I am running the Brighton Half Marathon!

Last year as a complete beginner I ran the Brighton, Worthing and Seaford 10k. I (mostly) loved taking part in these events and was suprised to find my body coped with it better than I ever imagined. Soooo...this year I have decided to challege it further and run the Brighton Half Marathon. On my birthday!

I coordinate the young people's service for Sussex Nightstop and this last year of running has been a pretty big personal challenge for me; marking 12 years since I was lucky enough to walk away from a pretty horrific plane crash. I am so thankful to be able to live a normal life following the trauma my body went through and I get to go to work each day and do something that I feel very passionate about. So please sponsor me to run the Brighton Half Marathon on my 31st birthday and help Sussex Nightstop support more people out of homelessness. 

Sussex Nightstop provides a safety net for young people aged 16-25, preventing them from becoming homeless by matching them with volunteer hosts who put them up in their spare room on a night-by-night basis. Homelessness is a community issue and opening up a spare room is a way in which the local community can positively respond. Sleeping rough and other temporary living arrangements have a considerable and chronic negative effect. Our hosts give young people a safe space from which to resolve their housing problems. From safe, secure accommodation they have the best chance of seizing positive opportunities, enabling them to be active participants of and contributors to the local community.

Our #SleepSafe campaign is urging people to help alleviate the often-hidden problem of youth homelessness by supporting Sussex Nightstop’s work. Funds raised will be used to deliver our service for young people including the recruitment and support of volunteer hosts.