Archive for the ‘Fundraising’ Category

£500 more in funding for Shelter!!

April 27, 2008

Great stuff.  WebCertain Europe Ltd supports Shelter with £400 !  Much appreciated!

The multilingual SEO specialists based in York has contributed a major amount of money to Shelter and the work they do for the people in housing need around the UK.

WebCertain is passionate about generating business growth for its clients in any part of the world. A team of native speakers of all the world’s major languages works together to achieve client objectives - no one understands working with different cultures and the nuances of language in the globe’s search engines better than the WebCertain multilingual team.

A friend of mine Andreas has contributed £100 based on the fact that I ran the marathon in less than 4 hours…..      And of course because he sees the value of contributing to Shelters work!

A big thank you!!

Done!

April 24, 2008

Done and dusted. London Marathon was amazing ! 3,48 was the time which made me 8107 out of 35000 runners or so… Thanks to all sponsors! See here for official result.

In London

April 11, 2008

In London and the rain is lashing down… hey forecast is saying that can expect some heavy showers on Sunday so I m sure it ll be a fun day !!!

Since last Shelter have  had some good donations from Jon and Jon and daddy and Gemma. Thx a lot for your support! Also I hear rumour of a corporate sponsor lurking in the background.

Just realised… I m a week ahead of schedule

March 21, 2008

I have been following this training plan and just realised that the tough lap that I ran last Saturday was scheduled for tomorrow… hmm..    hope that wont change anything.

Just received a donation from a dear friend back in Leeds. Akafuna - thanks a lot.

Ballueder donates!

March 17, 2008

Now fully recovered from the toughest lap so far. I was walking like an old man saturday night when out…

Good news! - Herr Ballueder from an organisation that helps to enhance performance from within has sponsored Shelter. It says on their website www.cb-consulting.co.uk that cb consulting is currently undergoing a strategic change and will focus more on management consultancy in the future. Please visit them again or contact them. You can also register for an automatic update.

20 miles - 32 km completed in less than 3 hours..

March 15, 2008

Man I m like a vegetable.. realise the last 10 k of the marathon is going to be very painful!!!!

Anyone with some good advice on how to OPTIMISE my preparation the last three weeks… ??

One thing.. why I m doing this? In support of Shelter.

The lack of affordable housing is at the root of Britain’s housing crisis. The British government has made a pledge to build three million new homes – but the number of homes for social renting must rise sharply if the crisis is to be resolved.

Millions of people in the UK are forced to live in substandard and overcrowded accommodation or are without a permanent home.

Want to help out? Sign up as a campainger !

Or go to www.justgiving.com/johnbrenne and make your donation in order to help out !

Emma Jennings sponsers Shelter!

March 7, 2008

A great woman with a great heart has donated to Shelter.   Thanks a lot to you Em!   Get Paul and the rest of the gang to sponsor Shelter too! :)

….update

March 5, 2008

Been pretty bad at updating this blog. However I m on track and I completed the 18 mile run this weekend…

Our friend Davide from the land of pasta and tutti frutti has supported Shelter!     He is the man.

Thanks to my Spanish friend Jesús

February 21, 2008

Jesús, a friend from University, has sponsored Shelter.  Thanks a lot mate!

This week I have felt like its been harder than normal to complete my laps for some  reason…   maybe it was that ski trip on Sunday after the 26 km on Saturday that sort of messed it up. Perhaps I didnt allow my body the rest it needed.

However I ll go for my run this morning before heading off to work.

My first sponsor!

January 31, 2008

A person under the name of Svintoksen has made a generous donation to Shelters work with homeless people.  Praise to him !

Did you know that Shelter is a leading expert on housing in Britain. Their policy team is constantly developing practical methods to tackle the housing crisis.