Home-Start Oxford is a charity that provides free, confidential support for families with at least one child under the age of 5 through individual one-to-one support and through it's parent and toddler groups. It helps ordinary people who are going through extraordinary times.

They help families through challenges that include mental health issues, illness, disability, autism, multiple births, relationship stress, refugeehood, social and rural isolation, domestic abuse, addiction, debt, trauma and poverty.

With Covid and now the cost of living crisis Home-Start Oxford's services have never been more in demand and that means more fundraising is needed.

As a children’s nurse who has worked with many families and as a parent myself, I know first hand the positive impact good support in the early years can have on a family. Homestart provides valuable support to families when they need it and beyond.

This is why I'm running the Oxford Half!

I won’t pretend to be a runner, this is my first attempt at anything like this, but challenge is good and with the Homestart team it will be a huge achievement!

Please help me raise as much money as possible for this great charity.