After learning that my friend Neil's daughter Samantha Hughes was fighting a rare childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma, I wanted to help in anyway that I possibly could. Last Year brave Samantha inspired me to run the London Marathon in 3 hours and 38 minutes and raise over £1,000 for Georgies fund.

I am hoping, with your help to beat improve on my finishing time and raise even more money for such a fantastic cause.

Samantha is a beautiful girl and never stops smiling, no matter what life throws at her and is truly an inspiration to us all.  As a close friend of the family I would like to join them in raising the profile of this nasty disease which affects under 100 children in the UK each year.

I will be running the London Marathon for Samantha and all funds will go to their friends at Georgie's Fund who work so hard in helping fund research into a cure and find new treatments for Neuroblastoma and also help other families who are affected by this nasty disease.

Another way to help is to wear a Georgie's Fund Fighting Neuroblastoma Wristband and send a picture to them which they will post on the website.  This way we can see how far around the world we have raised awareness of Neuroblastoma.