Martin King is fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSHCC)

Martin King's Fundraising Page

Flora London Marathon 2009

on 26/04/2009

Worn with pride

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Raising money for

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSHCC)

Charity Registration No. 235825

Help keep the magic alive for thousands of children

Every year we need to raise over £50 million to help replace cramped, outdated wards with new modern facilities, provide essential equipment and fund essential research to find treatments and cures for complex and difficult illnesses. Amazing things happen at Great Ormond Street Hospital every day. With your help we can keep the magic alive for the thousands of children and their families who need our help.

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Martin King

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Raised: 125%

Target: £1,600.00
Raised so far: £2,000.40

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My story

Martin King, The Independent's Online Editor, has been working on Internet sites for about 14 years. Which is why he needed to get off his backside. Other people take screen breaks, he just entered the London Marathon. And he's doing it all for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, where his daughter is a nurse in Neonatal Intensive Care.

Every donation helps:

£7 can help towards an 'assisted bath' on the orthopaedic ward.
£20 can buy 4 neonatal breathing masks for tiny newborns.
£50 can pay for five nights upkeep of parent accommodation rooms.
£100 can go towards specially adapted toys, used for rehabilitation.
£250 can go towards a playroom.
£798 can buy a wheelchair and accessories.
£1111 can pay for a week's research into kinder, more effective treatments.
£5000 can contribute towards a virtual reality training suite for doctors.

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page, after donating you can visit my training blog (http://martinking.livejournal.com).

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSHCC) 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.

So please sponsor me now!

	Donation by Anonymous 20/07/09	£3.00 + £0.85 Gift Aid
	for the london 10k... Donation by Martin King 20/07/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Various manual donations Donation by Martin King 20/07/09	£100.00
	well done and here is to next years attempt on 4 hours Donation by peter stas 08/05/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	late and little, but here is it... well done indeed Donation by louise hayman 07/05/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Hats off, Martin Donation by Simon O'Hagan 29/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	I'm impressed you're still standing, let alone back at work the day after. Unbelievably well done! Donation by Your Son 27/04/09	£26.20 + £7.39 Gift Aid
	Good luck Martin Donation by Mel 26/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	hope you will now grow old gracefully Donation by steve davies 26/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	congratulations on surpassing your target...here's a little more. good luck. Donation by Adam Williamson 25/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck, all the best for Sunday Donation by Majid Mohamed 25/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck Donation by chris,lily & anna 25/04/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	we always knew you were the next Liz McColgan Donation by jack, john, larry and simon 23/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	good luck! Donation by jonathan gibbs 23/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Open your legs and show them what you've got Martin (apologies to colemanballs) Donation by Richard Withey 22/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	A very worthy cause. Wishing you the best of luck from your friends and neighbours. Donation by Graham & Rosemary Clark 21/04/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good luck Martin and enjoy the day. Donation by Liz & Michael Melleney 20/04/09	£26.20 + £7.39 Gift Aid
	'King' of the Road Donation by Geoff & Ann Tully 19/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	It will be strange not to see the yellow peril running round the village. Good luck Donation by Neville & Joyce 19/04/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	All the best Martin. Good luck in putting me to shame with your athletic endevours!! Donation by Luke Howard 17/04/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Good Luck , Martin Donation by Andy Brown 16/04/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	I am trying not to picture you in tights, extra tenner if you beat my sister Donation by Bill 15/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck Donation by Christine Jackson 15/04/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good luck, Martin Donation by Don Macintyre 15/04/09	£20.00
	Good luck and many thanks for your humorous articles for Stock Press. Donation by Gayle 08/04/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Best of luck, think of Timothy Taylor while you run! Donation by Peter 01/04/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good luck to a brave man! Donation by John & Eileen 20/03/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	you can do it Donation by Guto 17/03/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good luck with this worthy cause Donation by Richard & Sarita Sainsbury 15/03/09	£20.00
	silly comment from Robert & Julia! Donation by Father Nick & Pam 27/02/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£1,650.40
Offline donations:	£350.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£397.80

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