** Update (3 Oct). Oh wow! You guys are awesome! We are on £400. That is just unbelievable. With the extra bonus we get from Usborne that will give us £520 of books. Amazing.

... but if we raise our total to £600... Usborne will give us £960 worth of books. How fantastic is that... I'm not sure we can do it... but we will try. Thanks Usborne xx **

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What am I fundraising for?

I'm a mother who has a child who loves reading. His school, Amesbury Archer Primary School, have developed and nurtured this skill and given him, what I hope is, a lifelong love of books.

His school, like others, has a budget which is stretched and constantly reducing. I want to help by fundraising to buy some new books for their library so that children can enjoy a variety of interesting and high quality books throughout their time at the school.

I will purchase the books from Usbourne for many reasons. Firstly, they were the first books my son enjoyed. I think that everyone has heard of the "That's not my..." series. They are fun, timeless and interesting. He's now moved on to books like Compton Valance by Matt Brown. He laughs out loud at the crazy antics the characters get up to.

My target is to raise £200. This will buy between 20 and 40 books for the library. ** EDIT ** The fundraising has already surpassed my original target. Please keep donating. The more books the better!!! Thanks x

What am I doing?

On 7 October 2018 I will be running my first (and last!) half marathon.

I'm a new runner. I started in April 2017 at the age of 42 using the Couch to 5k app with my objective to run the 5k Race For Life in memory of my father-in-law. Since then, I have completed a few 'real' and 'virtual' races earning me some lovely bling. I'm not a natural athlete. I'll never be fast. I'll never go far.

A half-marathon is 22k. I would never have dreamed that I would ever be able to run that far; I'm still having doubts now that I will make it.

By sponsoring me for completing the race you will be helping all the children at Amesbury Archer Primary School enjoy lovely books.

Thanks for reading to the end!

If you have a few pennies to sponsor me I'd be most grateful. If you haven't then I would really like a social media share!

Thank you.

Sue x