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In April I am participating in the London Marathon and fundraising for the Matt Hampson Foundation, an incredible charity which has transformed my life.

The Foundation gives physical and emotional support to people following life-changing injury and was created by Matt who had his own injury as an England Under-21 rugby player.

Based at the Get Busy Living Centre in Leicestershire, the charity inspires its beneficiaries to ‘get busy living’ and the team there have had a huge impact on my life.

Four years ago, I needed help just to get out and about, but now I am looking confidently to the future and have entered the London Marathon with the Foundation’s personal trainer Sutty as my support runner. He has been with me from the start and seen the monumental change since I first visited to the Centre.

By supporting me, the Foundation has given my wife her husband back and given my kids their dad back.

I will be pushing the London Marathon with my Personal Trainer and friend James Sutliff, he’s been there for the whole of my journey. I aim to do my family, the foundation and James proud.

Your sponsorship would help the Foundation to help even more people after life-changing injury. Thank you.

This year the Foundation has TEN incredible people taking on the world-famous 26.2 mile course, starting in Greenwich and finishing on The Mall to raise valuable funds for our beneficiaries.

The centres doors were opened in 2018 and is the brainchild of founder and former England and Leicester Tigers rugby player Matt Hampson, who himself experienced a life-changing injury in 2005 leaving him paralysed from the neck down, aged just 20.

By becoming part of the community that Matt has created, beneficiaries of the Foundation are able to draw on the experience and knowledge of people who have been on the same journey. They develop the tools and skills they need to move on as they start to rebuild their lives.