Sponsor Lynda at London Marathon

posted: 27/01/2011

In George House Trust's 26th year, Lynda, our Director of Services, is running the 26 miles of the London Marathon, raising money for George House Trust.

For 26 years George House Trust has been campaigning, supporting people and fighting stigma: George House Trust needs financial support now more than ever to make sure we survive the recession and cuts and continue to deliver good quality services to people living with and affected by HIV in NW England.

1st marathon

Lynda only started running 6 years ago, to raise money for George House Trust by taking part in Great Manchester Runs. This is her first ever marathon.

Lynda is meeting all the costs of the London marathon and travel etc herself, so all your sponsorship money goes directly to George House Trust to support people living with HIV.

JustGiving

Lynda has a handy JustGiving page - it is simple, fast and totally secure.

Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to George House Trust and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.

So it’s the most efficient way to donate - Lynda raises more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for George House Trust.

So please dig deep and donate now. Every donation, no matter how small, adds to Lynda's £3000 target and directly benefits people living with and affected by HIV.

Thank you very much!!

London marathon image from aidsmap 

Munich Marathon Tops £1000

posted: 11/10/2010

Daniel, one of our Service Development Managers, ran his first ever marathon in Munich, Germany, on Sunday and already has raised well over £1000 for George House Trust.

The Munich Marathon is in its 25th year like George House Trust. His target was to complete the 26 and a bit miles in 3 hours and he managed an excellent 3 hours 2 minutes. He easily exceeded his fundraising target of at least £1000. His total reached £1248.39 by 5pm on 11 October.

Reward his efforts and support George House Trust

He’s keen to see you and others make this total still more impressive. Please help make all this effort worthwhile and, as he says, please dig deep.
You can give here on his Marathon fundraising page at JustGiving.com
 

Every penny and pound for George House Trust
Daniel did the Munich Marathon to raise money for George House Trust, paying all his own costs, so every penny people give goes directly to services for people living with HIV.
 

Help Marathon Munich Fundraising

posted: 13/08/2010

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the Marathon as "A bloody stupid thing to do, the first bloke who did it dropped dead, try getting a bus". So on the 10 October Daniel will be doing his first marathon, in Munich, Germany in 3 hours – that’s his time target.

Every penny and pound for George House Trust
Daniel’s running the Munich Marathon to raise money for George House Trust where he works. George House Trust provides advice, information and support to people living with or affected by HIV.
 

Daniel is paying all his own costs, so every penny you and others give will go directly to services for people living with HIV.

Daniel started his marathon training back in June and already his feet look like the surface of the moon, and after some champion chaffing his nips now resemble a pair of tea stains on his chest.

To achieve his 3 hour target he’s running 6 times a week and averaging over 50 miles a week.

His fundraising target is £1000 and he's almost 20% there. Please help make all this effort worthwhile and as he says - please dig deep.

You can give here on his Marathon fundraising page at JustGiving.com
 

£100 a Mile Marathon

posted: 29/04/2009

On a very sunny April morning, Nick Eaton and Jono Guildford ran the 26.2 mile London marathon in aid of George House Trust, and both completed it in just over 4 hours.

This was an especially good time because after training in Manchester cold and rain, they faced sunshine and hot conditions on London's streets. The weather provided a lovely day out for spectators, but it was not so kind on the runners!

Nick and Jono between them raised £2600 for George House Trust. Training for a marathon is a challenge, but raising over £100 a mile in sponsorship at the same time makes it a truly massive achievement.

We'd like to express our huge appreciation and say well done from the whole George House Trust team.

Time to add to the total

You can add your appreciation of the efforts of Nick and Jono by sponsoring them now at Nick's JustGiving page, and at Jono's JustGiving page.

Harmed by Vitamin Claims

posted: 20/04/2009

The lives of tens of thousands of people, especially in South Africa, were needlessly shortened by unscientific claims to cure HIV simply with vitamins.
 

Dr Ben Goldacre wrote a best seller called Bad Science and now you can read, free, the chapter about falsely peddling vitamins as if they are a cure for HIV.

This chapter couldn't be included when the book first came out because the vitamin pill plugger, Matthias Rath, was still suing the author and the Guardian newspaper.

Maathias Rath lost, has already paid almost a quarter million pounds in compensation and legal costs, and still owes another £300,000.  He is a man who claimed vitamins cure cancer, cardio-vascular heart disease as well as HIV. Worse, he tells people the conventional treatments for these various conditions are harmful and must be replaced with vitamins. He makes a great deal of money from selling vitamins to the vulnerable and credulous.

In the case of HIV he got the president of S Africa and the health minister on his side. Thabo Mbeki gave Rath's ideas credence and support, and Mbeki and his minister bear a heavy responsibility for the deaths of thousands of people living with HIV.

This chapter - The Doctor Will Sue You Now - is free and shared on a Creative Commons Licence.

Bad Science