Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH)

Danielle’s Marathon Page

Daniélle Richards

Daniélle Richards

My Story

Great Ormond Street has a very special place in my heart. Personally, I am incredibly grateful for all they do, and have done, for my beautiful niece Bea. 

Professionally, I have met many students at my lovely school who have been supported by GOSH. With the focus on childhood cancer this year, there is one student, in particular, I am running for and he (and his lovely family) knows who that is, Arwin T. 💙

This year, we chose as a year group to make GOSH our charity. As Head of Year 7, I am lucky to have such a wonderful group of students helping me reach my fundraising target of £2000 by taking part in the TCS mini marathon at school.

Every week, around five children in the UK lose their lives to cancer. That’s five families who are faced with the worst news possible.

For every child, parent, and family – it's time to beat it.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) treats the most seriously ill children from across the UK and sees the rarest and most difficult-to-treat childhood cancers.

It’s time to push the boundaries. Through world-class facilities, pioneering research projects, and cutting-edge treatments, we can help build a better future for children with cancer.

I'm proud to be part of the Charity of the Year team for the 2023 TCS London Marathon to help take the research, technology, facilities and care GOSH delivers to the next level.

By sponsoring me, you are making an impact in helping GOSH give children with cancer the extraordinary care, expertise and facilities they need.

There’s still a long way to go. But every mile matters. And we'll get there together.

Together we can run it. Together we can help beat childhood cancer.

Thank you in advance for your support.

UPDATE:

29.03.23 was the day we hoped would never come, the day Arwin lost his brave battle with cancer.
I will never forget the call with his mum, almost a year to the day, telling us that he’d been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. It shouldn’t happen to anyone, let alone a boy in Year 7.

I will never forget his smile when he came into school for an afternoon to see his friends, something as simple as a catch up with friends lighting up his face. And his smile lighting up the room.

I will never forget the strength and hope his amazing mum managed to muster in the face of such devastating news.

And I will never forget waking up to the message from her to say that he’d passed, and that he’d fought until the very end.

On Sunday 23rd April I’ll be running the London Marathon just like I told Arwin I would, but I’ll be running in memory of him, not for him. My hope is that team GOSH raise enough money to build their new children’s cancer centre so that someone else doesn’t have to go through the unimaginable pain that Arwin’s friends and family are in now. If you can, please donate. 

Thank you,

Daniélle (Mrs Richards) x

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH)

Raising for:

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH)
135%

Funded

  • Target
    £2,000
  • Raised so far
    £2,705
  • Number of donors
    85

My Story

Great Ormond Street has a very special place in my heart. Personally, I am incredibly grateful for all they do, and have done, for my beautiful niece Bea. 

Professionally, I have met many students at my lovely school who have been supported by GOSH. With the focus on childhood cancer this year, there is one student, in particular, I am running for and he (and his lovely family) knows who that is, Arwin T. 💙

This year, we chose as a year group to make GOSH our charity. As Head of Year 7, I am lucky to have such a wonderful group of students helping me reach my fundraising target of £2000 by taking part in the TCS mini marathon at school.

Every week, around five children in the UK lose their lives to cancer. That’s five families who are faced with the worst news possible.

For every child, parent, and family – it's time to beat it.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) treats the most seriously ill children from across the UK and sees the rarest and most difficult-to-treat childhood cancers.

It’s time to push the boundaries. Through world-class facilities, pioneering research projects, and cutting-edge treatments, we can help build a better future for children with cancer.

I'm proud to be part of the Charity of the Year team for the 2023 TCS London Marathon to help take the research, technology, facilities and care GOSH delivers to the next level.

By sponsoring me, you are making an impact in helping GOSH give children with cancer the extraordinary care, expertise and facilities they need.

There’s still a long way to go. But every mile matters. And we'll get there together.

Together we can run it. Together we can help beat childhood cancer.

Thank you in advance for your support.

UPDATE:

29.03.23 was the day we hoped would never come, the day Arwin lost his brave battle with cancer.
I will never forget the call with his mum, almost a year to the day, telling us that he’d been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. It shouldn’t happen to anyone, let alone a boy in Year 7.

I will never forget his smile when he came into school for an afternoon to see his friends, something as simple as a catch up with friends lighting up his face. And his smile lighting up the room.

I will never forget the strength and hope his amazing mum managed to muster in the face of such devastating news.

And I will never forget waking up to the message from her to say that he’d passed, and that he’d fought until the very end.

On Sunday 23rd April I’ll be running the London Marathon just like I told Arwin I would, but I’ll be running in memory of him, not for him. My hope is that team GOSH raise enough money to build their new children’s cancer centre so that someone else doesn’t have to go through the unimaginable pain that Arwin’s friends and family are in now. If you can, please donate. 

Thank you,

Daniélle (Mrs Richards) x