On Sunday May 19th, I will be running the Bristol Half-Marathon to Raise Money for Spear Bristol.

Spear Bristol was set up in January of 2022 in response to youth unemployment and has since worked with 167 young people across the city, offering one year of support to equip and empower young people facing barriers in their lives, back into to employment or education. Since launching, on average 81% of the young people gone through the Spear Programme in Bristol, are back in work or education a year later.

The charity is funded completely by private donations and grants so I know how valued any donations are. It costs £2,000 to put one young person through the programme and I have seen time and time again the first-hand impact this programme has on changing young people's future - so my aim is to raise enough money to give one person that opportunity.