Hi all , Steve and Myself are Old school friends and wanted to do something amazing to celebrate 50 fantastic years , my lovely friend Carol works at doorway and I've often popped in to give small donations at Xmas etc and have always been impressed by the love and commitment Carol and all the Doorway staff give to the young people they support , what I really like about doorway is the fact it's not just short term help and support , I see how the youngsters are encouraged into work and helped into long term accommodation and supported into the settled life they want and deserve , this will be my first marathon , in fact I didn't start running until this time last year ! So I want to thank the young people of doorway for inspiring me to stop drinking and smoking and start training ! Steve has run a few marathons but Dubai is a city in a desert so it's not gonna be easy ! We've put a lot of work into this marathon and every penny you donate will go to doorway we are not subsidising our trip and sending the change this is a personal challenge we have financed ourselves but we just thought it's a great opportunity for us to raise some much needed money and it will be wonderful if we can give something back to our hometown community
