Running 26.2 miles through London is going to be one of the toughest challenges I’ve ever taken on — but I’m doing it for a reason far bigger than the finish line.

This year, I’m running the London Marathon to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, an organisation that changes the lives of seriously ill children and their families every single day.

Training won't always be easy — there will be early mornings, tired legs, and plenty of moments where quitting will be the easier option. But whenever it gets tough, I will remind myself why I’m doing this. If pushing through 26.2 miles can help raise vital funds, support groundbreaking research, and make even a small difference to a child’s life, then every step is worth it.

If you’re able to donate, no matter how big or small, you’ll be helping Great Ormond Street Hospital continue its incredible work and give children the best chance for a brighter future.

Thank you so much for your support — it truly means the world to me, and to the families who rely on GOSH every day.

More on the charity:

Childhood and cancer. Two words that should never go together

But every week, around five children in the UK lose their lives to cancer. That's five families who are faced with the worst news possible.

A child doesn't have to die from cancer for it to take their life. It can take away their childhood, their opportunities to learn and even to have children of their own one day.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) cares for children with the hardest to treat cancers. Were already pushing the boundaries. Pioneering research is underway to find the most effective treatments and cures, which give hope to children and their families.

But these advances have outstripped GOSHs current cancer care facilities, and the hospital needs a new home to create breakthrough therapies which will benefit children all over the world.

Help us build the new Children's Cancer Centre at GOSH and save more children's lives.

If you can help build it, you can help beat it.

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