Vanessa Barrett

Vanessa Barrett's Fundraising Page

Fundraising for The Honeypot Children's Charity
£5,992
raised of £5,500 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Event: Flora London Marathon 2009, on 26 April 2009
Participants: Vanessa
We provide respite breaks to young carers and vulnerable children

Story

A huge THANK YOU to each of you for supporting Honeypot and myself - we have raised over £7,000 for Honeypot and this will make a difference to a lot of little lives.

I am truly humbled by the support, encouragement and generosity of my friends and colleagues. I successfully completed the 26.2 miles in lovely London spring sunshine. A special thank you to those who cheered me along the course, seeing you have me an incredible boost !

Thank you ! xx

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Dear All

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. As some of you are aware, I am going to attempt the London Marathon in 2009 and at the same time, raise funds for my favourite charity Honeypot.  Honeypot Charity is for those children in the UK that don't have the parental support and care most of us have and at times are the primary carer of a parent or sibling. One of the key features of the charity is the Honeypot House in the New Forest where the children can stay and play for a week and weekend respite break - and be children.

Here is a link to Honeypot's website so you can see the wonderful support they provide : http://www.honeypot.co.uk/.  An indication of how your donation helps:

£3,600 supports 12 children for a return weekend break

£750 supports a child for a year

£500 pays for one child's first-time respite break at Honeypot House

£300 pays for a child's weekend return break at Honeypot House

£90 covers 3 visits from the Honeypot Playbus to a child's local community in one year

In the meantime, lots of training for me !

Thank you once again,

Vanessa xx

Update: 2 months to go - one half-marathon down, one to go, none the wiser....

Update:  <1 month to go and my knees hurt but at least the sun is shining :)

Update: taper time is here..hooray

Update: 5 days to go - OH GOD.

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About the charity

Honeypot’s vision is for every child to make the most of their one chance at childhood. Since 1996 we have been working to enhance the lives of vulnerable children and young carers aged 5-12 years by providing residential respite breaks and on-going outreach support.

Donation summary

Total raised
£5,991.50
+ £1,275.30 Gift Aid
Online donations
£5,491.50
Offline donations
£500.00

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