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Bryony Murphy is raising money for Severn Hospice
In memory of David Clayton
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I’m absolutely delighted to be running the London Marathon in 2024 for Severn Hospice. I’m running in memory of my wonderful Dad, David Clayton.
Dad passed away at Severn Hospice, Shrewsbury on 1.4.22, aged 67. After a short illness (Acute Myeloid Leukaemia) he spent his final hours in the best place possible with his family by his side. We will be eternally grateful to the staff and volunteers at the hospice who were kind, compassionate and treated my Dad with the upmost respect and dignity.
This will be my third London marathon, having done the Virtual one in 2020 and the real thing in 2022. Fortunately my Dad saw me complete the virtual marathon and he was my loudest cheerleader! There isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t miss him. The memories of him will get me through my training and the event. As my Dad would say, ‘life is not a dress rehearsal’ and so when opportunities like this arise we have to grab them!
If you are able to give anything to this amazing charity to ensure that other families in similar situations can have the same experience that we did, both Severn Hospice and I would really appreciate it.
Severn Hospice is with families from the moment they're referred to its care for as long as they need it, and it does this every day, all day for anyone in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales who needs that help.
It does this for them for free, but it is not without cost and it can't happen without you. For every £1 you donate, the hospice will spend 88p directly on care – and use the remaining 12p to make another £1.
Last year, all those individual donations meant the hospice could be there when it mattered for 3,000 local families.
Dad passed away at Severn Hospice, Shrewsbury on 1.4.22, aged 67. After a short illness (Acute Myeloid Leukaemia) he spent his final hours in the best place possible with his family by his side. We will be eternally grateful to the staff and volunteers at the hospice who were kind, compassionate and treated my Dad with the upmost respect and dignity.
This will be my third London marathon, having done the Virtual one in 2020 and the real thing in 2022. Fortunately my Dad saw me complete the virtual marathon and he was my loudest cheerleader! There isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t miss him. The memories of him will get me through my training and the event. As my Dad would say, ‘life is not a dress rehearsal’ and so when opportunities like this arise we have to grab them!
If you are able to give anything to this amazing charity to ensure that other families in similar situations can have the same experience that we did, both Severn Hospice and I would really appreciate it.
Severn Hospice is with families from the moment they're referred to its care for as long as they need it, and it does this every day, all day for anyone in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales who needs that help.
It does this for them for free, but it is not without cost and it can't happen without you. For every £1 you donate, the hospice will spend 88p directly on care – and use the remaining 12p to make another £1.
Last year, all those individual donations meant the hospice could be there when it mattered for 3,000 local families.