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Leigh On Sea News: Runners Raise £132k – MORE than 90 runners raised than £130,000 for local hospice care at this year’s London Marathon.

Runners Raise £132k - MORE than 90 runners raised than £130,000 for local hospice care at this year’s London Marathon.

MORE than 90 runners raised than £130,000 for local hospice care at this year’s London Marathon.

“Team Havens” ran the 26.2 miles on Sunday, April 27, raising a total of £132,000 for Havens hospices.

Amongst the runners was Jenna Venables, Havens hospices’ clinical lead physiotherapist, who took part in the event for a third time.

She said after the race: “This race was the hardest of the three by far, the heat really got to me, but I did it and I’m proud.

“Each day at work, I’m inspired by the amazing people I support and their families, and that’s what got me around those 26.2 miles.”

Susie May, challenge fundraiser at Havens hospices, added: “We’re incredibly proud of every single member of Team Havens.

“The warm weather on marathon day made the challenge even tougher, but our runners rose to the occasion and powered through.

“We were there cheering them on at every stage of the route—it was truly inspiring to watch.”

The charity, which has two hospices, Fair Havens and Little Havens, relies on fundraising from events like the London Marathon to continue providing specialist care and support to people in the community with incurable conditions.

Ms May continued: “We must raise more than £207,000 each week to be there for everyone who needs us and we can’t thank our supporters enough for helping us continue ‘Making every day count’ for our local community.”

Visit: https://www.havenshospices.org.uk/

Picture: Jenna with her medal.

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