Run with the Sunflowers Charity Team
FLORA LONDON MARATHON 2005
Help the Hospices is
the official Charity of the Flora London Marathon 2005. Help The
Hospices hopes to gather together the biggest single charity and
celebrity team of runners on the day – the Sunflower Runners
Team - with the aim of raising over £1 million for hospice care.
Help The Hospices supports over 220 local adults and children’s
hospices in their vital work on the frontline of caring for
people living with a terminal illness.
Weight Loss Resources would like to encourage members to join
the Sunflower Runners Team to support Help The Hospices who are mainly small charities. Use the Runners Message Board
in Members Forum to join in. We can report news of our progress,
give advice and support and help each other in our goal to run
the London Marathon 2005.
Every year around 32,000 people of all ages and from all walks
of life, take up that ultimate challenge - the 26.2 mile journey
that is the Flora London Marathon. From first-timers to
professional runners, from wheelchair users to rhino costumes or
diving suits, if you would like to be part of what is a truly
amazing event, make sure you enter the official ballot for a
place in time for the deadline – 22nd October 2004.
The Sunflower Runners Team will have the following support:-
- A unique First Time Runners Club, offering expert
guidance and support to put your mind (but not your feet) at
rest if you are making your Marathon debut.
- Specialist training and nutrition advice on our
website and via email
- Expert one-to-one email coaching from
realrunner.com, tailored to your specific needs
- Post-race reception for much-needed refreshments,
relaxation, expert massage and all-round congratulations
- Runners packs and fundraising tips, with all
the information you need
- Online sponsorship pages to make raising money less
of a marathon task
- Eye-catching quality running vest
For many people, especially those attempting their first
Marathon, hospice care can be both an inspiring and very
motivating cause to raise funds for:
“The sense of achievement when I crossed the line was
immense. It was such a buzz to know that I had completed it when
it had looked so likely that I wouldn't be able to. Knowing that
I had completed something that would make a difference to others
lives is something I will never forget. Although I couldn't
walk, run or even worse kick a football for the next month and a
half, I would not change a thing. It was a life defining moment
for me.”
Ian Morrison, running for Halton Haven Hospice in memory of
his mum.
“Any one of us might one day need hospice care, ourselves or
for a loved one, and many of us have seen at first hand, how
hospices care for those living with a life-threatening illness”,
says Sam Rider, Help the Hospices’ Marathon Project Manager and
a keen runner herself. “Local hospices are mostly small
charities and collectively need to raise over £300million a
year. I’d ask anyone who is thinking of running next year to
consider running for hospice care.”
Anyone interested in joining the Sunflower Hospice Running
Team should call 0845 0862626, email
hospicerunners@hth.org.uk or visit
www.hospicerunners.org.uk for more information. Official
application forms for entering the Race Ballot can be found in
the August Issue of Marathon News magazine which is available in
around 1,800 sports shops across the UK.
The Flora London Marathon takes place on Sunday April 17th
2005.
To find your nearest stockist for Marathon News magazine
entry forms call: 0207 902 00189
Media enquiries:-
Help the Hospices - Katie Brewin tel: 0161 881 7753
Geoff Watson Tel: 0207 520 8213
Flora London Marathon:
Nicola Okey 0207 902 0182
Alice Frith 0207 902 0199
Notes:-
- Updates on celebrity runners and further news will become
available in the weeks and months to come. To be sure of
receiving updates and all Help the Hospices Flora London
Marathon press releases, send an email marked ‘Marathon News’
to
hospicerunners@hth.org.uk
- Help the Hospices supports over 220 local adult and
children’s hospices in their vital work on the front line of
caring for people living with a terminal illness. In hospices,
staff and volunteers provide care based on individual need,
striving to offer dignity, peace, calm and freedom from pain.
Support can be given at home, via day-care or in a hospice.
Hospice services include complementary therapies, support for
family carers, counselling and social activities such as music
and art, as well as high quality specialist medical care.
- The money raised from the Flora London Marathon 2005 will benefit hospice
care in a variety of ways including grants for local hospice
staff carers and volunteers; specialist training and free
information and advice services.
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