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£1,280
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    Weʼve raised £1,280 to sponsor Jess to run the Leicester Half Marathon in support of Leicester Rape Crisis

    Leicester, United Kingdom
    Funded on Monday, 24th October 2016

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    First off I should probably say that I am not a runner. When I was 13 I got my belly button pierced just to get out of PE. It didn't work. I started running a couple of years ago to try and offset the amount of cheese on toast I eat and have done a bit here and there ever since.

    I am now attempting to run the Leicester Half Marathon. Which is 13.1miles. Which is 21km. Which is much further than once around the local park on a Saturday morning.

    I'm raising money for the Leicester Rape Crisis Centre who have suffered a huge funding cut which could see them have to close. They are the only centre in the city for women and girls who have experienced rape and sexual abuse. If they close there will be no organisation providing these services within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and women and girls in crisis will have to travel much further afield to access the support they need.

    Leicester Rape Crisis is a charity that has been supporting survivors of sexual violence since 1981. They have five part time staff who support over 350 survivors each year. and they rely on the professional services of over 20 skilled counsellors who volunteer over 4,000 hours of face to face support work and counselling. They receive over 2,000 telephone calls to their Helpline each year and provide support to survivors whose lives have been affected by sexual violence.

    It costs them £325 to provide support to each woman who walks through their door so £1000 would help to turn the lives of three women around. Which is a small number, but it is a start.

    Leicester Rape Crisis is an essential service in Leicester and if we can help to keep them open then they can continue to provide vital support for women and girls in the city, support which can be life saving.

    As well as the half marathon, myself, Grace Petrie and Josie Long will be doing a benefit gig in October, more news on this to come!

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      75

      • Susan Lake

        Susan Lake

        Oct 23, 2016

        Well done! Far further than I'll ever run x

        £10.00

      • Scott Cadenhead

        Scott Cadenhead

        Oct 23, 2016

        £20.00

      • Taffy G's

        Taffy G's

        Oct 23, 2016

        £10.00

      • Laura Mayers

        Laura Mayers

        Oct 23, 2016

        Bit late in the game on this but bloody well done! Amazing thing you've done today! x

        £10.00

      • Susan Whitehouse

        Susan Whitehouse

        Oct 23, 2016

        Good luck!

        £10.00

      • Beck Manning

        Beck Manning

        Oct 23, 2016

        £10.00

      • Grace Petrie

        Grace Petrie

        Oct 23, 2016

        £20.00

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      Jessica Green

      Jessica Green

      Leicester, United Kingdom

      I'm running the Leicester Half Marathon, which as a non runner will be a mammoth task.

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