Ralf Boddington

Charity

United Response - United Response is a UK charity that supports people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and physical disabilities to live in the community, across England and in Wales. We provide person-centred services to people so they can be as independent as possible. We work with families and carers, local authorities, and other partners to provide people with the best possible package of support, tailored to the individual needs of those we support.
United Response
United Response is a UK charity that supports people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and physical disabilities to live in the community, across England and in Wales. We provide person-centred services to people so they can be as independent as possible. We work with families and carers, local authorities, and other partners to provide people with the best possible package of support, tailored to the individual needs of those we support.

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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Ralf's London Marathon Page

Fundraiser: 
Ralf Boddington

My page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Ralf_Boddington

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Well, on a bit of a whim I applied for the London Marathon and was pretty surpised when I got a place!  To help to motivate me I thought running for a charity would be a good idea and a great opportunity to raise some money for a good cause.  I've not been very successful at this fund-raising malarky previously, having set a record (which I believe is still standing) for the lowest-amount-raised-in-one-day-shaking-a-bucket at £0.53.  Man, they were a mean crowd, but hopefully this will work out better and you will be more generous!

I looked around at a few different charities and the one I chose to run for after doing some research was United Response. 

United Response work with individuals and families, supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health needs or physical disabilities to help them live fulfilling lives.  A lot of the basic stuff is provided by the state but United Response provide the extra help that is often necessary and missing.  Be it through such things as training, supported employment, counselling or respite care, they help to provide things that make a real difference to people's lives, whilst also preventing isolation and breaking stigmas in the wider community.  They bascially help people to not just be living but to contribute and feel worth-while members of society. 

Being a smaller charity, this sort of event makes a big difference to their fundraising so you can be assured that any sponsorship money you give will make a big difference!

Please take a look at their website if you'd like to see more detail on the types of things that they do:

www.unitedresponse.org.uk

If you would like to donate, please just click on the 'donate now' button.  Its completely secure and they will not email you (apart from to say thanks) and will not sell your details on to anyone else.  Please make sure you do the GiftAid donation when asked as this makes a big difference - for every £1 donation the charity gets another 28p from the government.  This site does not take money from the gift aid amount unlike other well known sites - the charity does pay to be registered with them however but saves on other admin and banking costs.  If you'd like to donate but not by electronic means, please just get in touch with me at ralfboddington@btinternet.com

I really would be extremely grateful for any contribution, large or small towards my target amount, so please donate if you can.  I've beaten 53p anyway so the sky's the limit!

 

 

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Recent donors

25.05.10

22.04.10 Ailsa's cake bake

21.04.10 I'll be there cheering you on and my pals are going to watch the race on TV.

15.04.10 Jo's cakes

14.04.10 Glad it's you not me!

09.04.10 Grand National Sweepstake

08.04.10 Easter cake

07.04.10 All the best mate, I'm sure it will be a breeze!!!

06.04.10

05.04.10 Car boot sale

05.04.10 Cake bake

31.03.10 Good luck Ralf.

24.03.10

23.03.10 Jo's Cake

21.03.10

23.02.10 Valentines raffle

20.02.10 Christmas Raffle

15.02.10 Go ralf!

11.02.10 Good luck, and lets hope it is not too hot on the day!!

28.01.10 Go Ralf - I'll be sipping cocktails at the finish line

18.01.10

06.01.10

04.12.09 Well done Ralf! I am v impressed with the marathon challenge. one day i will run 5 km!....good luck!

03.12.09 Good luck!!!

02.12.09 Good luck!

01.12.09

30.11.09 Is this training for 2012?

30.11.09

24.11.09 Go for it old man!!

24.11.09 Go Ralf!

£1,339.80

Running total

Target:
£1,250.00
Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
£1,474.03
Total donors:
30
Biggest donor:
Anonymous
£90.00  
Last donor:
Anonymous 25.05.10  
Offline fundraising:
£586.30