I am running the Carlisle Half and Manchester Marathon to support the Ukraine Appeal.

Homes in Ukraine have been destroyed and water supplies, hospitals and schools have been hit. An appeal was launched by the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee to help the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the conflict that urgently need food, water, shelter and medical care.  The appeal will help people who have fled Ukraine, but also those who have been displaced to other parts of the country.

The Disasters Emergency Committee is a group of fifteen UK aid agencies - including the British Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the Children - are joining together to ask the public to donate. Any donation made will be doubled by the UK government, up to a total of £20m.