Lights, camera, London Marathon action for actor Kevin
London based Kevin Balfour, a support officer and an actor, will not have too far to travel to the start line and having run the London Marathon last year for Deafness Research UK in just over four hours, he is now looking to beat last year's time and fundraising target in one!
“I did the London Marathon last year for Deafness Research UK and it went very well,” said Kevin, “It also felt good to be raising money for charity at the same time. It was a very rewarding thing to do. There are a lot of selfish people on this planet who just take, take, take, so it felt like the right thing to give a little for a change. It was a natural move to do what I could again this year.”
Kevin raised just under £3,000 in 2009 and despite the recession tightening people’s purse strings, he is still hoping to raise a similar target again. Kevin himself is hard of hearing, caused by being part strangled at birth by his own umbilical cord and like so many other supporters of Deafness Research UK, he is passionate about deafness research and how essential new funds are to support vital research.
“Deafness Research UK is such an amazing charity,” continued Kevin,”among other things it is supporting the stem cell scientific research programme at Sheffield University. Like many other people, I keep up with the latest developments and this research could be the next best thing to cure or restore hearing.”
Anyone wanting to support Kevin can do so via Facebook, where you can find adverts on his Facebook wall or alternatively visit www.justgiving.com/kevin-balfour. Just Giving is the easiest way to fundraise and donate to charity online, and was set up to enable any charity to use the web to raise money at very low cost. Because of this, the maximum amount of money goes to good causes like Deafness Research UK.
Sue Bowcock, Community and Events Officer for Deafness Research UK, said: “Kevin is right that any funds raised by the people running for Deafness Research UK in this year’s London Marathon will make a real difference to our ability to conduct further life changing research for children and adults across the UK.
“Marathons are an important fundraiser for Deafness Research UK” continued Sue, “and the organisers always offer fantastic support to small charities like ours and the people who run for us.”
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