SJ Berwin LLP: Flora London Marathon 2007

Laura Byrne, Kylie Harrington, Liz Killeen, Andy Payne, Heather Seymour, Steve Thomas, Cass Weaver and Nadim Zaman are the SJ Berwin LLP team of marathon runners, raising funds for SJ Berwin LLP's charity of the year, Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

Please use this site to sponsor the team to run the 26 miles in the Flora London Marathon, taking place on 22 April 2007.

Below this message is more information about the firm's charity of the year and our fundraising aims.  In relation to the fundraising page for the London to Paris bike ride on 16-18 June, please go to www.justgiving.com/sjbcf-ride.

On behalf everyone of the SJ Berwin LLP Marathon Team, we thank you for your support!

Charity of the year for 2006/2007 - Cystic Fibrosis Trust 

This year SJ Berwin is pleased to have nominated The Cystic Fibrosis Trust as its Charity of the Year.

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the UK’s only national charity working to fund research into a cure and to ensure appropriate clinical care and support for people with Cystic Fibrosis.

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-threatening inherited disease in the UK.  Cystic Fibrosis clogs up the internal organs in the body – especially the lungs and digestive system.  This makes it very hard for people with CF to breathe and absorb their food.

Each week five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and three people a week die from CF (90% from lung disease). The average life expectancy is currently 31 years old.

One person in 25 is a carrier of the faulty CF gene, which is more than 2.3 million people in the UK.

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is currently investing over £3 million a year to fund its unique gene therapy programme to replace or repair the faulty gene in the lungs.

 The Cystic Fibrosis Trust’s website can be found at www.cftrust.org.uk.