Raised so far: £3,893.00
My story
WE DID IT !!!!! 
5 hours and 32 minutes.
We are running the London Marathon on 26th April 2009.
We (Darren and Alex) are running for Whizz Kidz who are about giving disabled children and young people the independence to enjoy an active childhood - at home, at school and at play. By providing them with customised mobility equipment, training, advice and life skills, Whizz Kidz actually give them something much more important; the independence to be themselves.
Children and young people are at the heart of their work. By putting their needs and the needs of their family first, we make a powerful and life changing difference to their lives.
In order to give you value for money (and to maybe bring a bit of attention to the charity) we intend to make complete fools of ourselves and run in fancy dress.
The more we raise the more ridiculous we are prepared to be, so see below.
8th April...Nonsenseness Update...After a bit of research and prediction of the final likely total (pledges etc.) we have opted for Cheerleaders - so look out for a couple of very strange looking BLUE and YELLOW themed cheerleaders on the 26th...
TOTAL WE RAISE
More than £3000 = A Bee and a Ladybird
More than £3300 = A pair of Cheerleaders
More than £3600 = A pair of Nuns
More than £3900 = A pair of Princess Leias (complete with Chelsea Bun Hair !)
More than £4200 = Shrek and Princess Fiona
More than £4500 = 1980's Madonna and Ginger Spice
It is also worth knowing that disabled children have virtually no chance of getting a powered wheelchair on the NHS and the service Whizz Kidz provide has an enormous impact on young people's lives. They work with local NHS wheelchair services to joint fund mobility equipment where possible, but the goal is to build more strategic partnerships with them so that they can pool expertise and resources and help many more children.
Since Whizz-Kidz was set up in 1990 the charity has changed the lives of over 4,500 young people and has become the UK's leading children's mobility charity.
UPDATE 16th March - We both completed the Silverstone Half Marathon yesterday in 2hrs 25m so we are hopefull of still achieving our target finish time for the marathon of around 5 hours.
Also, as we write the total is £40 short of our first fancy dress option target at £2960 so a massive thank you to all of you have sponsored us so far - very much appreciated
UPDATE 4th April - We managed to hit the infamous wall at 18 miles yesterday but the fact we completed 3 1/2 hours of running gives a bit of confidence that with the right food and sleep in the week leading up to the 26th we should make it around - still hopefully of a 5 hour finish although it might 5 hours and a few minutes rather than 4 hours 50 something minutes...
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Well done Donation by Mel & Nick 02/05/09 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid | |
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Well done & Congrats - But where were the sequin strips half sewn on!!!!! haha xxxxx Donation by Becca Good 30/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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Well done!! Donation by Andrew Hudson 30/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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well done! Donation by mike and wendy 28/04/09 |
£50.00 | |
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love you, so proud!!! Donation by bhuna 28/04/09 |
£55.00 + £15.51 Gift Aid | |
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Well done, Really proud of you xx Donation by Kim Marchant 28/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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Was so good seeing you run today! Big congrats!! Donation by Sally Wickens 26/04/09 |
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid | |
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Was thinking of you today! Go Hinch :o) xox Donation by Katy Digby 26/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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What a nice sunny day for a run Donation by Vaughan & Amanda 26/04/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid | |
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Give me a 'D', Give me an 'A' etc...etc.... We'll be cheering for you from afar. Tracy & Sam x x x Donation by Tracy 26/04/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid | |
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Good Luck guys! Donation by Kae and Peter Hewitt 25/04/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid | |
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Pretend the title for the Reds depends on your time! Donation by Paul Maddox 24/04/09 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid | |
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Run Fatboy run Donation by Chris Payne 24/04/09 |
£53.00 + £14.95 Gift Aid | |
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good luck Donation by smile and wellbeing 24/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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I'll see you there, when I'm at 22 and you're at 13 and then later in the next hospital bed. Good luck mate Donation by Stuart Masters 24/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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Herring is an underrated species Donation by Hagelsten 24/04/09 |
£18.00 + £5.08 Gift Aid | |
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Good luck Hinch, i'll be sure to keep an eye out for the runt on Sunday morning! Donation by Adam Molloy 24/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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Good luck! Have a great day. Donation by Debs Helliar 22/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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Good luck Donation by Sally and Andy Mac 21/04/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid | |
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Take it easy. Donation by Big Kev 21/04/09 |
£52.00 + £14.67 Gift Aid | |
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Good luck to you both! x Donation by Amy Wilkinson 21/04/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid | |
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Good luck, will be thinking of you! Donation by Clare, Chris, Amelia & Lottie 20/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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Good luck guys! See you soon Alex! Sorry it took me so long.. x Donation by Jack G 19/04/09 |
£20.00 | |
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Best of luck to you both! X Donation by Jen & Dave 19/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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Good luck matey!!!! Donation by Zoe McLennan 15/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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Don't forget to wave... Donation by Mum 11/04/09 |
£10.00 | |
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Pair of muppets, and I ain't talking about the costumes. Donation by Gorilla 11/04/09 |
£150.00 + £42.31 Gift Aid | |
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Best of luck guys! Donation by Louise A 05/04/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid | |
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Good Luck! Donation by Sally Jellicoe 05/04/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid | |
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Lycka till mina darlings love Uncle Circus AKA Marcus Donation by marcus fishpool 27/03/09 |
£25.00 |
| * Total raised online: | £3,298.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £595.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £863.53 |
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