Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

On 17 April 2011, I’m going to be running the Virgin London Marathon (26.2 miles) in aid of the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children). 

The NSPCC's vision is to end cruelty to children. The NSPCC runs projects and services across the United Kingdom, including ChildLine, the UK's free, confidential 24-hour helpline for children and young people.

I’m a volunteer counsellor for ChildLine and I hear first-hand from children how valuable the service is.

My aim is to raise £1000 for the charity and here’s how your donation could help:

£4 could answer a child’s call to ChildLine. This service is vital for children who desperately need to speak out but have nowhere else to turn.

£20 could buy dolls used in play therapy. Play therapy can help a child express their emotions and act out their experiences of abuse, which they may find difficult talking about due to the pain it causes.

£85 could pay for the cost of counselling two children who would otherwise feel like no-one is there to help them.

£250 could pay for two days of individual therapeutic sessions between a child and social worker at one of the NSPCC’s domestic violence centres.

£500 could pay for one of the NSPCC’s Independent and Enquiry Assessment service team members to investigate complex networks of organised, institutional and professional child abuse for two days.

£2000 could cover the cost of all the freephone calls to one ChildLine counsellor for four and a half years. This means that children contacting the service can do so in the confidence that their call will not show on their phone bill, allowing them to be as honest as necessary.  

The NSPCC does change a lot of children’s lives, and if you could sponsor me, even a small amount, that would be great.

There's a lot of training ahead of me but I’m confident that I can do this – with your help!

Cheers everyone. 

Malini