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My story

 

Hello.

 

On November the 1st, I am running the New York Marathon. The last organised run I did was I Ran The World in 1986. I came last out of everyone in the Blackheath and Greenwich area. As I puffed my little unfit child self across the finish line, they were dismantling the barriers. I am, as you can imagine, pretty terrified.

 

The charity I'm running for is Help The Aged. Anyone who's ever heard me talk about my granny will know I was close to her. When she died, I had countless people telling me, "I never met her, but I always used to tell people the story about when she...". If you want to read some of these stories (or look at funny pictures), I made her a myspace here. 

 

The idea of old people being cold, lonely or in any way desperate utterly breaks my heart. One in five UK pensioners live below the poverty line. Nearly 50% of them consider the television to be their main form of company. 500,000 of them spent Christmas Day alone last year. Hearing this kind of stuff makes me want to cry.

Help The Aged is an international charity that does everything from providing Christmas meals to lobbying the Government about age discrimination. They campaign to free disadvantaged older people in the UK and overseas from poverty, isolation, neglect and ageism. If you've ever known anyone old, or have any intention of being an old person one day, this charity is relevant to you.

 

If you're bored and fancy making me a running compilation cd, I can't tell you how amazing that would be - address is here. If you include your address, I'll send you one of mine in return.

 

One more thing: every penny of the money I'm raising here goes to Help The Aged. I'm paying my own airfare, race entry and am staying with friends. I promise this isn't one of those, "Sponsor me to do a charity walk that's actually nicely paying for my trip of a lifetime!" affairs. Now, here comes the science bit:

 

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.

 

Anything at all that you can donate would be awesome. Even a couple of pounds is better than nothing. Please feel free to be anonymous if you'd rather. Just think of poor old people alone on Christmas day. Or suffering daytime TV as their only friend substitute.

 

Thank you. Seriously, anything you give at all is massively awesome and I really appreciate it.

 

xmarsh

 

PS if you are too, I'm on twitter: www.twitter.com/marshamusic

Hope it went well Marsha! Donation by Andy Vale 19/01/10  

£5.00

Hope to meet you one day... Yours mom's friend from Athens Donation by Zouchra-Aikaterini Kasimova 13/01/10  

£50.00

Donation by Karl 11/01/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Bravo from Becky! Вас ждёт признание и слава! Donation by Becky Rubine 08/01/10  

£26.20 + £7.39 Gift Aid

Hi Marsha. We met on the Marathon route. So well done on your fund raising for such a worthy cause. yde we'll Donation by Marion Hayden 03/01/10  

£50.00

Got there with my donation in the end! Well done.x Donation by Jenny Brotherstone 27/12/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

We love ya Marsh. Go on, girl! xxxx Donation by Ian and Penny 14/12/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done, Marsh! xx Donation by Chris Denman 14/12/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by charlie hoole 08/12/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Congratulations amazing lady! You are an inspiration. Love, love, love xxxx Donation by Anna Ellis 06/12/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Esther&Carlos Lopez 06/12/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Cesca Gagliano 06/12/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Donation by Penny Macdonnell 06/12/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

From Bik and Buna Donation by BikAndBuna Minevich 06/12/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

From Miss Marple Donation by Helena Bayliss 06/12/09  

£65.00 + £18.33 Gift Aid

Congratulations you gazelle. I am so impressed it's silly. xx Donation by Kat Lorenz 29/11/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

I admire your guts! Well done from your mum's friend Jenny in Athens Donation by jenny bitsios 28/11/09  

£10.00

Well done marathon buddy! Never forget what an amazing achievement this is xx Donation by Tom Bedwell 22/11/09  

£26.20 + £7.39 Gift Aid

sorry it's not much, marsha. very well done! an awesome feat..feet..pun somewhere.. Donation by vix 22/11/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Marsha! You Rule!! Great work! Donation by Amul 20/11/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Good one, Marsh! xx Donation by Dave 15/11/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Well done! Donation by Steve 15/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by veronica m smith 14/11/09  

£10.00

old people should be very grateful to you. very well done indeed. x Donation by richard latham 11/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Congratulations Marsha! Hero. Donation by Samuel Roberts 10/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Marsha my dear you are an absolute star xxxxxxxxx Donation by tom sanders 06/11/09  

£50.00

Hey dudette, congratulations on the run buddy. No idea how anyone can run that far!? Well done, massive achievement!! Euge x Donation by Euge 05/11/09  

£20.00

Amazing that you did it! Good to see sleve notes on Inbetweeners CD. Donation by William 05/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Marsh and thanks for being terrified and doing it anyway! xxx Angela and Olga Donation by angela brewer 05/11/09  

£50.00

Fantastic work Marsh. Great cause too. Congratulations. Donation by Dan WS 03/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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