Martin Brockett is fundraising for Leonard Cheshire Disability

Martin Brockett's Fundraising Page

Flora London Marathon 2009

on 26/04/2009

It all started with a 10k fun run...

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Team members:

Martin Brockett, Todd Hannula

Raising money for

Leonard Cheshire Disability

Charity Registration No. 218186

Leonard Cheshire Disability supports over 21,000 disabled people in the UK and works in 55 countries around the world. We campaign for change and provide innovative services that give disabled people the opportunity to live life their way. Our services are wide ranging and include day and residential care homes, care at home, resource centres, rehabilitation, respite care and training and assistance for those looking for work. International services include inclusive education for disabled children, training and research to aid recovery in post-conflict and post-disaster countries, and improving access to advice and small business loans. Campaigning is a very important part of our work. Our Creature Discomforts campaign aims to challenge the way people think about and respond to disability in order to remove the barriers faced by disabled people. Registered Charity Number 218186

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Martin Brockett

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Target: £2,500.00
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My story

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

I promised to do something else after the Great North Run, and so Todd and I are off to the London Marathon. Brave, motivated or mad - you decide!

I run for Leonard Cheshire because they are so inspirational. Did you know that Leonard Cheshire himself was a word war 2 pilot who won Britains most respected medal, the Victoria Cross, for bravery. He flew from just down the road at RAF Driffield for much of the war. After the war, he could have had a very comfortable life, but instead he opened his own home to convalescents and the terminally ill and learned to be a nurse - personifying the expression "charity begins at home".

The charity he started now runs a network of homes - I got involved through my local Leonard Cheshire home at Wetherby, and supporting their Ready to Start scheme which aims to help disabled people start their own businesses.

So please help me on my long (and probably painful) journey round London by making a donation below.

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