I've decided to run the Brighton Marathon in 2011.

This is not for the good of my health.  Although, I have managed to lose a considerable amount of weight by training.  But that's a story for a different website.

I'm running for the Child Bereavement Charity, which is an excellent charity, which supports families when a child is bereaved or when a child dies.  They educate professionals and work with parents and children to do this.

The reason I care about this is two-fold: 

The first reason is that my own mum died when I was five.  I've grown up dealing with the pain of bereavement and I felt it's crippling effects as a child.  

The second reason is that I've worked with a lot of young people in trouble and a large amount of them have been kids whose difficult behaviour can be traced back to an earlier bereavement.  It seems to me that, when kids aren't helped to deal with loss properly, we're storing up trouble for later on.

So I'm running for the Child Bereavement Charity because they have the potential to help kids in their lowest point, enabling young people to reach their own potential.

Please take a look at my blog for further details.