On the 20th September 2009 I will be running the Berlin Marathon on behalf of ChildLine, have pledged to raise £1000 and need your help!!

I am running with my work colleague, Wayne Firth from Bradford (www.justgiving.com/bd1) and he has had the down right cheek to say that he and the people of Bradford will not only reach the £1000 target first but will also raise more money in total, than me and the good people of Huddersfield.

SO COME ON 'UDDERS!! the gauntlet has been thrown down. They might have had Kiki Dee and Smokey but we've had Harold Wilson, James Mason, Patrick Stewart, Roy Castle and erm....a few more..probably!!

Help me beat this Bradford lot and show em who are the real winners, and I'll shown him my dust in Berlin!

But that aside the real winners will be ChildLine, and here's why my and Wayne are doing it

 

Every day around 4,500 children call ChildLine, but lack of funds means that only 2,500 of them will get through to our counsellors for comfort, advice and protection.

What your money can achieve......................

£4 answers a call to ChildLine

£42 means a child can receive full counselling from a ChildLine volunteer

£1,600 could be used to recruit and train a ChildLine volunteer counsellor. Among other factors the more counsellors we can recruit, the more calls we can answer.

£3,476 could pay for all the costs associated with all the work a ChildLine counsellor will do during a year.

Please make a donation, even if it's only a couple of quid, it's halfway to answering one more call closer to 100%

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: ChildLine gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my site and please sponsor me now!

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’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’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Updates

Thanks to The Wappy Springs on Lindley Moor Road who have kindly offered to run a 'Guess my Finish Time' competiton with the winner receiving a Giants Wembley T-shirt signed by the team (cheers lads).

On 12th September a charity concert is being held at the New Beehive in Bradford (boo!) Leeds Indie kids "The Red Pills" will be playing along with Bradford rockers "Old School Enemy" and others yet to be confirmed, it's 8pm till late and £3 on the door see website for address (it's on the edge of the city centre) www.newbeehiveinn.co.uk

Any suggestions, offers of help, prize donations etc. please e-mail me at imconroy@btinternet.com .

Please check regularly as I will update with news and stories.

Cheers for dropping by!

 

Ian

I did it!!

I completed the Berlin Marathon in 4 hrs 49 mins, knocking a massive 5 mins of my London time.

But is my fundraising going to be better than London?

Not looking too good at the moment.

I know there is a credit crunch and money is tight but just a couple of pounds WILL make a difference so PLEASE help a make a safe and secure donation.

 

Thank you,

 

 

Ian