Thank you for visiting my page. I'm raising money for The Swan Sanctuary by running the London Marathon. The last thing that I ever ran for was a train, so I literally started this mammoth challenge by finishing the couch to 5K programme in January.

The Swan Sanctuary, Shepperton is a wildlife hospital dedicated to the treatment, care and rehabilitation of swans and wildfowl in the UK. This charity does amazing work for wildfowl; particularly swans. We have thirty pairs of swans alone, living in one of the docks on the Isle of Dogs, as well as many more in the Thames. If any water bird is in distress, they will come to the rescue. Recently, there have been many heartless catapult attacks on swans, and other animals and the Swan Sanctuary has been involved in saving, and rehabilitating these poor birds:

https://news.sky.com/story/police-in-plea-to-catch-catapult-attackers-targeting-animals-following-sky-news-investigation-13095456

The sanctuary receives no government funding and is run entirely on donations from the public and corporate sponsorship.

The Swan Sanctuary is recognised by other notable animal charities as a centre for the treatment of swans such as the RSPB, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and Twycross Zoo, as well as the traditional swan keepers on the Thames the Worshipful Company of Dyers and the Worshipful Company of Vintners. Local supermarkets donate their waste food to help the sanctuary feed their patients.

Their aims:

To provide treatment, care, rehabilitation and, where possible, release back to the wild of all wildfowl species where they are injured or in distress.

To provide training for organisations who may find themselves faced with wildfowl casualties in the capture and handling of the birds.

To educate groups of all ages in the work done by the Swan Sanctuary.

Thank you so much for supporting this amazing organisation.

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