Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

You maybe aware that after a longtime (basically all my adult life) of being unfit, unhealthy and lacking motivation, I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2007.  It took me awhile to sort myself out but in 2013 I began running again, a passion that I had back in my younger years.  So far I have completed several obstacle course races and I have completed the Rat Race 'Man Verus Mountain' challenge twice.

I have a long dream of running the London Marathon and have twice tried to get in under the ballot system but with no success!

It was my great surprise and joy when I was offered the opportunity to have a charity place in the 2016 London 'marathon through the NFDC and the Lord Snowdon Trust.

This amazing charity assists disabled people with the support they need to access post 16 education (should mainstream avenues be unsuccessful). 

Snowdon Trust helps to change lives and create better opportunities for disabled learners.

They have helped over 2,000 students so far. But every year they receive applications for far more support than they are able to satisfy, from talented young people whose primary aims are to access education, to become self-supporting and to manage their own lives.

When Lord Snowdon set up this charity (as The Snowdon Award Scheme) in 1981, there was very little statutory support for disabled students. However, the first disability equality legislation had been introduced and things were progressing quickly. He had hoped that, by the millennium, charitable support for disabled students would no longer be needed. Sadly, that has proven to be rather optimistic.

The introduction of Disabled Students’ Allowances and the various Disability Discrimination Acts has provided tremendous improvements. Some of their trustees and vice presidents played an enormous part in driving these changes through. However, the statutory funding is still insufficient for some disabled students and for others, there is no such funding available.

So, in addition to providing financial assistance to individual students wherever they can, they will continue to highlight the inequalities that exist and to provide input, where appropriate, to public debate.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.