Hello and thank you so much for coming to my fundraising page. And many thanks for considering sponsoring me to run The Royal Parks Half Marathon for Working Options in Education.

I've been involved with Working Options in Education for well over a decade as their President. It's a fantastic charity. I decided to run the half marathon as the cost of living crisis, following the pandemic, is really impacting our young people right now. Over the winter, families will be under huge pressure and that pressure will be felt by young people at a critical phase in their lives and development. They need direct help and they need it now.

Every year, we have been inspiring and enabling more and more young people to fulfil their potential. We are there to help every young person from 14-19 to prepare for the world of work by working with them directly in schools to go from learner to earner, with a strong emphasis on improving social mobility by targeting those in underserved regions. Working Options really does make a big difference. You can too. So please give generously.

And you can rest assured that on 8 October I'll be putting it all in!