EDIT: A third! half marathon booked. This one a trail run in the Peak District. Another 21.5km to run, but with 400m of elevation to contend with as well! Also in September, two weeks before the third and final half marathon. So I really do need to get and stay in shape! Just two weeks now until race day 1 in Birmingham 🤙

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I set myself a little mission to take on something a little extra physically challenging every couple of years and try to raise some much needed money for charity.

We raised over £1,000 for Mind last time round, by running 100km over 24 days in the countdown to Christmas.

This year I’m raising money for Framework, a local charity delivering housing, health and employment support to people across the East Midlands and Sheffield.

Homelessness can happen to almost anybody and our support allows them to help the greatest possible number of people in need.

To help raise this money I will run in two different half marathon events, one in Birmingham this May, and the other in Nottingham this September.

I’ve managed to get myself in race shape for one-off long distance runs a few times in the past. But the idea of maintaining that conditioning for long enough to run two races four/five months apart is quite a daunting prospect and definitely new territory for me!

If do you have a little to give you might be surprised at how much it can help:

£1 allows Framework’s street outreach team to answer a call from someone sleeping rough.

£20 enables them to provide a heating allowance to a home in crisis.

£50 buys a pack of essential items for a rough sleeper or a Framework resident moving on into a home of their own.

£100 pays for a three-hour early morning outreach session by two staff working with up to 20 rough sleepers.

£250 enables their staff to work with an isolated person for two months - giving time and support to help someone move on from crisis.

£500 enables a vulnerable person to train and become a volunteer, and pays for their expenses for a year.

You can see the impact every pound contributed can make. And the magic that can happen with just a few hundred quid.

If you can give a little, thank you so much for supporting me and my chosen charity. And even if you can’t right now, thank you for taking a moment with me and I’ll feel your support either way.

Also please do check out Framework, the amazing work they do in our area and all the little ways we can help.

Best wishes. Take care of yourselves and each other,

Aaron x

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