Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I'm raising money for my late mum, Sheila, and the Arthur Rank hospice, where she and her team helped (and still help) countless people with their end-of-life palliative care.

Unfortunately, mum ended up needing palliative care herself during the final stages of her battle with cancer. More than once she told me she liked to think of herself; "like a midwife but backwards", and if that doesn't exemplify the spirit of palliative care as a natural part of life's journey then I don't know what does.

I owe a lot to this hospice and so I decided to raise a bit of money to support them and run a marathon at the same time. I hope my knees will forgive me!

Whatever you give here will help people in some of the darkest times of their life, whether it's paying for equipment, nurses or just copious amounts of tea and cake (mum's preferred method- and frankly nothing soothes the soul like a good brew).

Please give and share what you can and on behalf of everyone you help today- thank you!!!