Steve Griffin is fundraising for Catch22

Steve's page

Royal Parks Half Marathon 2009

on 11/10/2009

Me two years ago - before the accident

Photos (1)

oh wow, you need to have Flash player installed and javascript enabled

Team members:

Steve Griffin

Raising money for

Catch22

Charity Registration No. 1124127

Many young people in the UK find themselves in seemingly impossible 'catch 22' situations. We believe that every young person deserves the chance to get on in life no matter what.

With over 120 projects working with young people in communities around the UK, we are one of the largest youth charities in the country. We work with over 34,000 10-25 year olds, and our hope for every one of them is that they are given the chance at life that we believe every young person deserves.

We work to give all young people the chance to learn, to earn a living and find somewhere safe and stable to live, to stay away from crime and make a contribution to their community. At Catch22 we know there are young people in all sorts of difficult situations and we stick with them no matter what has happened to them or what mistakes they have made. We want to help them find ways out of their tough situations, whatever they may be.

Page owner

Steve Griffin

RSS

Raised: 127%

Target: £200.00
Raised so far: £254.00

Donate now

My story

Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page, where I'm hoping to raise £200 for Catch22, a charity which helps disadvantaged young people all over the country (click the link on the left for more on them).

So what am I doing? I've decided to drag myself round the the Royal Parks half marathon (all 13.1 miles of it) on 11th October 2009, which starts and finishes in Hyde Park. Many of you may know that I shattered my ankle to pieces last year while playing football, so was completely out of action for 4 months, and now have a metal plate and six pins stuck in there holding it all together. Since then it's been a real struggle to get back to fitness, with all sorts of smaller injuries arising from running awkwardly after recovering. Still, despite all that, I finally have two fully-functioning legs back, I've been training really, really hard and I'm determined to run the whole course and even break my current PB for a half marathon of 1hr 48 minutes.

I would really appreciate it if you could donate what you can, not just for me but for all the young people who benefit from Catch22's work each year.

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. The money goes straight to Catch22 and they can reclaim Gift Aid on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

If you can't afford to donate, but can get to Hyde Park on 11th October, it would be great to see some familiar faces supporting all the runners along the way. It makes such a massive difference, even though we might not look like we appreciate it at the time!

All the best,

Steve

	Donation by Jen Langley 13/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 09/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good Luck Stevie G! Donation by Donna 09/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Very impressive indeed! Good luck! Donation by Louise Kellerman 09/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Just in case I don't see you before Sunday.......Good luck!! -x- Donation by Kay Finch 08/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Darling, good luck, as always "keep moving" Donation by Catherine Maskell 08/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	I sponsored you, so now you have to sponsor me ;-) justgiving.com/zoefeltham! Also, GOOD LUCK! Donation by Zoe Feltham 07/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck. Make sure you smash your PB! Donation by Richard Whale 07/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	what a long way you've come from the invalid days of hobbling to the front of the tennis Q and getting a buggy ride... Donation by Rachel Love 05/10/09	£4.00 + £1.13 Gift Aid
	good luck Steve hope you beat your record Donation by joyce collins 04/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck from the Sunday team! Look forward to ruining your hard work with our night out in November!! Donation by David Matthews 01/10/09	£50.00
	Good Luck Steve, when this is over you will have to think of another excuse for your large appetite! Haa Haa. Donation by Sally Welsby 30/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Jennifer Jarvis 30/09/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Best of Luck Steve! Donation by Hannah Walker 30/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Jonathan Saunders 30/09/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Best of luck Steve and I believe good quality socks are a must!! Donation by Karen Graham 29/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	A shattered ankle is no excuse. Don't you remember making Alan run off his broken leg? Good luck mate, I can't be there but I'm sure you'll do well Donation by Tim Reader 29/09/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Best of luck... you're a better man than I running that far! Sx Donation by Sean Barnes 29/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Run Fast! xxx Donation by Rachel Johnson 28/09/09	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Donate now

* Total raised online:	£244.00
Offline donations:	£10.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£54.72

* Charities pay a small fee for our service.
Find out how much it is and what we do for it.