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Dear all,

As you will know if you have made it to this page, on the 5th April this year I will be donning my running shoes and running the Paris Marathon.

I have chose to run for the Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust.   Tom, a family friend  was robbed and killed on 12 January 2006 as he walked home from Kensal Green underground station. He was 31 years old and was due to marry his fiance, Adele in September of that year. In the wake of his murder, Tom's parents, Adele and Linklaters LLP (the law firm at which Tom worked) set up a registered charity, in the form of a trust as a memorial to Tom.

Tom was a beneficiary of educational funding for which he was always grateful and one of the goals of the Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust is therefore to provide educational and vocational training opportunities to disadvantaged children and young people which they would otherwise be unlikely to receive, in the hope that they too can achieve their potential and lead rewarding lives. Another goal is to help tackle the root causes of violent gang culture and violent street crime. In this way the donations made to Tom's Trust are being used to ensure that as much good as possible comes out of Tom's tragic and senseless death.

In a world which is full of sensless violence and crime,  this charity confronts hate with love. Its a charity that means a lot to me...

And so battling the cold, wind and rain, I am training 5 times a week (!) to make the possiblity of running 26.2 miles a reality...

Please give generously... every little helps, and it will spur me on to run the course.

Thanks in advance,

Esther

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Sorry for the delay but good on you and what a fantastic amount to raise. Great stuff! Donation by Mark Dolby 24/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Apologies this is so very late. Hope it still gets through. Well done Esther! x Donation by anna tissandier 22/06/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by PAD 28/04/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

Good luck Esther! Donation by Jason 25/04/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done Esther. Donation by Gary Marsden 23/04/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Great admiration. Great cause Donation by Catherine Lewis 17/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

better late than never!!! hope it went well xxx Donation by Amy Small 05/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Bonne chance! Donation by Lucie Hinton 04/04/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Fly, Esther, fly! You'll be brilliant!! Donation by Alexandra Martin 04/04/09  

£20.00

Tu peux le faire! :) - Dis bonjour a Paris de notre part... Donation by The Flamand-Gloynes 03/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

You can do it! Zxxx Donation by Zahra Sadry 03/04/09  

£26.00 + £7.33 Gift Aid

Good luck!! Donation by Fred Borestrom 02/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

good luck. Donation by JD 02/04/09  

£30.00

Good luck. Offer stands if you beat the time... Donation by PAD 01/04/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

Meilleurs Voeux pour la course. C'est un effort admirable! Donation by Lindsay & Alison 01/04/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Best of luck Esther, all the French will see is a ginger blur Donation by Oli H 01/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck dear... remember those clever little bikes they have all over Paris... x Donation by Clarissa Mapson 01/04/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Apparently it's really, really hard and it messes up your legs. Properly. Donation by Mateja 31/03/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Brave girl! Donation by Jane Scobie 31/03/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Best Brilliant Atlanta! Will send out minions to keep path free of golden apples! xxxx Donation by Pen 31/03/09  

£15.00

allez - i'm sure you'll breeze it! Donation by chris manners 30/03/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Proud of you!! Donation by Iona, Mark and Lyndon 30/03/09  

£75.00

Good luck! I would say "enjoy", but... Donation by Stephanie 30/03/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Wishing you loads of good luck Esther for your marathon run, you've trained so hard and now deserve to enjoy the run through a wonderful city, Lisa x Donation by Lisa Wheaton 30/03/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck, Esther Donation by Philipp Girardet 30/03/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

All the very best. Would love to hear how you get on! Donation by Elaine N 27/03/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

God speed Esther! God speed! x Donation by The other Percy 27/03/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good course, cause and luck. Donation by Max N 26/03/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good for you - hope the weather's kind! Donation by Bridget and Ken 25/03/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Avoid the skaters, bikes and boards..! Donation by Bunthorne 25/03/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
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