<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It is my intention to raise as much money as I possibly can for the Everyman Campaign - a charity whose aim it is to stamp out Male Testicular and Prostate Cancers.&nbsp; To do this I have been successful in this year gaining a place in the 2011 Virgin London Marathon.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In the past 12-18 months I have run a bit, although very sporadically!! Current limit is about 10km of which my PB is just under an hour.&nbsp; I have a sixteen week plan which I intend to follow rigidly and hopefully even build upon it even further.&nbsp; My aim is to make it around the course as close to four hours as possible!!</p> <p>Please help support this great cause.&nbsp; Details about where your money will go and how it helps cancer research is given below:</p> <h2><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #000000;">Where The Money Goes</span></span></strong></h2> <p>Our vision is that male cancers will no longer be a life sentence by reducing their incidence and improving diagnosis and treatments.</p> <p>We rely on the generosity of our supporters to enable us to forge ahead with this vision.</p> <p>Everyman is a campaign run by The Institute of Cancer Research - one of the most cost effective cancer research organisations in the world with over 90p in every &pound;1 of our total income going straight into supporting our life-saving research.</p> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;">What your money buys</span></h2> <p>As I&rsquo;m sure you can imagine, running a laboratory is very expensive.&nbsp; To run the Everyman Male Cancer Research Centre costs about &pound;2 million a year.</p> <p>Here is a short list of some of the items that are needed in the laboratories with their approximate costs:&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" border="1" background="http://everyman-campaign.org/Donate_Now/15198.jpg"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">Fridges (for storing laboratory reagents)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;240 - &pound;500</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">Electric Pippettes&nbsp;(for measuring and transferring small volumes of liquids)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;350 - &pound;690</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">Microscopes&nbsp;(for examining samples)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;450 - &pound;1,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">Computers starting at&nbsp;(essential to all labs)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;675</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">Centrifuges&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;1,000 - &pound;1,500</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">Analytical Balance (measures accurately very small amounts of chemical reagents)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;600-1000</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">PCR Machine&nbsp;(A machine that heats and cools on a cycle and allows scientists to amplify tiny amounts of DNA, essential for examining genes and gene defects)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;4000</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">Spectrophotometer&nbsp;&nbsp;(Specialised equipment that measures the concentration of DNA)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;3,500 - &pound;10,500</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">Incubators&nbsp; (for cell culture)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;3,850 - &pound;4,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">Ariol Wholeslide Scanner&nbsp;(Specialised equipment that allows scientists to examine tumour material rapidly and with a high level of accuracy.)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #00cccc;" width="50%">&pound;125,000</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Just Giving</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> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>