About me:

I work at the Health Services Management Centre Library and Information Service at Birmingham University. I’ve run two half marathons before at Cardiff and Wolverhampton. I'm a member of the Halesowen Athletics and Cycling Club and I love running as it gives me space in-between a full-time job and looking after my family.

About the charity:

I'm raising money for Lucia, www.luciacharity.org.uk.

LUCIA is a registered charity that improves the lives of people living in troubled areas of Africa. "We believe that the key to positive change is to help the African people, particularly women, to help themselves via education and long term self sustainable development projects. In turn, this reduces reliance on international aid.

Instead of simply giving repeated hand-outs of food or money, LUCIA works towards empowering African communities and individuals, so that they can become self sufficient and then go on to help others to do the same. LUCIA does occasionally use a small amount of its money to fund emergency relief work, as we recognise that some communities will need this in order to reach the sustainable development phase."

It's a small charity so anything you give will really make a difference.

About the run:

There is more information about the Birmingham Half Marathon on the website:http://www.birminghamhalfmarathon.com/ .

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