About me

Vicky, a good friend of mine from Newcastle days, was bicycling to work in London on 17th October last year when she was tragically knocked down by a lorry and killed. Her fiance, Adam Chataway, has set up a fund in her memory concerned with bringing water to some of the most deprived areas of Ethiopia. The project involves capping springs, laying pipelines and establishing water distribution points at a cost of nearly £250,000.

I am proud to be associated with this worthy cause and have agreed to take part in the Great North Run on 30th September. My aim is to raise over £1000 for Vicky's Water Project. I therefore have two major hurdles to overcome. Firstly, to run a half marathon- a distance that I am certainly not built for and far exceeds my usual brief sprints on the football pitch! Secondly, to raise this significant sum of money in the next few weeks. Unfortunatley you can not help me with the first of these but please do support me in the second. This really is such a worthwhile cause and she was a wonderful person who was passionate about the development of safe water in this part of the world.

I really need everyone to dig deeply if we are to stand a chance of implementing the project. Vicky's Water Project will change the lives of so many and provide a fitting legacy to her short life.

Many thanks for your support.

For more information please see www.vickyswaterproject.com