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On 26th April myself and my son Ben will be running the 2015 London Marathon in aid of Haven House Children's Hospice. Over the last few years we have both become increasingly aware of the tremendous work the charity does in support of young children with life limiting and life threatening conditions , including providing specialist nursing for seriously ill children and end of life care.

It is amazing the difference the care and treatment can make to the individual children and their families, in what in many cases is a very traumatic and often short period of time.

Therefore on a personal note I am motivated to complete one last marathon before my ageing legs and one remaining 'good' hip finally call time on my running. Also when Ben was younger, he used to say that when he was older, he would complete the London Marathon with me. So here we are; ready, willingly, (and probably against the advice of my hip replacement surgeon; hopefully able) to run this year's London Marathon for Haven House Children's Hospice in an attempt to raise a combined £6000. 

Haven House Children's Hospice provides planned and emergency care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to over 150 children and young people who have a life-limiting condition. It provides extensive support to children from birth to 19 years old, including end of life care.

By combining specialist nursing care for seriously ill children along with help for the wider family, Haven House seeks to deliver a sense of trust and most importantly ease the burden of care.

Whilst their services are free to the families they support, they are not free to provide and every year it costs over £2 million to run the hospice; of which around £1.5 million will need to be raised from voluntary sources.

As stated, myself and Ben will be attempting to raise £6000 for this wonderful cause and anything you could please donate towards that target would be most gratefully received and very much appreciated.

Could I please thank you in advance for contributing and taking the time to visit my fundraising page.

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