Why I’m fundraising...
On the first day of the summer holidays 2023 we lost our lovely mum after her 6 year battle with ovarian cancer. The way she tackled her diagnosis and treatment made me so unbelievably proud. I feel so privileged to be able to turn my grief into something positive and make her proud. I am running the London Marathon for Mum and all women out there.
Ovarian cancer is a cruel disease. 7.5k women receive a diagnosis each year but 1 in every 7 will die within 2 months of receiving their diagnosis.
I want to help women catch it sooner by broadcasting the symptoms so they have more time with their loved ones. Raising money is critical as it will help fund awareness, research into treatment and support women suffering now.
We all have women who are special to us. It might be a mum, sister, aunty, daughter, friend or even a close colleague. If you have heard her say on a couple of occasions that she feels bloated, her appetite is not what it was or she’s going to the toilet more often, then these might be symptoms of ovarian cancer. If you were aware of these symptoms then you might encourage her to visit her GP and support her in this process. In doing so, she might have more treatment options and more time with you because they caught the ovarian cancer at an earlier stage.
These are symptoms that most women would brush under the carpet as “what happens as you get older” or “probably peri/menopause”.
If I can help just one person have more time with their loved ones by catching this terrible disease earlier I will have succeeded.
Your donation would mean the world to me and TARGET, it really would, and it would be very special to me if you kept your ear to the ground for those special ladies in your life; don’t let them fob off the symptoms, please. Xx
My Updates
Bournemouth Bay Half Marathon
Monday 24th Mar
I’m back at it!
Monday 10th Feb After a 4 day pause whilst I recovered fr a minor opp I was back running today. An easy one to check I’m actually ok and….I am. Bring on this weekends long 2 hour run!
Unplanned half marathon - my first ever!!
Friday 31st Jan So I went out to do my 90 minute run this morning along the river Exe and felt good at the end so I just kept on running until I hit a half marathon! I’ve never run further than 10 miles before and that was pre kids so I’m absolutely over the moon to have achieved this by the end of January :) Share
Look at my butt, please! It might save someone’s life
Thursday 23rd Jan
Recovery Run Done ✅
Wednesday 15th Jan
Almost up to 8 miles now - HILLY run!!
Tuesday 14th Jan
First 10k post kids!
Friday 13th Dec
Friday ‘longer’ run
Friday 6th Dec A friend told me to make sure I don’t miss the long runs. Also that doing this on a Friday gets it out of the way ahead of the weekend! So 5.5 miles later my first Friday long run is done! 20 weeks to go, so I just need to add a mile every week 🤣 Share
Sub 30 minute 5k morning workout by the sea!!
Saturday 30th Nov Woohoo, I did it, 5k in under 30 minutes is something I’m pretty proud of! Mum would have loved it, down by the sea, blowing a hooley! X ShareThank you to my Sponsors
£30
R J Parker Sports & Remedial Therapist
£53.32
Neil Heffer
Go Charlotte, what a brilliant thing to do!
£106
Stuart Fisher
Keep going….for your mum xx
£50
Becky & Neal Xxx
Proud of you for putting in the miles and being the complete warrior you are. We love you loads and can't wait to see you achieve something incredible this weekend xxxxxxxx love Becky and Neal
£21.84
Dean
Memory miles for Nanny Joan and my mum.
£25
Jori Messer
Good luck Charlotte!
£11.33
Hope Marshall
You’ve got this Charlotte !
£20
Sam & Simon George
Good luck Charlotte, you will be amazing!
£10.60
Marketa Gurr
Good Luck Charlotte!!!
£21.84
Anita Tyers
Good Luck Charlotte. Mile 16 for my Mum and all Mums xxx
£25
Jackie & Alan
Good luck Charlotte! You’ll smash it xxx
£10
Jason Britton
Good luck Charlotte, see you on the Start line on Sunday for the Victory Lap, you are Amazing 🙌
£21.20
John Bath
Good luck Charlotte
£26.50
Ian Sanger
I have been watching your progress to prepare for the Marathon - keep going Charlotte you are doing brilliantly!!!
