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My story

 

Oi !! Tudo Bem?

Otima!

Thanks so much for visiting my page!! 

I’m fundraising for Concern Worldwide, a fantastic development charity who I am running the London Marathon for this April.  All the cash is going to projects in Mozambique, where apparently they speak Portuguese!

This kind of thing is entirely out of character for me, so your encouragement is greatly appreciated/neccessary.  I was the one at school who would be brought to tears at the mere mention of 'Sport's Day' but here I am training away!

But why!?

I had a realisation last year that I didn't do enough positive stuff, and thought if I got myself all caught up in this Marathon malarky I'd be forced into doing a whole bunch of great stuff.  Mainly raising money for this incredible charity and also getting fitter.

It hasn't been easy though & I often wonder if it was such a clever plan, too late now!! 

I honestly don't know how those madmen do it! But they do! And year after year people of all shapes and sizes come together to accomplish this incredible thing and drag themselves sweaty and broken down The Mall to wave at the Queen, and I can't wait to be another one of those guys! I am already envisioning myself wearing the medal for the entire month of May!

I'm getting the running part under control, I have less than 2 weeks ahead of me, all the serious training is done and now I've just a few more sessions ahead of me before the big day.  I'm hoping to get round the course in less than 5 hours, but if I get round in less than a day I'll be pleased with myself. Armed with my proper running gear and the fear of my friends catching me walking, the motivation is there, but I desperately need your help with the fundraising bit.

So far I've had some excellent personal donations. Thankyou guys so much, you have been so generous and it means so much! And we've had the fantastic Comedy Night, and the Ska Punk Night which really boosted the balance. Thankyou so much Sam, Glen, Jodie, Phil, Jacob, Joe, Rachel and Nish, The Jester's Dead, Ruskin, The Scaredy Cats & Bogus Gasman, you were all incredible!!

The target is to raise at least £2000 for Concern Worldwide as a Golden Bond runner, we've done really well, but I still have a little further to go, so please empty your pockets for me and give as much as you can afford, every little helps, I don't mind if you can afford £5 or £50, I will be incredibly grateful, and your support will make all my efforts worthwhile! Just to have your name and some ‘encouraging’ words on my page will help me along my way!

And hopefully I'll be seeing many friendly faces to cheer me on in person on race day! 26th April! Get in tough if you'd like a special 'Concern' paper flag!

Concern Worldwide are an amazing development charity, whose work covers so much, from Emergency response work to Education projects all in a saintly mission to alleviate poverty.  They work in 30 of the world’s poorest countries, so you can rest assured your money is spent wisely and greatly appreciated.

All the money raised for them in the 2009 London Marathon is going specifically to fund their education projects in the Zambezia province of Mozambique (where they speak Portuguese).  Education needs major improvement here with only just over half the children aged 6-10 actually attending school in the province and over 2/3rds of teachers lacking any formal training.  Their projects here aim to contribute to sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation by increasing both access to and quality of primary education.  They hope to build a new and improved primary school infrastructure to accommodate 4,000 pupils;  Improve the quality of teaching;  Increase the opportunities and outcomes for the local children, focussing on the girls in particular;  and raise awareness of HIV/AIDS.

To give you an idea of the huge impact your donation will have:

£20 Will help buy the school supplies for about 10 children for a year.

£55 - Will fund the training of 1 teacher.

And £750 - Will furnish a classroom for 90 children with desks, chairs and a blackboard!

They are a wonderful charity, and thanks to so many friends having worked for these guys for 3 years I know so much about what they believe and what they do and I couldn't imagine doing all this for anyone else. 

Don't forget to add Gift Aid if you're a UK taxpayer, and Justgiving will make sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, is added to your donation.

Thankyou!

Love Sally

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Well done! Donation by Dora 06/05/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by David & Berenice 06/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done dude! Hope it went well x Donation by Jacob Edwards 29/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

You wow! Donation by Sasjkia 27/04/09  

£4.00 + £1.13 Gift Aid

good luck love, .... steak? :-) Donation by Claire Malcolm 26/04/09  

£26.00 + £7.33 Gift Aid

Am I late? Donation by Ginger 26/04/09  

£14.00 + £3.95 Gift Aid

go go go!!!!! Donation by Ann-Sophie Morrissette 25/04/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

yay have a kebab Donation by paddyppants 25/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

we'll be there, pissed at the 21st mile! Donation by Totty 25/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

go you little fittie!!! Donation by Lauren Franklin 25/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Tomorrow! Donation by Gemma King 25/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Race ya! Donation by Denise Shenton 25/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

go salbelle Donation by Theadora 24/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

rather you than me - good luck Donation by Simon 24/04/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

all the best on the day Donation by tiger_bogor 24/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Sally! Is it just me or was your Concern vest giant sized too!? Forget the Concern vest, pink leggings all the way! See you race day xx Donation by Stacey Harrison 23/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I'll wave at you, as you pass my house Donation by Yogi 22/04/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

See you a the 21st mile x Donation by Viks 21/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Here's some of my sober money, probably about an evenings drinking! Better you have it, I think. Break a leg, Celery! Good luck!!! x Donation by Tom 21/04/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Extra money if you run with those clothes! Donation by Eddie 20/04/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Good Luck! Donation by Lauren 19/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done Sal! Donation by Luke Goaman-Dodson 15/04/09  

£10.00

Are you doing it dressed as a gorilla so that I can spot you on TV? Or maybe with 2949 slung over your shoulder? Donation by Stephen Robinson 15/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

good luck Sally!! brilliant job! Donation by Sophie Scott 15/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

don't run too fast Donation by ian and rachel littler 14/04/09  

£26.00 + £7.33 Gift Aid

*bows down in admiration* Donation by Jude 11/04/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Woooo! Go Sally!! xxx Donation by Laura P 11/04/09  

£35.00 + £9.87 Gift Aid

There you go little deer. looking forward to seeing u cantering through limehouse! Donation by Liam 10/04/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Good luck Sally!! Donation by Mimi 09/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

You are fantastic!!!All the best!!! :) Donation by Izabell 08/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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