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Explore Learning’s ‘Marvellous Reading Runners’ Raise Over £4,000

Yesterday, at the Reading Half Marathon, a team of runners from Explore Learning raised in excess of £4,000 for charity partner, Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity. Explore Learning is a provider of maths and English tuition for children aged four to 14 with headquarters in Guildford.

An impressive 34 Explore Learning employees gathered from across the UK to take to the roads and complete the gruelling 13 mile course, all in the name of the fantastic charity - to help raise funds that will support seriously ill children and their families.

Impressively, all 34 that set out reached the end with times that varied from two to three and a half hours – bringing the total raised by Explore Learning for the charity close to £17,000 in just one year!

Emily Dickinson, Charity Co-ordinator at Explore Learning says: “It was amazing to have so many people push themselves out of their comfort zones and tackle over 13 miles to help make lives better for others. The atmosphere was incredible and Team Marvellous definitely stuck out from the crowd. We loved having the support of Emma and Vanessa from Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity and it was great to see them at the start and cheering us on at mile 11. There is still time to donate to this fantastic charity!”

Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity, which is headquartered in Amersham, close to the home of Roald Dahl in Great Missenden, supports seriously ill children who have the biggest needs, namely those with a serious rare or undiagnosed condition, and often living in poverty.

Over 35,000 children aged four to 14 attend their centres each week. Explore Learning’s aim is to help every child reach their full potential and get the best results they can, but more importantly develop a generation of fearless learners.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Katherine Adams .