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There is no-one more surprised than me that after 35 years of hanging up my trainers, I am putting them back on and running the 2024 London Marathon.................crazy, I hear you say!

The reasons, well, there are two very important ones...............................

Firstly, I am managing the building of this fabulous new Hospice for Phyllis Tuckwell, a very exciting project, and a huge thing for the organisation. After being in the same building for over 40 years, operating out of an old cottage hospital built over 70 years ago, the Hospice building is no longer fit for purpose. The ability to be managing the building of a purpose built Hospice for generations to come in the local community, and help be able to increase the services that can be offered, is a wonderful and exciting project to be involved in. Let's hope I get it right!!!

The Hospice is a charity, and funded mostly by donations, with only around 20% of its operating costs funded by the NHS. The project is the culmination of many years of saving; and having now saved £10 million towards the project a capital appeal is running to raise the remaining £6 million needed to see the project to its fruition. So, this is what I am wanting to do my little bit of fundraising for, alongside actually getting it built!

Secondly, I am running in memory of my Dad, John Harris, who passed away a couple of years ago, after a short illness, and who is missed hugely by all his family and friends. He was cared for at home by a Hospice in Wales, who made the whole experience sort of bearable, and opened my mind to the world of Hospice care, which I had not experienced previously.

If you have the ability to support me and help me fundraise for this amazing cause by donating, I, and Phyllis Tuckwell will be forever grateful of the contribution you have made to enable the new Hospice to serve our community for years to come. Thank you.

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