Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I have (stupidly?!) managed to secure myself a place in the London Marathon 2010, and am doing it in aid of a fantastic charity called Shelterbox.

This charity responds immediately to disasters worldwide sending their renown Shelterbox's to the people desperatley in need.

Each Shelterbox contains enough supplies to home an extended family of up to 10 whilst they are homeless, including a tent,tool kit, stove, cooking equipment, and lots more.

I am sure that we are all too familiar with the traumatic pictures on the news of the distruction in Chile, Haiti and Peru that have all happened so recently. Shelterbox responded to each of these disasters immediately, with the help of kind donations worldwide. It is an amazing fact that the first Shelterbox's arrived in Peru just hours after the landslide, and familes were housed in Shelterbox tents by the following day.

One box costs £490. It would really help me to keep running on the day if we could together raise enough to buy at least one box,providing this often lifesaving support to people devastated by these disasters.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’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’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.