Housing Justice News Release 19 April 2007
For immediate release
Housing Justice team all set for Marathon
Six runners from across the country are set to run the London Marathon this Sunday, 22 April, to raise money for Christian homelessness charity Housing Justice.
The Housing Justice team consisting of
Gill Hardy who works for Lloyds TSB and lives in Forest Hill, London,
Ollie Jones a teacher from Wombourne, South Staffordshire,
Shaun Hearn of Solihull and Mike Callanan, Leon Kendall, Richard Powrie and Sally Harling who work for Total Oil and live in the Redhill, Surrey area, are all set to tackle the 26 mile course to raise money for Housing Justice’s work with homeless and badly housed people.
The four runners from Total Oil
Gill Hardy
The runners, a mixture of first time and more experienced Marathon competitors, will be competing in Housing Justice vests. All have undertaken rigorous training for the event and hope to complete the course in personal best times. The charity aims to raise over £10,000 for its work as a result of sponsorship and donations gained by the runners.
Housing Justice Chief Executive Alison Gelder commented “We wish all of our runners the best of luck in Sunday’s race. We hope that they have a great day and in as far as it’s possible enjoy every mile of the course. The money they raise will make a real difference. It will enable our Housing Justice CHAS housing advice centres to offer practical help to homeless and badly housed families and individuals across the country.”
She continued “we will be entering a team in next year’s London Marathon too so we would urge anyone inspired by this year’s race to get in touch and they could be running for Housing Justice in 2008.”
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Details of the times achieved by the runners will be available on Monday from Housing Justice.
Runners interested in competing in the 2008 London Marathon should contact Susan Jones on 020 7723 7273 or email info@housingjustice.org.uk.
About Housing Justice
Housing Justice is the national voice of Christian action to prevent homelessness and bad housing.
Housing Justice was formed in April 2003 by the merger of two long-standing housing charities, the Catholic Housing Aid Society (CHAS) and the Churches National Housing Coalition (CNHC). In January 2006 Housing Justice merged with UNLEASH (Church Action on Homelessness in London).
Housing Justice brings together more than 60 years experience of working for change in the field of housing.
Housing Justice provides frontline services to people in housing need and campaigns to improve housing policy.
In total Housing Justice is actively involved in more than 35 communities across England and Wales.
The Housing Justice CHAS network of 12 housing advice centres –in Bradford, Bristol, Croydon, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Kingston upon Thames, Leeds, Central London, Middlesbrough, Oswestry and York- provide practical support to people with housing and related problems.
Housing Justice UNLEASH works to support church-based housing and homelessness projects in London. It is responsible for coordinating the Soup Run Forum.
Housing Justice Regenerate, funded by the government's Civil Renewal Unit, supports resident-led regeneration in 15 guide neighbourhoods across the UK. Regenerate brings together residents who have transformed their estates with those who want to embark on the regeneration process to share learning and offer support.
Housing Justice works with, and for, homeless and badly housed people of all denominations, and with those who have no religious beliefs. All our services are offered to the whole community and, wherever possible, we work in partnership with others who share our values, regardless of religious beliefs.
Further information on Housing Justice and Homelessness Sunday is available at www.housingjustice.org.uk
Contact
Luke Evans 020 7723 7273
Email media@housingjustice.org.uk