Police 'chain gang' attempt marathon world record
Howard Lake | 17 April 2008 | News
A group of 25 Metropolitan Police officers chain together completed the London Marathon to raise around £50,000 for CLIC Sargent. The group were attempting to break the World Record for the ‘Most Linked Runners to Complete a Marathon’.
They were among 300 runners who successfully completed the Flora London Marathon raising an estimated £600,000 for the charity.
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The police officers chose to support the charity because of the help and support CLIC Sargent has given to Inspector Geoff Wooloff’s 14-year-old son, Matthew Wooloff, who has been receiving treatment for leukaemia over the last year.
"It was a terrific event and we were amazed at the level of support we received from participants," said Tamara Downes, CLIC Sargent Running Events Manager. "We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who ran for CLIC Sargent, many of whom have spent months fundraising and training."
www.clicsargent.org.uk
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.