# Sponsored fundraisers raise £18,630 for Fight for Sight in 2003

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/12/11/sponsored-fundraisers-raise-18630-fight-sight-2003/
- Published: 2003-12-11T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Forty sponsored runners and nine skydivers have raised money for Fight for Sight
during 2003.**

Seventeen individuals ran the London Flora Marathon, raising over £15,000 between
them, including Keith Turner from Brighton. Keith is blind and ran the marathon 
with the help of guide Duncan Blackburn. They raised £4,300 themselves.

Another nine runners raised £900 in the Flora Light Challenge for Women, on 14 September
2003, and the Belfast Marathon attracted a team from Specsavers, who raised £770.
The British 10K Road Race in July had ten runners, raising almost £1,000.

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Meanwhile nine people chose to skydive for Fight for Sight, raising a total of £
960 for the charity.

Julie Buckler, Chief Executive for Fight for Sight, said:

> “We are absolutely thrilled with the amount our sporty supporters have raised.”

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