Thanks for visiting. Some of you will be here because you know what a big deal it is for me to get off my flabby backside and do exercise, and some because of interest in The Transparency Project. So here is a little bit of background about both (my flab, the project).

I was always the last one to get picked in P.E. My P.E. teachers laughed at me. I cried of shame in enforced basketball in the 6th form. I don't do exercise. I ran the Bristol ½ in 2008 and have spent the subsequent 7 years saying "I really must go for a run". Until January 2016 when I signed up for the Bristol 10k and trained all by myself to the point where I completed the 10k in May without the need of any ambulances (I'm 41 now, I was 34 when I ran the ½). So now I'm aiming bigger - clearly I need a target if I am to keep myself on track (excuse pun). Hence, the ½ marathon in September. The flab is still with me (I'm told I need to eat less chocolate - ridiculous!), but I'm a whole lot fitter and happier.

But the really important bit is The Transparency Project. We're working really hard at The Transparency Project to help make the family courts and family law, and all those bizarre and awful news stories about them seem a bit less confusing, and a bit more useful. We're not out to justify, promote or run down - just to explain and provide information - its up to you to decide what you think of the family courts or the state of our law. We just want to make sure people have some good information so that there can be good quality debate about whats wrong - and what's right -with our family justice system. And yes of course we need some money to do more of that. Those of us who work with the TP do so as volunteers - we want to scale up what we're doing to reach more people. 

Whether or not you can donate a little or a lot you can help by tweeting or telling people you know about the project - and if you or your friends ever have a query about family law check out our blog, you may just find the answer (we don't give legal advice though). We're on @seethrujustice on twitter and www.transparencyproject.org.uk.

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