Please continue to support Me and these amazing causes. The Reading half Marathon is my last sponsor run, so dig deep and let's raise raise raise as much money as possible.

My aim is to raise £1,500 and  I  will be raising money through the Hemraj Goyal Foundation (www.HGF.org.uk) for Diabetes UK and SNAP(Special Needs and Parents).                                                                       

And to top it off, HGF have generously offered to match any money raised through this Just Giving page.

I will keep this just giving page running until the end of April 2016 and will update my progress throughout.

Thank you all in advance.                                                                           Here is some information on the two very worthy charities I have chosen:

SNAP (Special Needs And Parents) provides a lifeline to Essex familieswho have children with special needs and disabilities.  Their aim is to inform,encourage and support parents, so that they can grow in strength and knowledgeand become better equipped to give the best possible help to their children.

Throughout the year more than 500 children and young people regularly goto The SNAP Centre to take part in therapies, play sessions and clubs and over600 parents and carers receive hands-on help at the centre. In total over 1,800families across Essex benefit from their information and advice services whichis delivered by their team of friendly staff and 100 dedicated volunteers.

In order for SNAP to continue their good work, they are dependent ondonations and money raised through this just giving page will mean that theycan continue to provide a range of activities and services which are so vitalto so many families in the community. This year they must raise in the regionof £250,000 from donations and fundraising in order to cover their costs andkeep the charity running.

Diabetes UK are a leading charity that cares for, connects with and campaignson behalf of every person affected by or at risk of diabetes. They provideinformation, help and peer support, so people with diabetes can manage theirconditions effectively. They are the largest funders of diabetes research inthe UK

Diabetes is a common life-long health condition. There are 3.2million people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK and anestimated 630,000 people who have the condition, but don’t know it. It isa condition where the amount of glucose in your blood is too high because thebody cannot use it properly and therefore Diabetes develops when glucose can’tenter the body’s cells to be used as fuel.

With your help, Diabetes UK can care, support and work to halt the risingnumber of people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes by educating them about theirrisk, encouraging early diagnosis and promoting simple lifestyle changes tohelp prevent or delay its onset and more importantly funding pioneeringresearch into care, cure and prevention for all types of diabetes.