the generous support of the public, many areas of research and treatment are being investigated and progressed. Teams of researchers funded by CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA are working towards the development of more effective, less punishing treatments which will not only drive up the survival rate still further but will reduce the risk of serious side-effects.
CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA is determined to find out more about the causes of childhood leukaemia and through an annual grants programme, project funding is awarded to researchers around the world investigating why children develop leukaemia. While research is the key to protecting future generations, the charity never forgets about the children who are suffering today and what work can be done to ease the burden on children and families who are struggling through the long months and years of treatment. The Paul O’Gorman Patient Hotel at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, one of the recently funded projects, provides accommodation for families who are travelling to and from London for outpatient appointments and helps to avoid the difficulties of attending treatments.
With administration costs kept to a minimum, you can be sure that when you support CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, your money will be put to good use immediately in the fight to save young lives.