£20
Susie Coyle
Good luck on Sunday x
£10
Alanah Bray
Keep up the hard work x
£11.33
Mary & James Mccarthy
Congratulations! An amazing achievement xx
£11.33
Sally Hurford
£15
Vinted Dresses
£50
The Hordles
The Daily Mile 26-fold…….! What a fantastic charity to be running on behalf of, your Mum would be so very proud of you. Best of luck for the training and on the big day, go get ‘em xxxxx
£11.33
Wendy Taylor
Good luck Charlotte
£100
Dan And Tracie
Good luck Charlotte
£48.30
Farway Social Club
Collection tub donations from local villagers
£20
Vikki
Good luck on Sunday Charlotte, what a monumental achievement just completing that amount of training! Run proud, run strong and don't forget to enjoy the snacks! :)
£16.56
Charlotte Masarati
Go, Charlotte! 🏃♀️🏃♀️👏🥳
£20
Rita Jones
Well done!!!! Great cause x
£10
Amie Pinnell
Good Luck Charlotte!! Wishing you all the best from Isaac G’s Mum and family 👏👏
£20
Sarah Millard
Good Luck Charlotte!! You will smash it. Very well done taking on the challenge and raising so much money and awareness. Your mum would undoubtedly be super proud. xxx
£25
Joanna Pantry
Go Charlotte go 💪🏻 🔥. You’re smashing your training, fundraising and raising awareness to help other women. What a powerful legacy for your mum. Best of luck for the big day. Xx
£50
Kate Boyce
Charlotte, Super proud of you, and know your mum would be in awe of the challenge you’ve taken on in her memory, as well as how your donations will be helping many more women in the future, - You’ve got this, sending huge hugs!!
£53.32
Banwells
Smash it Charlotte x
£10.60
Sarah Giles
Good luck, amazing job.
£53.32
Sam, Christian, Ethan & Penelope
Good Luck Charlotte x
£31.80
Elaine Wheatcroft
Go for it VDB! I lost my mum 5 years ago to this horrible disease. So THANK YOU for doing this amazing thing for all those past and future women. X
£25
Allison Wallentin
Go girl, very proud that you have signed up for the Marathon. And for a great cause :) xxx
£11.33
Sam Burridge
Mile 20🤍
£26.50
Adrian Ball
Good Luck Charlotte
£520
Victoria Rose
I'm so unbelievably proud of you, as would mum be. You can do it!!! Love you lots. Miss you mum xxx
£50
Jenny Wiles
Super proud of you Charlotte! We’ll be cheering you on, amazing effort for such a good cause xx
£10
Gemma Finn
£15
Jen
Good luck! You are doing an awesome job with your training and supporting an incredible cause! We’re all rooting for you. Jen, Dave, Thomas and Blake xx
£10
James And Mary
Good luck Charlotte!
£52.12
Penny Alexander
Sorry for my lateness but massive congratulations! Such an incredible achievement and I'm sure you Mum is so proud of you! And a very impressive time too, well done!!
£25
Anna Clement
Good luck Charlotte! Wonderful cause you’re running for. Cheering you on all the way.x
£10.60
Sarah Symes
I suggest you don’t get training tips from Stace - they seem to be a lot less than you are doing!
£10
Graham Goodman
£53.32
Dean
Amazing cause, you'll do fab.
£53.32
George Ivey
Well done
£4.25
Pitchside Bar Box
£95.40
Keith Page
Go and smash it!
£5
Karen Taylor
Well done Charlotte, an amazing achievement, both the running and the fundraising!
£20
Gemma, Adam & Thea Scotton
Good luck Charlotte amazing cause. Sending lots of love xx
£42.20
The Arkwell's
You are an inspiration ❤️
£40
Aunty Jane & Uncle Gordy
£10
Steph Coady
Just been reading all your updates, so inspiring! Good luck, you’re gonna smash it 👊
£10
Avril Kew
Good luck Charlotte!
