Tom Lilley

Charity

St Basils - St Basils works with young people to enable them to find and keep a home, to develop their confidence, skills and opertunities and to prevent homelessness.
St Basils
St Basils works with young people to enable them to find and keep a home, to develop their confidence, skills and opertunities and to prevent homelessness.

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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Virgin London Marathon 2010

Fundraiser: 
Tom Lilley

My page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/TomLilley76

Hi!! 

Thank you for coming to my page!!

For people who DON'T know me or perhaps even for those who do but not very well, I am 33 years old (34 when I do the run) and began running seriously in October 2008.  I am a member of Bournville Harriers-a great running club based in Birmingham, U.K and I run with them every Monday night. 

I entered, on a whim, my first ever half marathon in September 2009 and practiced very hard, training with the club on a Monday night and by myself on various nights throughout the week.  I ran the Birmingham Half Marathon the next month (October 11th) and achieved 13.1 miles in 1 hr 55 mins and 09 sec.  A great achievement I feel!  The public support and encouragement and the high level buzz I felt running alongside 13,000 other people was so exhilarating that I ran most of it on a complete high!   Having got the bug for this running lark, I decided I wanted to do the London Marathon.  I have always wanted to do this and finally plucked up the courage to enter and contacted St. Basil's (information below) to run for them.  I am now in preparation and training for my first marathon next year.   

As you will know (HOPEFULLY), I am running the Virgin London Marathon for the FIRST time in April 2010!!  The charity that has given me the place to do this is St. Basil's-a VERY worthy cause.  This is a charity who provides advice, accomodation and support to homeless young people.  They enable young people to find work, find housing solutions and access new skills and work.  See the information and the link below to learn more about the work St. Basil's does.  My aim is £2,000 but would love to break through this!!

Through Virgin Money Giving, you can sponsor me and donations will be quickly processed and passed to St. Basil's.

Virgin Money Giving is a not for profit organisation and will claim gift aid for St. Basil's, where the donor is eligible for this.

I REALLY DO appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.

I shall keep you all updated regularly about my training, runs and how the money is going!

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Recent donors

10.03.10 All the best Tom - we have no doubt you'll do it.

09.03.10 Dear Tom Daisy and I think you are amazing and we hope to come and cheer you on as you run on the day!! Lots of love and see you soon

08.03.10

05.03.10

25.02.10 I always knew there was an Elite Athlete in there somewhere! Good cause & good luck Tom.

13.12.09 We are very proud of and pleased and excited for you, Tom! Love from Karen and David

26.11.09 Keep up the good work Tom

13.11.09 GO,GO,GO Wintly. Will be there to watch you!

01.11.09

£312.00

Running total

Target:
£2,000.00
Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
£384.47
Total donors:
9
Biggest donor:
Alex Lilley
£50.00  
Last donor:
Liz and Alan Napier 10.03.10  
Offline fundraising:
£55.00
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