Two teachers from Plympton Academy took part in the London Marathon on October 3 as part of fundraising efforts for the school’s previous ‘charities of the year’.
Each year students and staff are able to nominate a charity to be Plympton Academy’s charity of the year with the nominations then put forward to a vote which all students and staff can take part in to determine the overall winner.
In 2019-20 this was Crohns and Colitis UK and for 2020-21 St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth. As part of the fundraising activities for these charities two members of staff ran in the London Marathon, which due to COVID restrictions was postponed twice.
Assistant principal Ian Hartley ran for Crohns and Colitis UK while health and social care teacher Danni Heard took part for St Luke’s Hospice.
Ian Hartley said:
“Students nominate charities that are very close to their hearts and it is really interesting to see which charities are nominated and why. We have a number of students and their families who suffer from Crohns and Colitis who have benefitted from the support that Crohns and Colitis UK provide through their local and national groups.
“We also have students whose family members have been looked after by the amazing team at St Luke’s. Unfortunately neither Danni nor myself were able to run the London marathon when we were meant to, so we were both delighted to finally make it.“
A separate team of staff also recently ran in the Plymouth Half Marathon raising an additional sum for St Luke’s Hospice.
The vote for this year’s charity of the year has just taken place and the academy is pleased to announce that this year we will be raising money for the RNLI. More details about the fundraising events can be found on theacademy website.To sponsor either Danni or Ian, their sponsorship pages can be found following these links:
Danni: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/DanniJohns/2
Ian: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/IanHartley7/1
(Story courtesy of the Plympton Podcast)
