My brother Christopher died of cot death aged six months; this year he would've been 21. Dad and I wanted to find some way to mark this event and as such we will be running the London Marathon 2005 in aid of The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths - a marvelous charity who pour money into researching the causes and support families who have to endure the effects of cot death. Check out http://www.sids.org.uk for more on their work.

If you feel able to help out I would encourage online donation as it's much less messy all round and totally secure, although quite frankly I'll be happy to take money off you in any and every way possible. One extra bonus for online donation if you are a UK taxpayer is than an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you at all. A handy amount I think you'll agree.

Many, many, many thanks for your support.