# Sense confident of £1 million total from London Marathon

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/04/19/sense-confident-1-million-total-london-marathon/
- Published: 2004-04-19T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

National deafblind charity Sense, one of the official charities of this year’s Flora
London Marathon, expects to have raised £1 million through the event. 
The charity
had one of the biggest teams of runners in this year’s marathon: its 650 runners
included ex-England manager Graham Taylor, Matrix Reloaded star Adrian Rayment, 
Major Charles Ingram and Sky Sports presenter Ian Payne. Fancy dress costumes ranged
from a giant centipede and a bumblebee to a padded fat lady in a bikini.

 

 

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Two of the charity’s senior managers – director of fundraising Paul Amadi and director
of children and adult services Ges Roulstone – were among those who crossed the 
finish line, along with fellow staff members Stephanie Kitchen and Gary Hopkins.
Students on the MBA course at the Cranfield School of Management ran for the charity
dressed as a giant centipede.

 

 

They were joined on the 26.2 mile course by five people with Usher Syndrome, a genetic
condition that means they are born deaf or hard of hearing, then gradually start
to lose their sight as they get older.

 

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