The Challenge:

On the 11th May I will be running the Nove Colli, a 200km road run in northern Italy. Nove Colli means “nine hills’, so that’s a clue to the terrain. It’s just shy of 5 marathons, back to back. And that’s a whole marathon further than I have ever gone before…

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But why Ben?

There are two reasons.

A personal challenge. I want to challenge myself and see if, in turn, I can try to inspire or encourage people around me to break their own barriers. In the process, I want to get one step closer to my long term goal of running Badwater 135.  This is a qualifier race.  I don’t pretend, like any challenges, that this is entirely selfless.

Fundraising.  The second reason is to channel this effort for the good - and use the challenge,  to shine a light on the work that we do with our charity, The Allegr Foundation - and to unapologetically ask you for support.

The Allegr Foundation was founded back in 2020.  Since then, we have encouraged lots of people to come together, get active, share in activity and to improve their health.  At the end of 2023 we became a registered charity - a crucial milestone in our evolution.  

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What does the charity do?

Centred around our  ‘Health through Connection’ mantra - we build activity programmes, fostering human connection, to improve wellbeing.  

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If I donate to your fundraiser, what will my donation support?

Our flagship programme is Walk+Talk.  We run this in the community, and for the military veterans.  It’s a simple and effective project, that gets people active, engaged and talking. The walks accommodate absolutely everyone - and with the help of social prescribing, also offer effective signposting support to those who are especially isolated and lonely - intercepting them before potential crisis.  

The formula may be simple - but its impact is proving itself very positive and significant.

We are now poised to do more - to scale the Walk+Talk programme and its impact across the UK.  And hence, we are now fundraising to specifically support this development.

The money raised goes specifically to fund the running costs for this national roll out - so this programme can be duplicated to reach more towns and cities, more communities and more people.

Thank-you for any donation you are kind enough to offer

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