Norwood runners raised almost £100k to support people with learning disabilities and children at risk.
Jacob Steinberg’s sister Ella lives in the charity’s adult accommodation. He finished his first-ever marathon in under three hours and 50 minutes, raising over £7,000. Describing his motivation for running, Jacob said: “Ella receives 2:1 support 24/7. In no scenario would that work without Norwood. It wouldn’t be affordable or feasible. I would do this all over again for Norwood.”
Jacob Steinberg running for Norwood[Missing Credit]
Also running for a personal cause was James Goodman, who was running in honour of his aunt, Pippa, who has lived most of her adult life at Norwood. “Norwood has been our family’s rock. Pippa has severe disabilities and needs round-the-clock care. Norwood gives us peace of mind and gives Pippa a life full of love, dignity, and community. This is my way of giving back.” James finished in just under four hours, raising almost £14,000.
Norwood’s chief executive Naomi Dickson said she “couldn’t be prouder of the amazing 26 people running the London Marathon for Norwood. The hours of commitment and training they have put in to complete it is phenomenal.”
Ella Sharron, who made aliyah to Modiin with her family 10 years ago, flew back to the UK especially to take part. She was one of 59 runners participating in honour of the remaining 59 hostages believed to still be held in Gaza.
She dedicated her race to Alon Ohel, one of the hostages, who she knows personally from their time working together at the Six Senses hotel in the Arava. Ella also raised more than £3,500 for Brain Research UK, in honour of her mother Aly, who lives with two neurological conditions.
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Ella Sharron who ran the London Marathon as one of the 59 runners for the remaining 59 hostages[Missing Credit]
Seven runners proudly represented Kisharon Langdon raising, vital funds and awareness for the charity which supports individuals with learning disabilities and autistic people in the Jewish community.
The team, including Yomi Cohen, Abe Eckstein, James Gordon, Michael Jaeger, Ronit Sklair, Sam Ucko and Sagi Mado, raised £34,000 in total for the charity.
Sagi Mado, who previously came second in the Vienna marathon, completed the race in 2:56:30. He travelled from Israel especially to run for Kisharon Langdon, inspired by his sister-in-law Adina Collins who is headteacher at Kisharon Noe School.
Jewish Care and Jami fielded a team of 12, collectively raising £50,000. Among them was Max Bailey, one of the youngest participants in this year’s TCS London Marathon, who celebrated his 18th birthday only just last week.
Alfie Keene running for Jami, part of Jewish Care[Missing Credit]
The JCoSS student said, “I saw an interview with the world’s youngest marathon runner last year and I was thinking, that could be me next year. Being the youngest, or at least one of the youngest participants, has made the whole experience even more special and that much more incredible.”
British Emunah was proud to have five runners, raising £10,000 for Emunah’s life-changing projects. Their efforts directly help British Emunah’s vital work across 26 centres in Israel, including residential homes, high schools, day care centres, and specialist facilities offering therapy and counselling.
Meanwhile, for Camp Simcha Jonny Phillips, running his tenth London Marathon for the charity, finished in 3 hours 18 minutes.
To mark his marathon milestone, Jonny set himself an ambitious fundraising target of £10,000 and was at £9,800 by the time the race began.
He said: “I chose Camp Simcha because I love the work they do and I know many families that have been positively impacted by the charity’s work.”
Jonny Phillips with his medal after running for Camp Simcha[Missing Credit]
Ebony Soltani-James ran the London Marathon for Shaare Zedek UK in memory of her Papa who was a passionate supporter of the charity.
The charity said: “As a proud Jew with a Muslim father, Ebony’s connection to Israel since October 7 has strengthened. She was also one of the 59 runners proudly running in honour of a hostage – Muhammad Al-Atrash.”
Zack Cohen ran the 26.2 miles race in four hours 29 minutes for Chai Cancer Care a charity close to his grandfather who was a top specialist for breast cancer, and head of the team that invented the drug tamoxifen.
Claudia Kitsberg, the United Synagogue's Head of Safeguarding and Welfare, ran the London Marathon to enable the United Synagogue to enhance the crucial services the Safeguarding and Welfare Department provide. She ran the marathon in 4 hours 21 minutes and has so far raised £21,120.
