I travelled to Ghana in 2017 as a volunteer dentist for 2 weeks. The trip had an enormous impact on me, so much so that I plan to return again on a voluntary basis in 2018.

The only access to dentistry the local people have currently is when the healthcare team visits in November for 2 weeks. Many of the patients we saw in 2017 had severe dental infections, some even being life threatening.

Just before the 2017 Ghana trip, I received the news that I had secured a Rugby and Northampton athletic club ballot place at the London Marathon.

Many people approached me to say they would make a charitable donation when they heard I had a marathon entry, so the obvious choice was to raise some funds to buy some new dental instruments to take to Ghana in 2018. Your donations will be purely to acquire dental equipment.