<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page!</p> <p>As many of you know, I took up running last year (reluctantly!) and have now become hooked - running my first marathon in October 2011.</p> <p>It has long since been an ambition of mine to run the London marathon and when an opportunity presented itself to run it in aid of such a great cause, I jumped at the opportunity.</p> <p>Dockland Settlements is based in the Isle of Dogs (near the Barclays office and around the corner from where I used to live) and provides a range of activities to help improve the local community here including parenting courses, childcare provisions to allow parents to get back to work, scout and cub packs and&nbsp;pensioners' clubs.</p> <p>They currently have 3 main buildings here - all of which are in a terrible state as they are over 100 years old and need to be either completely redeveloped or relocated. As you can imagine in London, this is an expensive project.</p> <p><strong>Please donate whatever you can to help this brilliant cause - and give me that extra motivation as I hit the wall at mile 25!!</strong></p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p>