So I made the crazy decision to apply to run the London Marathon 2019 for the WHSmith Trust and I actually got accepted! So now I have to run 26.2 in one of the top marathons in the world. But at least I am doing it for a good cause! It's already such an amazing opportunity but what makes it even better is that I can show my support to the WHSmith Trust. So I ask that you please sponsor me and donate to make this all worth while. I have a goal of £750 and anything more than that is a bonus!! So thank you so much for your donation and support!! For more information about the trust, please see below.

The WHSmith Trust is a registered charity with two principal objectives:

1 - To support the local communitites in which WHSmith staff and customers live and work.

2 - To support education and lifelong learning, helping people of any age to achieve their educational potential.

The Trust provides grants to
support the excellent voluntary efforts of WHSmith staff in their local
communities.  Employee involvement takes many different forms, ranging
from sporting challenges to raise sponsorship, holding a fundraising event or
volunteering time to give day-to-day help to a charity or school.  Some of the
employee-nominated charities range from big national campaigns such as Cancer
Research, Kidney Research, Alzheimers Society, Diabetes UK and Parkinsons
Disease Society to small community based charities including scout groups,
hydrotherapy pools, hospices and air ambulances.

 Every year, the Trust makes grants to hundreds of schools around

the country so they can build book stocks in their school libraries.  The
Trust also provides grant funding to the National Literacy Trust in order to
support a three year programme which will promote literacy and the love of
reading across the UK.  With the Trust’s support, the National Literacy
Trust will work with primary schools across the UK to help change the literacy
culture within the school, particularly helping disadvantaged children to
improve their literacy skills.  The programme works across three year
groups within the school and will build book knowledge and book selection
skills, support and promote peer-learning, offer older children a leading role
in promoting reading and encouraging book ownership.