On 26th April 2009, I will be running the London Marathon in aid of a charity called AbleChildAfrica, which works hard to improve the lives of disabled children and young people in Africa.  Their work ranges from campaigning for the rights of disabled children and young people to providing better access for such people to good healthcare and education.  Close to AbleChildAfrica's ethos is empowering disabled children and young people to make their own decisions and live as normal a life as possible by involving whole families and the wider communities.My target is £1,500 so please give generously, either by seeing me in person (I will usually have my sponsorship form with me), sending it to me by post (cheques to be made payable to AbleChildAfrica) or through JustGiving.

Now, I know what you're thinking: Liam Lyons running the London Marathon?  Well, I've been training, and I'm getting faster...  If you believe I can do it, sponsor me and raise money for this important charity; if you don't believe I can do it, put your money where your mouth is and sponsor me!  And if you are in the PE Department of Collingwood College, you have to sponsor me double for all the flack I've taken over the years.

Click here then click on 'sponsor me now' to sponsor me!

Whatever you can give, it will be appreciated and put to good use.

AbleChildAfrica exists to improve the lives of the estimated 50m children and young people who are living with disability in Africa.  They do this by supporting partner organisations to carry out life changing work with them.  They believe that disabled children and disabled young people should be allowed to decide what changes they would like to see, so they make sure that the organisations which they work with actively involve disabled children and young people in their decision making.  They have been working in East Africa for the past twenty years, and during that time have affected the lives of over 250,000 disabled children and young people.  They are currently working in Uganda and Kenya, and hope to expand their work to other African countries in the future.  The programmes they run include rehabilitative healthcare, inclusive education, parents support groups, children's after school clubs and campaigning work which seeks the full inclusion of disabled children and disabled young people in policy and practice everywhere we work.