£11.33
Michele Hilton
Thank you for doing this in memory of your mum, and for all those that have been affected by this dreadful disease! X
£26.45
Mo Cunningham
Good luck Charlotte thank you for your support.. Best wishes Mo xx
£10
Karen Youens
£11.09
Laura Nicholls (mcdonagh)
£21.84
Jemma Moore
Good luck Charlotte! Xx
£21.36
Andrew Thompson
I know you are going to smash it Charlotte ❤️ you have done amazing in your training and now it’s time to take your victory lap around London! So proud of you x
£40
Sarah Boyle
You got this. Super proud of you. Love Sarah
£10
Cath Brenton
Charlotte, you’ve got this!🌟 All of your hard work and determination will pay off, your mum would be so proud of you as we all are! With each step you take, she’ll be right by your side. Be proud of yourself and most of all on the day, remember to enjoy it! 💗 Go and smash it!🫶🏻
£10
My Mum - Mile 26
£5
Lauren Morgan
Your an inspiration charlotte!! Good luck. Sorry its not more xx
£10
Vicky, Joe, Oriole And Addy X
Good luck on Sunday An incredible cause to be fundraising for! Sending all the family lots of love
£21.20
Jackie Hallt
Good luck Charlotte, such an amazing charity ❤️
£10
Alex Higginson
Best of luck to you Charlotte. 🙂
£25
Penelope Glynn (spencer’s Friend) X
Incredible charity and cause! Good luck !
£524
The Husband
Keep going my love, an amazing cause and in memory of an amazing lady x
£42.79
Peter Field
Have fun running
£10
Lysette James
£11.33
Jennifer Summers
£124.43
Farway Village Hall
Donations received for the Children’s Christmas Party!
£20
Paul And Sarah Bolter
£10
Sue Burnell
£31.80
Kusum Trikha
In Gail’s memory- a wonderful , unpretentious person. She always did her best at work and for others.
£343.74
Lord Craggles
For your mum and all women. You’re amazing. One target done! x x x
£1.25k
James Rose
£60.80
Victoria Pub Southampton - Bar Collection
Thanks to Shirley for supporting Target with a bar collection box xx
£21.20
Kate Nicholls
Best of luck Charlotte. You’ll smash it.
£5
Melvin Martin
Best of luck
£26.50
Jude Liddle
£50
Karen Williams
Really proud of you Charlotte, as your mum would be. It's devastating what happened to her but you are an inspiration turning your grief into something so positive. If I can't be there, I will be thinking of you..all my love, Kx
£21.20
Sharon
Good luck Charlotte x
£42.40
Ann-sofie
We’re all cheering for you. You are a true inspiration. Sending lots of love, the Alder-Lundmark Family x
£11.33
Lisa Parry & Family
Good Luck !
£50
James Dolphin
Best of luck for Sunday for a very worthy cause. Fantastic effort!
£11.33
Alex Wheatley
£10
Lelah Amato
£40
Aileen & Steve
Best of luck!
£10
Lynn Davis
Good luck
£27.05
David Gill
Good luck!!
£26.50
Fleur Scott
This is a wonderful cause and your Mum would be so proud of you. This is a big challenge, I wish you all the very best. Sending you positive vibes for when the running gets tough and your willpower will need to get you through it. You can do it 💪🏼
£10
The Wibberley-jones
Best of luck Charlotte ❤️ great cause. Love Debs, Matt & Brooklyn x
£5
Rosebell H
Best of luck Charlotte and what a worthy cause.💫
£10
Ali Webster
Brilliant Charlotte, good luck. Amazing charity x
£10.60
Kelly Boyle
Best of luck with your training - you will smash it x
£25
Omar
£30
Katie Davis
Well done Charlotte! Can’t wait to see you cross the finish line!! X
£10.60
Anna Nicholas
£10
Lizzie Rowlands
Good luck Charlotte! X
£11.33
Vicky Milburn
Good luck Charlotte xx
£42.86
Anna Fairclough
Good luck!
£21.20
Dan Talbot
Good luck Charlotte, such a great cause…you got this!
