Charity

Charity efforts

Puja raised £5,585 for One Cause Education Charity in 2024. She says:

‘I clicked the ‘YES’ button for London Marathon on 21st April 2024. My first marathon experience!!!

My running journey started in May 2018. From C25K and onwards. My first timed 5K race was at Hyde Park- Race for Kids in 2019. I kept on going running around the block, then joining Saturday Park Runs. Then the time came for a 10K race where my brother signed me up for the Vitality 10KM!! Onwards I went, early morning runs, less Saturday night evenings out to get ready for Sunday 7am start for long runs. My first Half Marathon was for the Bliss Charity- Charity for prematurity, this was in March 2020 just before lockdown! Since then I have been running different races, different half marathons across London. This gave me the opportunity to visit different parts of London, that I have not seen before e.g. Hackney Half, Wimbledon Common Half, Battersea Half, Richmond Park Half, Dorney Lake half and many more.

This eventually made me hit the yes button for 2024, the year to run the full 42KM! This time for a Charity- One Cause Education, that educates children from less privileged backgrounds in India and Uganda. This was my time to give back to the community, as without education I wouldn’t be where I am today!

I finished strong, without injury and was able to climb the stairs the next day. I completed in 6 hours and 12 minutes with all my family and friends who had come out to support me on the day. It was an amazing experience for me to live in London and to run one of the major marathons in the world. The cherry on the top was that I managed to raise £5,585 for One Cause Education Charity. Thank you to everyone who supported me and donated to the charity. I am truly grateful.’

Puja raised over £700 for the Bliss charity by running a half-marathon in August 2021. She says:

‘With long hours helping clients to the best we could with the various grants and claims, running has helped me stay focused during lockdown. Running helped me get ready for the next day. I also wanted a challenge after completing park runs, a few 10km runs and 10 mile runs. So I decided to sign up for a half marathon and completed the London Landmark Half Marathon in August 2021. It gave me great purpose to run for Charity Bliss which is very personal to me as it helps with parents with babies who are born prematurely.’

Paul raised £600 for Phabkids by cycling in the Prudential London to Surrey 100 mile ride.

‘After spending years of cycling in this great city dodging the traffic on London’s streets, I was drawn to being able to pelt it through town on closed streets and out in to the beautiful Surrey countryside.  Now being a dad of two, I’m so glad I chose a children’s charity to raise funds for as they do great work for the community’.

Neil and Paul organised a group 3 Peaks Challenge raising over £4,600 for various charities.

‘This challenge was to climb the 3 highest mountains in the UK, covering 27 miles and climbing in total nearly 2 miles in height all within a tight 24 hour time limit.  This proved tougher than any of us who took part expected, mentally as well as physically.  We are very proud of the amounts we raised for some amazing charities that were close to each of the participants hearts’

Plan is to do another big charity challenge this year or next.