Run the London Marathon for Hospiscare

Runners keen to enter next year’s London Marathon can apply to local Exeter based charity Hospiscare for a chance to take part.

Hospiscare has five golden bond places which are guaranteed entries available after the race has closed to the general public.

“We are very excited to have these places,” said Celia Wilkinson, Hospiscare running and challenge co-ordinator.

“We have been trying since 2001 to get golden bond places and now we have five places for the next five years.”

A condition of entry is raising £2,000 for Hospiscare which every year cares for more than 2,000 terminally ill people and their families in Exeter, East and Mid Devon and has helped a total of 22,500 people since 1982.

Teams of Hospiscare nurses and doctors, specialising in end of life care, visit people in their own homes, in hospitals, in care homes and give 24-hour support at the Hospiscare Exeter hospice, as well as running day therapy centres in Exeter, Tiverton and Seaton.

Last year Hospiscare supported 624 people and their families from the Exeter area, Hospiscare nurses visited 479 people in their homes, whilst 169 Exeter patients were admitted to the Hospiscare hospice in Dryden Road. Currently Hospiscare has 176 Exeter patients.

To receive an application pack please contact Celia: Tel 01392 688093 Email: c.wilkinson@hospiscare.co.uk. Applications close on 31st October.