David is running a half marathon

Hi, I'm David

On Saturday 13th May, after a five year hiatus from long distance running, I am pulling on my running shoes for the Battersea Half Marathon. 

As well as training each week, I am giving a booze a miss (my last drink was Boxing Day!). I am committing to not touching a drop until I've done the run, so I need all the encouragement (and non-alcoholic lager) I can get!

What I'm raising money for

I am running in aid of a project very close to home and my job, where I work with the community of Broadwater Farm Estate in Tottenham to make it an even better place for the future.

Broadwater Farm is brilliant, with a strong legacy of community spirit. It's also one of the places that's been hit hardest by the pandemic and cost of living crisis. 

Through my work, I come across amazing people doing fantastic things for the community. None more so than Ganna, an estate resident, who runs the Broadwater Farm foodbank with the aid of local volunteers, reaching fifty households every Saturday.

The foodbank was set up in April 2020 by local residents and Wheely Tots, a registered charity who have been working on the estate since 2016. 

Since then, the project has grown to include a community kitchen. It's become a place where residents connect and support each other, helping hundreds of families and households along the way.

With the ongoing cost of living crisis, the need for the foodbank and community kitchen keeps increasing. I want to raise money so that Ganna and the volunteers can do even more.

How your donations will help

Ganna is part of Wheely Tots, which is where donations for the foodbank and community kitchen will go.

To give you an idea of what donations can support:

•  2,000 covers the running costs of the foodbank for a month
•  250 pays for a local community chef to cook healthy, hot meals once a week for a month
•  100 pays for essential store cupboard for the foodbank for one week
•  50 buys ingredients to cook healthy, hot meals for 50 people 
•  20 pays for essential health and hygiene products from our partners, In Kind

Thank you

Please do give generously. So many people are struggling right now and every penny you give makes a huge difference to the lives of local residents.

Thank you so much for your support. 

David