Team Daniel are delighted to announce that we have been successful in getting 5 charity places for the following London Marathon events:

Virtual London Marathon 2021

On Sunday 3rd October, ten amazing supporters of TeamDaniel took on the gruelling task of walking, running or jogging the 26.2 miles in this year’s virtual London Marathon. Craig McKenna, Ann Norton, Paul Norton, Vicky Sturgess, Jake Sturgess, Liz Knight, Rachael Watkey, Julie Mason and Kev Brown joined Daniel’s mum Emma and raised £4,149.96 to help support young people’s mental wellbeing. A massive thank you from all us at TeamDaniel. A huge achievement!

Here’s why Liz wanted to run for TeamDaniel:

“In the early hours of Sunday morning I did the London Marathon virtual event. Why you may ask? Well good question….

Some of you will know my mate Nic, she is a guru of all things East London and all round good egg. A few years ago her and her family’s lives were changed forever when she lost her nephew Daniel. Aged 15 Daniel took his own life as he couldn’t see a way out of the stress he was under brought on by his GCSE exams.

In his memory, TeamDaniel was formed by family and friends to raise awareness of teen mental health issues. My fundraising goal is modest. TeamDaniel is a small charity and small contributions make a huge difference.

Obviously, this was a big challenge as running isn’t exactly my thing. I’m built for comfort, not speed. During London lockdown I got into long distance walking as a way to stay active and since then I’ve slowly and steadily built up my ability to run (also slowly and steadily). Before training for this I had never ran more than 5km but in the last couple of years I’ve worked on my overall health so was now in a better position to give this a crack”