‘Team Scrambled Legs’ smash fundraising target for NSPCC ahead of Cardiff Half Marathon race day

• A team consisting of NSPCC Cymru/Wales and Childline staff members, plus family, friends and supporters, raises more than £5,500 ahead of the UK’s second biggest half marathon.
• The group have organised bake sales and raffles, with prizes ranging from a signed Sam Warburton rugby jersey to plumbing equipment, to surpass their initial fundraising goal.
• They will be among 700 runners taking part in Wales’ largest road race for Team NSPCC, with the charity returning at the Cardiff Half Marathon’s lead charity partner.
• Money raised by supporters taking part in the Cardiff Half Marathon for the NSPCC will help the leading child protection charity continue to provide vital services in Wales and the wider UK.

A TEAM of runners from the NSPCC have smashed their fundraising targets with days to go before they take on the Cardiff Half Marathon.

‘Team Scrambled Legs’ comprises staff members from NSPCC Cymru/Wales and Childline, plus some of their family and friends, who will be participating in Wales’ largest road race for the child protection charity.

The NSPCC is the lead charity partner for the UK’s second biggest half marathon which returns to the streets of Cardiff on Sunday 6 October.

They will be joined by hundreds of other participants who will be donning green vests and running tops as part of ‘Team NSPCC’.

In addition to fundraising together, members of ‘Team Scrambled Legs’ have supported each other at training sessions in Cardiff and ran together at events leading up to half marathon.

“It has been great for us to run and train together as a team and now we are getting ready, both mentally and physically, for the half marathon,” said Sian Regan, a member of Team Scrambled Legs who is running her second Cardiff Half Marathon.

“Together we have smashed our fundraising target for the event and we’ve held bake sales and raffles – one which included a signed rugby top for one of our supporters, Sam Warburton, and another of plumbing equipment – to help us achieve our target.

“Many of us know first-hand about the great work that the NSPCC does in making a difference in lives of children in Wales and across the UK.

“It will be great to see Cardiff turn green for the Cardiff Half Marathon as we are joined by hundreds of other Team NSPCC runners on race day. But also the swathe of volunteers cheering everyone on.”

Money raised by fundraisers taking part in the half marathon will allow the NSPCC to continue to support vital services across Wales.

These include ‘Speak Out, Stay Safe’, which sees specially trained staff and volunteers visiting hundreds of primary schools across the country.

Each assembly they deliver equips pupils with the skills and knowledge they need to recognise abuse and speak out about it.

In 2018/19 alone the charity spoke to more than 80,000 children in more than 430 primary schools in both English and Welsh.

Support from runners will also benefit NSPCC service centres based in Wales which provides direct help to vulnerable children and their families.

Des Mannion, the head of NSPCC Cymru/Wales, said: “It’s vital that we help children who have suffered abuse and neglect and work to prevent it from happening in the first place.

“The NSPCC carries out a great deal of this work in schools, via Childline and in our service centres. But we want to do more and we need the help of the public to achieve our aims.

“The support of the members of ‘Team Scrambled Legs’ is very much appreciated and we wish them the best of luck in the Cardiff Half Marathon.”

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