Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

For UK donors

Puzzle Centre is a BRILLIANT charity that provides superb, groundbreaking education and support for children with autism and their families. My sister works as a Special Learning Assistant there so I have heard first hand what an inspirational set up it is. If I can hit my target of £500 it would really make a positive contribution to the amazing work of the Puzzle team. As I was brought up in Buckinghamshire, the charity is also near to my home village, and a superb local cause. All donations made on this page go direct to Puzzle Centre funds.

For American and Mexican donors

I'm donning a dog suit (partly because it's a good excuse for running slowly!) and partly because I recently walked 1000 miles with a street dog called Pancho along the US/Mexico border. The children's book I wrote - Pancho's Song - is published in America (by the El Paso Community Foundation) and raising money for Mexican charities in the border town of Ciudad Juarez, including a homeless shelter (Vision in Action), an emergency ambulance service (Cruz Verde) and a wonderful youth charity (Fundacion Communitaria de la Frontera Norte).

As the marathon is in New York, for any Americans or Mexicans who want to support more local causes it is possible to buy the book on kindle or amazon.com - and all books bought online go directly to helping Juarez charities. 

All donations made on this Just Giving page, however, are purely for the wonderful Puzzle Centre.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.