My Story

I am running the marathon to raise funds for Oxygen. A local youth work charity who I work closely with.

Oxygen provides a range of youth work projects aimed at changing the lives of marginalised, disadvantaged and isolated young people. Their key projects include one-to-one mentoring, anti knife crime intervention and work in schools and youth centres. Set up by young people in 2001, Oxygen seeks to meet young people where they are and try to understand the world from their perspective and help them overcome the challenges they face, understand their unique gifts and talents and build aspirations for the future.

Oxygen have a small team with lived experience of the issues faced by young people and a diverse network of volunteers with close links to the community and a passion to make positive change. Many of Oxygen’s staff and volunteers started out as beneficiaries of the charity. Oxygen relies on donations from supporters to continue working with vulnerable young people and making a difference.