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Over £20,000 raised for South London Special League

4 Marathons + 4 Big Half Marathons = over £20,000 raised for local charity South London Special League.

South London Special League (SLSL) provides much-needed opportunities for young disabled people and adults to improve their lives through sport. 

Disabled people in the Royal Borough of Greenwich are among some of the most deprived in London. These can be isolated lives, unable to connect with their local community or benefit from the physical and mental boost that comes from being involved with team sports.

My London Marathon Campaign this year raised nearly £2,000 and the Big Half campaign raised nearly £400 thanks to the generosity of family, friends and readers of local newspaper The Westcombe News.

The money will go towards coaching and new equipment for Greenwich Powerchair Football Club.

Local Newspaper, Big Impact: Westcombe News’ support helps quadruple original fundraising target

Our 2021 London Marathon Appeal for South London Special League was the first story in the Westcombe News’ new Sport, Mental Health and Fitness section in September 2021 and since then, the paper has featured us each month:

We provided our Virtual Marathon route in October 2021 and the amazing fundraising result in November 2021.

The Westcombe News has a circulation of over 3,000 highly engaged local residents. It’s a local newspaper with a big impact. It helped us smash our initial South London Special League fundraising target of £2,000 and raise it to more than £9,000.

We’ll be providing regular updates of the positive impact this money is having in our local community in upcoming editions of the Westcombe News.