For Irish people coming to London for the first time, and for those who have been here decades, the London Irish Centre provides a lifeline - supporting Irish people in London and promoting Irish arts and culture.

As a Camden councillor with a little bit of Irish heritage I'm really proud to be a representative in a borough with one of the largest Irish populations in England. The London Irish Centre does really fantastic work and so I'd be really grateful for donations, great or small, to help this to continue.

If you need any more persuasion, until I started training it had been nearly a year since I last went for a run so this could be a lot harder than it sounds!