Greetings you sassy badgers,

About a year and a half ago I ran a 6km Santa Dash in Loughborough, this almost killed me.
Last December I decided to go one further and cycled to Copenhagen to attend the Climate talks taking place there, this too nearly killed me.
This June I will be taking part in the FSI 10km run at Thornbridge Hall in Derbyshire, raising money for the charity I now work for called Village Aid.

Doing very similar work to the likes of Christian Aid, Oxfam and Tearfund (tackling the root causes of extreme international poverty) Village Aid is small, focussed and dedicated. The partners we work with in Africa are personally known to us and we have worked together for over 20 years. We only support programmes in five West African countries, namely; The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon. Having visited Sierra Leone and Nigeria in the past and also having an inside understanding of how Village Aid partners operate within these countries I could not be more optimistic about where any money I am able to raise will be going.

Please help me to raise this modest total and contribute what you can to what I am sure will be a much underestimated test of my flagging fitness levels.

Thanks, I like your face,

Jim

P.S. Photos will follow.