This sponsorship page has being set up for all those taking part!     Confirmed run/walk/joggers:  Denise Carroll, Mindy Gill, Georgina Angelova, Veronika Kolarikova, Leigh Murphy, Liam Hill, Jana Antalikova, Eamonn McGlacken, Brendan Fennell & Carol O' Keefe.

Hello everybody!!!

Thanks for visiting the Providence Row 10k fundraising page! Providience Row is a charity worthy of ever penny raised. It has been making a difference to the lifes of the homeless and those in need since 1860!! Providence Row provide daytime services for the homeless and vunerable people from the Dellow Centre in London's east end.

Providence Row vision is to allow homeless people the dignity, independence and confidence they need to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.The centre provides basic services to enable clients to maintain their health and dignity, as well as support and advocacy in their search for acceptable housing and self-sufficiency. 

The following facts speak for themselves:

- Rough Sleepers have an average life expectancy of 42 years.

- People who sleep rough are 35 times more likely to commit suicide than the  general population

- 40% of young women who become homeless have experienced sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence

- Mental health problems are up to 8 times more common in the homeless population.

Providence Row seek to increase the confidence of their clients so that they can find their own pathways out of homelessness.

So please, kindly sponsor all runners who are taking part, every penny counts!! We really do appreciate it.

Thank you!!!  :  )