# London Marathon runner wins £25k donation for Starlight

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/04/22/london-marathon-runner-wins-25k-donation-starlight/
- Published: 2016-04-22T18:36:46+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A London Marathon runner has raised an extra £25k for his chosen charity after
winning a Virgin Money Giving and MasterCard prize draw.**

Tim Hutchen is running Sunday’s London Marathon for [Starlight](http://www.starlight.org.uk/).
The donation boosts Tim’s fundraising to over £26.5k for the charity. The money 
will help grant more wishes to terminally children.

Virgin Money Giving and MasterCard offered the prize draw to celebrate the millionth
runner finishing the Marathon this year. All donations made to a London Marathon
fundraiser’s Virgin Money Giving page using a MasterCard between the 1^(st) and 
15^(th) April were entered into the prize draw, with Tim the lucky winner.

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Alex Abbott from the Starlight fundraising team said:

> “We are thrilled to receive this grant from MasterCard and Virgin Money Giving.
> We very much appreciate their generosity and this kind donation of £25,000 will
> help Starlight build 8 new Starlight Fun Centres and provide entertainment for
> an estimated 3,500 sick children in hospital.”

Virgin Money Giving also announced this week that runners taking part in this year’s
Marathon are set to raise £25 million and beat last year’s fundraising total on 
the site by around £3 million. Funds raised through Virgin Money Giving are also
up 10% compared to last year, while the average amount being donated to runners 
has increased year on year by 5% to nearly £47.

Picture: From L to R Daisy Crook (Starlight), Jo Barnett (Virgin Money Giving), 
Eimear Creaven (MasterCard), Tim Hutchen, Alex Abbott (Starlight)

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