Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I would just like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has sponsored me.  I've raised well in excess of my original target of £500, so I have pushed the bar up to £1000 - now that would be amazing!

The race was fantastic and I completed it in 1 hour 51 minutes.  I felt very proud to be running for GOSHCC.

Thanks again!

 

On Sunday 19^th September, Haile Gebrselassie and I, together with a mere 53,998 other people, will be pounding the streets from Newcastle to South Shields in the 2010 BUPA Great North Run.  Whilst I am not sure which charity Haile will be supporting, I am running to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.

In 2008 my godson, Morgan (who was then just under 2 years old), was admitted to GOSH with very serious kidney problems.  He spent a number of months in the hospital and underwent a number of major operations.  I visited the ward he was on; it was clean as you would expect but it was cramped and quite out-dated and there was little privacy for the children on it and their families.  It did not sit happily with the world-class reputation the hospital staff have achieved and strive to maintain.

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity needs to raise over £50 million each year to make sure the hospital remains the world-class pioneering institution it is today.  Support from fundraising helps them buy vital equipment, fund pioneering research and, most importantly, to rebuild and refurbish some of their hospital site.

I am pleased to say that Morgan’s operations were (eventually) successful, thanks to the fantastic medical care and attention he received at GOSH. Hopefully he will never have to return; however many, many children and families will.  As I’ve got 2 young children of my own I want to do my bit to offer my help and support.  

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