Thanks for taking the time to visit the JustGiving page of the official Slimming World Virgin London Marathon 2010 team!

This year five brave Slimming World members, Consultants and staff will be running the famous 26.2 mile course around the capital on April 25th, 2010, to raise money for Slimming World's very own charity SMILES (Slimmers Making It a Little Easier for Someone). Every year SMILES chooses a charity partner and this year all the money raised for SMILES in Slimming World's 6,000 groups up and down the country will go to the NSPCC's Child Voice Appeal. It's a hugely worthy cause so please donate generously!

Meet the team:

*Roberto Enrieu lost 25st with Jane Smith's group in Coventry. He was named Slimming World's Greatest Loser 2008 and won our Man of the Year 2009 competition too! Read his amazing journey here http://www.slimmingworld.com/real_success/success_roberto_enrieu2.asp

*Julia Males who lost 1st 12lbs with Slimming World before becoming a Consultant herself. She now runs groups in Ashford, Kent, and helps people there to lose weight every week.

*Liz Ferris is a target member of Debbie Tomkin's group in Vange, Essex. She lost 1st 12lbs and has been at target for three years.

*Ailsa Park has lost 2st 2.5lbs and attends Joan Rushforth's group in Dodworth, South Yorkshire.

*Paul Siddall works at Slimming World's head office in Alfreton, Derbyshire. He lost 4st 7lbs with Slimming World and was a member of last year's marathon team. He ran the course in 5hrs 1min.

That's an amazing combined weight loss of 35st 5.5lbs between them. They've changed their lives hugely by losing weight and becoming more active - active enough to run a marathon - and now they want to celebrate this and help to change other people's lives by raising money for SMILES.

This is the 11th year that Slimming World has taken part in the London Marathon. Last year's team, including Paul, raised a whopping £6,384 and over the past 10 years our runners' efforts have raised a staggering £49,908.

We'd love to beat last year's total so if you're part of the Slimming World family, even if you don't know anyone in the team personally, please dig deep and support them.

Remember, 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 - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

For more information about Slimming World visit www.slimmingworld.com