HEAD NORTH IT’S GREAT!

A Sutton mother is heading north to help raise funds for a local charity and is appealing for sponsors to back her. She will be joining over 52000 others in the BUPA Great North Run.

Carrie Jones of the Berryfields Estate in Sutton Coldfield and who works for Gas Limited in Erdington, will be taking part in the Run in Newcastle on Sunday 5th October. The course is over 13 miles and running with her will be brother Dave who now lives in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Carrie and Dave are taking part as a way of saying thank you to the staff and volunteers of the John Taylor Hospice that cared for her Nan Eva Jones from Shard End, Birmingham last Christmas

Carrie said,
“This is the longest run that I have ever attempted, but Dave and I determined to do our bit to help the Hospice. Everyone connected with Hospice was so kind to my Nan.
We are hoping that friends, family and other supporters of the Hospice will back us through sponsorship.”

Carrie can be contacted on 07834 616049 or via the League of Friends of the Hospice on Freephone: 0800 781 1898 or via their web site at www.johntaylorhospicelof.org.uk.

The John Taylor Hospice services a population of over 400,000 in an area that includes the whole of Sutton Coldfield and the north and east Birmingham - together with adjoining areas. It supports patients with life threatening illnesses and their families – including children. It has recently opened a new £400,000 extension to its day hospice.