<p><span style="color: #800080;">Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">I'm running the <strong>London Marathon</strong> in April this year for <em><strong>Kith and Kids</strong></em>, a charity which supports young people with learning disabilities and their families. I have supported and volunteered with <em>Kith and Kids</em> for many years because I believe the work they do for people is pioneering.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">Here's why:</span></p> <p><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;">Kith &amp; Kids&rsquo; aim is to empower families who have a son or daughter with a learning disability or autism (many also have a physical or sensory disability) to overcome their social exclusion.&nbsp;</span></strong></span></p> <p> <p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>Throughout the year they provide a variety of volunteer-supported projects and services, offering opportunities to learn new skills, make friends, go out and have fun. The person with a disability being the focus of their activities, they design individual needs based projects and services that provide him or her with much needed social interaction and a sense of &ldquo;normal&rdquo; life that most of us take for granted.</strong></span></p> <p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>Kith and Kids offers a Family Support Service helping parents and siblings by introducing them to other parents and siblings as well as providing individual support. Their Outreach Service provides information, support and training to families, carers and organisations throughout the UK.</strong></span></p> <p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>Kith &amp; Kids also offers quality training to hundreds of volunteers throughout the year who support their projects and provide a vital link between our participants and the wider community.</strong></span></p> </p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">Please can you help to support me, to support them by giving what ever you can towards my fundraising target.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #800080;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">Thank you so so much!</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">Love Marie x</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #800080;"><br></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>