Those that know me well will also know a young lady in our family called Debbie who impresses us all and makes us proud everyday with all that she has achieved in her life against overwhelming odds! For those that don't know Debbie, she was born with a syndrome called “cri du chat”, which is a rare genetic disorder with sadly many symptoms, including severe cognitive, speech, and motor delays, which has meant for a challenging life for Debbie and her family , though you will never hear a complaint from anyone, which we should all aspire to.

I will be this April, mostly, running the Brighton marathon, my first one, so am asking if you can dig deep and donate anything you can for this charity and in particular my friend Debbie Clarke.

Thank you

Mark

Information for those that are interested to learn more about the charity and the syndrome can be found here, http://criduchat.org.uk/information/index.html.

If you end up speaking with anyone from the charity called Ray Clarke apologies in advance...sorry Ray couldn’t help it :)