Phil Packer

Charity

National Autistic Society - The National Autistic Society is the UK's leading charity for people affected by Autism. Over half a million people in the UK have autism. Together with their families they make up over two million people whose lives are touched by autism every single day. Despite this, autism is still relatively unknown and misunderstood. Which means that many of these two million people get nothing like the level of help, support and understanding they need. Together, we are going to change this.
National Autistic Society
The National Autistic Society is the UK's leading charity for people affected by Autism. Over half a million people in the UK have autism. Together with their families they make up over two million people whose lives are touched by autism every single day. Despite this, autism is still relatively unknown and misunderstood. Which means that many of these two million people get nothing like the level of help, support and understanding they need. Together, we are going to change this.

Event details

2010 Virgin London Marathon

25 April 2010

The Virgin London Marathon is one of the great British sporting events, combining elite athletics, mass participation and record-breaking fundraising in one race. The course is a gruelling 26 miles 385 yards long, passing through the streets of London from Blackheath to the famous finish line at The Mall. Since the first race in 1981, 746,635 runners have passed the finish line and raised more than £400 million for charities and good causes. Last year alone a staggering £47.2 million was raised, making the event a Guinness World Record holder as the largest annual fundraising event on the planet.




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26 FOR NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY

Fundraiser: 
Phil Packer

My page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Phil.Packer

Autism is a serious, lifelong and disabling condition. Without the right support it can have a profound and sometimes devastating effect on individuals and families. Autism is much more common than most people think. There are over half a million people with autism in the UK - that's 1 in 100. With over 18,440 members and 91 branches, the National Autistic Society provides a wide range of advice, information, support and specialist services to 100,000 people each year. A local charity with a national presence, they champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and aim to provide individuals with autism and their families with help, support and services that they can access, trust and rely upon and which can make a positive difference to their lives. I will be walking the National Autistic Society mile with Robyn Steward.  Robyn is 23 and she has Asperger syndrome. Robyn was severely bullied at her mainstream secondary school, which continued in the classroom. Employment has been particularly difficult for Robyn. She has worked in retail environments but found it so stressful due to a lack of understanding from employers that she wouldn’t sleep and then couldn’t cope at work. She’s now happy being self employed and helping to train professionals and mentor young people with autism so they don’t have to go through what happened to her. People presume she doesn’t need any support because she’s so verbally articulate but she struggles with a lot of different things on a daily basis and things get harder when she is anxious. Robyn also has a lot of sensory difficulties with noise, touch and her sight as many people with autism do, which can make the world a frightening place. Robyn and I hope to raise awareness of autism and hope you will donate to support many others with autism across the country.

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Recent donors

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26.04.10 Thanks for doing this for such a brilliant cause

26.04.10 Good luck with your new venture, you are just amazing!

25.04.10 Thanks for including the NAS in your challenge...very best wishes to Phil and Robyn

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24.04.10 Good luck Phil. Its a very worthy cause

23.04.10 Our six year old son Ethan has an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. If it wasn't for the N.A.S fantastic work we wouldn't of got the support he needs to attend his mainstream school. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support. Best of luck.

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21.04.10 Good luck Phil, you are an inspiration and long may there be people like you raising awareness of autism and related conditions

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21.04.10 Good luck with this - I hope you have a great time!

21.04.10 Go go go in mile 19!

20.04.10 Thank you very much for doing this for everyone affected by autism.All the very best for the marathon.

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20.04.10 Phil you are a star man and an inspiration. Wish the world had more like you

19.04.10 Good Luck

10.04.10 Fantastic that you are doing this for the Nas and Thank you

£451.00

Running total

Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
£561.28
Total donors:
21
Biggest donor:
Anonymous
£100.00  
Last donor:
A Obasi
26.04.10  
Offline fundraising:
£0.00