Evan Odell

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Fundraising for Disability Rights UK
£352
raised of £1,000 target
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Event: London Marathon 2021, on 3 October 2021
Disability Rights UK

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We support disabled people to participate fully and equally in society

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I run a lot, and I work for Disability Rights UK, so it seems a natural fit to run the London Marathon in support of this great organization.

Disability Rights UK is the only national pan-disability, user-led organisation in the UK, and we're working hard to change the way government and society treats disabled people, and challenge outdated views of disability wherever we can find them.

Also the London course is flat and on roads and totally different from the hilly, off-road stuff you can grind out at 6min/km I'm used to, so it'll be a new challenge and I have no idea how it will go.

If I donate money, what will it be used for?

Your donations will go towards our core budget, which we use for work that is socially valuable but difficult to raise specific funds for. This includes:
  • Providing advice and information on disability issues, including benefits, human rights, and specialised services. I've lost track of the number of disabled people who've responded excitedly about the factsheets on our website when I tell them where I work. Despite their usefulness, we receive no specific funding to maintain and update our guides and factsheets.
  • Influencing national social security, health, education and other policies through engagement with civil servants and government ministers.
  • Producing garishly coloured graphs about the lives and experiences of disabled people in the UK.
  • Developing and promoting proposals for radical reforms of the disability benefits system.

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About the charity

Disability Rights UK

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We are disabled people leading change. Disability Rights UK campaigns for the freedom to live independently and the opportunity to be free of poverty - for the 11 million people in Britain with lived experience of disability or health conditions.

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£351.37
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£351.37
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