£11.33
Caroline Martin
All the best for Sunday, Charlotte! X
£10
John Bagwell
£15
Amy Wallace
Good luck! From Amy and Kev xx
£11.33
Carol Oconnell
£25
Victoria Christian
Incredible dedication and what a tribute to your lovely Mum - thank you for raising awareness for all of us. Good luck on the day!
£10
Antony & Ruth
Memory mile for Franny
£11.33
Paul Blijham
All the best on Sunday, what a fantastic initiative! Kind regards, Paul
£11.09
Gillian Hanlon
Good luck Charlotte! You have been amazing!
£26.50
June Hughes
Good Luck Charlotte, I admire you, your mum would be proud
£10
Amy Henley
£23.50
Woolston Social Club- Bar Collection
Thanks to Kevin and Woolston social club for this bar collection donation! X
£27.05
Vicky Rennie
Congrats Charlotte - what a woman - running for a great cause
£26.50
Melanie Hey
Happy running Charlotte!
£11.33
Michaela Sheridan-white
Amazing work Charlotte x
£27.63
Farway Village Hall Bar Collection Pot
£39
Table Top Sale
Table Top Sale
£10
Alice Hayes
Good luck Charlotte, you are going to be amazing! You’re making everyone so proud!! X
£10
Maddy Cozens
You are amazing! Mile 2 for Coco Cozens xxx
£21.36
Amanda Axbey
Good Luck Charlotte with your training and especially on marathon day.
£26.50
The L-k’s
Fantastic, well done girlie! How proud your mum would be and you should be of yourself too xx
£10
Sally Kennett
Amazing!!
£11.33
Lisa And Mike Bruce
Good luck x
£300
Pitchside @ Seaton Football Club
Thank you so much to Pitchside for the amazing support, I am so thankful xx
£53.32
Jen Hallybone
Run like the wind .....
£25
Dee Hayes
Go Charlotte! Been following all your posts re your training… you are an inspiration to so many and I’m sure your mum is looking down on you feeling so proud! Will be thinking of you on Sunday and sending loads of love!
£20
Nicola Cozens
Good luck x ⭐️for our Coco⭐️
£21.84
Jess Wakely
Good luck Charlotte ❤️ We will be thinking of you tomorrow. Jess, Lee, Bodhi & Lowen xxxx
£20.37
Pitchside - Bar Collection
Thank you to Pitchside @ Seaton football club for raising money via their bar collection ! X
£11.33
Melanie Hey
May the angels be running with you.
£10
Mile For Diddley
£25
Eimear
For Alice, thanks
£21.60
Sam O’connell
Fantastic cause and event! Good luck Charlotte, I’m sure you will smash it!
£10
Steve D
£10.60
Graves-morris Gang
Good luck! We know you will do so well! X
£25
Caroline Rose
Good luck Charlotte. Very sorry to hear about your mum x
£15.90
Kim Madkour
£11.33
Anonymous
Good luck and well done! 👍
£74.20
Dan, Bev, Oliver And Toby
Good luck Charlotte,,,,, we’ll all be watching from Farway
£26.50
Caroline Foster
Good Luck Charlotte, you’ll smash this. ❤️
£20
Marc Black Cab Driver!
£25
Maria And Munir
£25
Annie Watson
£10.60
Sarah Dyer
Such a worthy cause - best of luck!
£21.20
Julie Barnes
Hats off to you lovely - being a busy wife and mum to three littlies would be enough to put me off the training, let alone the 26 odd mile jog at the end of it! Well done you and sending virtual hugs and positive vibes for next April! Xx
£20
Gemma Gardner
Good luck Charlotte…you have been training so hard you will be amazing. I hope you manage to enjoy it and what an amazing amount of money you have raised so far.x
£21.84
Michael & Lisa Bruce
Good luck for Sunday, fantastic cause
£16.56
Jon Couret
Congratulations Charlotte, great achievement and a great cause to support.
£20.28
Fremantle Arms Pub - Bar Collection
Thanks to Pam & Rob for supporting Target with a bar collection x
£21.20
Chris And Jenna Baily
Best of luck Charlotte!!
