Vanessa Barrett is fundraising for Honeypot Charity

Vanessa Barrett's Fundraising Page

Flora London Marathon 2009

on 26/04/2009

I finished !

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Vanessa

Raising money for

Honeypot Charity

Charity Registration No. 1011672

Honeypot’s vision is for every child to make the most of their one chance at childhood. Since 1996 we have been working to enhance the lives of vulnerable children and young carers aged 5-12 years by providing residential respite breaks and on-going outreach support. We give young carers a break from demanding and stressful responsibilities at home and provide a safe, nurturing environment where children at risk can develop their full potential.

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Vanessa Barrett

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Raised: 109%

Target: £5,500.00
Raised so far: £5,991.50

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My story

A huge THANK YOU to each of you for supporting Honeypot and myself - we have raised over £7,000 for Honeypot and this will make a difference to a lot of little lives.

I am truly humbled by the support, encouragement and generosity of my friends and colleagues. I successfully completed the 26.2 miles in lovely London spring sunshine. A special thank you to those who cheered me along the course, seeing you have me an incredible boost !

Thank you ! xx

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Dear All

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. As some of you are aware, I am going to attempt the London Marathon in 2009 and at the same time, raise funds for my favourite charity Honeypot. Honeypot Charity is for those children in the UK that don't have the parental support and care most of us have and at times are the primary carer of a parent or sibling. One of the key features of the charity is the Honeypot House in the New Forest where the children can stay and play for a week and weekend respite break - and be children.

Here is a link to Honeypot's website so you can see the wonderful support they provide : http://www.honeypot.co.uk/. An indication of how your donation helps:

£3,600 supports 12 children for a return weekend break

£750 supports a child for a year

£500 pays for one child's first-time respite break at Honeypot House

£300 pays for a child's weekend return break at Honeypot House

£90 covers 3 visits from the Honeypot Playbus to a child's local community in one year

In the meantime, lots of training for me !

Thank you once again,

Vanessa xx

Update: 2 months to go - one half-marathon down, one to go, none the wiser....

Update: <1 month to go and my knees hurt but at least the sun is shining :)

Update: taper time is here..hooray

Update: 5 days to go - OH GOD.

	are you still running? Donation by Costa Cominos 25/05/09	£50.00
	Well done!! Donation by Karin 28/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good show ! Donation by Manu Tripathi 28/04/09	£80.00 + £22.56 Gift Aid
	Well done you! x Donation by Danny & Kerry 27/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	You did brilliantly.. Donation by Edward Bridger-Stille 27/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	yay auntie vanessa Donation by harry and parents 27/04/09	£20.00
	Good luck!!! Donation by AA2 24/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good Luck, Vanessa. I have huge respect for you, and will watch out for you. JDI! Donation by Charlie Bennett 24/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	good luck!! will hopefully catch you whizzing past =) Donation by Namisha 24/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck Vanessa. Donation by Hamster 24/04/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Good luck VB!! ...thought we could help you reach your target! Donation by Ray & Kako 24/04/09	£95.00 + £26.79 Gift Aid
	Good luck and run like the wind!!! It will be a super fab day !!! Donation by Sarah (Ward) 24/04/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck vanessa from everyone at trads Donation by Tradition 24/04/09	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	all the best - under 4 hours sounds a bit aggressive... Donation by Lars 23/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good luck Vanessa! I'll look out for you! Donation by Faye 23/04/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Good effort, respect ! Donation by Guillaume 23/04/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	skinny grande chai latte on your way back pls. Donation by Barin 23/04/09	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	go for it! Donation by paul fage 23/04/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Another £10 if you do it under 4 hours! Go Vanessa! You can do it! Donation by Anna 23/04/09	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	Go VB Go!! Donation by Catherine Thomas 22/04/09	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	Good Luck! Donation by Ian 22/04/09	£100.00
	Using my Swedish colleague's logic: It should be physically impossible for shorter people to be faster! Good luck!! :) Donation by Michaela Motzkin 21/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Another £20 if you beat Sergio... :-) Good luck!! Donation by Karin 21/04/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Remember, the faster you run the sooner the ordeal will be over... Donation by Bruno 21/04/09	£150.00 + £42.31 Gift Aid
	Just glad I'm not in your shoes Donation by Kasper 17/04/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Outlast the AlliBk Perps Donation by Ted 16/04/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Hopefully your legs are steel springs Donation by Wade & Chabuca 16/04/09	£20.00
	Try to keep up with Mr. Di-Lieto Donation by Bob Willoughby 16/04/09	£150.00 + £42.31 Gift Aid
	Enjoy the running! Donation by nan 15/04/09	£50.00
	I will double the money if you beat uncle Neil..... Donation by Vincenzo 15/04/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£5,491.50
Offline donations:	£500.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£1,275.30

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