<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page. &nbsp;Martin and Noreen Kelly are running the London marathon on April 17th 2011 for 2 charities and have 2 separate pages. They would be very grateful if you could support either Kidney Cancer UK or HCPT.</p> <p>We realise that many of you have sponsored us over our past marathons (9!) and &nbsp;years, and that you may be already sponsoring others that are running, so please don't feel you have to give once again, we know times are hard.</p> <p>We chose HCPT as a charity as Noreen has been involved taking children with disabilities away since her teens (yes, a long time ago now..). &nbsp;Noreen has experienced first hand now special these children are and how much their families need this break.</p> <p><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;">HCPT takes to Lourdes almost 2000 children from the UK, Ireland and increasingly from other countries. The children have a wide range of physical and mental disabilities, or are physically and emotionally deprived or neglected. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;">Cared for by voluntary helpers, including doctors, nurses and chaplains, whom pay for themselves, the total size of the Easter Pilgrimage is now about 5000. &nbsp;A week in Lourdes with an HCPT Group at Easter is a week filled with fun and laughter - and can also provide a well earned week of respite for carers back home! The volunteer helpers not only provide care and friendship through the week in Lourdes, but actively raise the money through the year to cover all the costs of taking the children to Lourdes.&nbsp;</span></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 -we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>Anything you can donate will help us get through the 26.2 miles on 17th April. &nbsp;Please come and support us too!</p> <p>Martin &amp; Noreen&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>