"I'm running in the Virgin London Marathon 2010 on 25th April to raise money jointly for Hospice of the Valleys and Leukemia Research Wales and I'd really appreciate your support".

The hospice of the valleys is a charity assisted by Mr Medlicot's mother based in Gwent with the money being used for local people in the area, here's a bit of info on it.

Every year the Hospice of the Valleys cares for around 500 patients suffering from cancer or other life-limiting illnesses. The families of these patients also need the love, care and support to help them in the difficult and often exhausting task of looking after a sick relative. The hospice makes no charge whatsoever for the service that we provide, but the specialist palliative care that we offer does not come cheaply.

Last year, the Hospice of the Valleys cost almost £1 million to run - that’s almost £18,000 every week - and we receive around a third of this in government and local health board funding and from charitable trusts. The rest has to be raised.

It's easy to donate online with a credit or debit card-just go to my JustGiving page: 

http://www.justgiving.com/Matthew-Jacklin

JustGiving sends your donation straight to Hospice of the Valleys and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you're a UK taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more. I hope you'll join me in supporting Hospice of the Valleys.

"I will also be doing a more traditional sponsor form for any staff and students to donate".

"Many thanks for taking the time to read this, I really appreciate it, thanks again".