£25
Magda Kasprowicz
What a wonderful cause. Good luck on Sunday Charlotte!
£56.18
Richard And Anne Drakeford
You can do it!!👏👏
£25
Enda, Angie And Alfie
Good luck on Sunday!
£10
Sophie Holland
£25
Kelly Wakeley
You can do hard things 💪🏼
£26.50
Spencer, Autumn & Maeva
Good Luck Charlotte x
£10
James Drakeford
Mile 21 for Anne Drakeford please x
£21.84
Phil Randeria
Well done Charlotte - What an achievement and raising money to a good cause.
£41.83
Hannah Fielder
You are totally amazing Char! Truly incredible and inspiring. Well done and good luck for the day! Loads of love, Hannah xx
£10
Michelle Pile
Good luck Charlotte, I’m sure your mum will be looking down on you every step of the way!
£53.32
Suzie Strutt
So proud of you! Love you and can't wait to see you smash it xx
£53
Caz Solan
You’re going to smash this Charlotte!! Xx
£53
Paul Hudgell
Good luck Charlotte. Great Charity. Enjoy the day.
£53
Ian Inder
Good luck with love Ian
£10
Saskia Paluk
£50
Djs
You are incredible and your mum would be beyond proud. Lots of love DJs xxxxx
£26.20
Clement Jego
Good luck Charlotte! The route is spectacular and there will be lot of support from thousands of strangers on the day. Stick to your pace, smile and enjoy the views. Well done on a brilliant fundraising campaign!
£10
Samantha Donnelly
Go girl!
£10.60
Lauren Berry
sorry for what you and your family has been through, good luck! I’m sure you’ll smash it :)
£20
Louise Harman
You are amazing! Doing your Mum, yourself and all of us proud ❤️xx
£53
Susie Mathieson
Such an amazing ambitious goal by an amazing and ambitious person! You will smash this lovely ❤️
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Robert Trimmer
I will bepraying and thinking of you all my love Robert 💓 xxx
£63.60
Mariem
Go Charlotte, go Charlotte! Very proud of you!
£10
Charlotte Dubisson
£20
Lucy Wilkinson
Good luck xxx
£11.33
Adrian Hazzard
Good luck!
£21.84
Philip Blake
Good luck Charlotte We will be cheering you on very step of the way
£226
Farway Raffle
£10
Karen Williams
£21.20
Paul Batchelor
Very best of luck Charlotte!
£10
Natalie Fowler
Congrats on a wonderful achievement. I’m sure your mum would be incredibly proud.
£53
Charles Morris
£337
Valentines Quiz @ Farway Village Hall
Thank you everyone for a fun night and raising lots of money and awareness ! Xx
£11.33
Lou Perham
£15
Sian Buckingham
Best of Luck Charlotte - your mum was a lovely lady & I’m sure she would be so proud. We will be thinking of you on Sunday - love Sian, Jae & boys xx xx
£15
Kathryn Groves
Well done!! Incredible achievement! x
£20
Kath
£50
Charlotte Drakeford
£26.50
Julie Newman
£31.95
Mike Chatters
Go Charlotte - you will smash it & what an amazing amount you are raising.
£16.56
Ed Haynes
Brilliant effort! Well done Charlotte
£50
John Sadler
Good luck Charlotte. My Mother-in-law was also taken by this awful disease a number of years ago so I'm very happy to support.
£53.32
Jess Pernicone
Congratulations on this amazing effort for a tremendous cause!
£27.05
David Timms
Charlotte - amazing achievement for a cause close to my heart. James mentioned you were running, he is very proud of you and rightly so! Well done!
£26.50
Lisa Preger
For all our mums x
£10
Jackie Stiff
£27.05
Anne Thekanady (tulloch)
Wishing u all the best! Been brilliant following your training story and I have no doubt at all you will smash it on the day!
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Gregor Wilson
Good luck! See you there! 🥳
£10
Jodi & Gary Cann
Good Luck Charlotte 🥰 xjx
What a fab ladyandam. Proud to support her!