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LOCAL STUDENT TO TAKE ON LONDON MARATHON

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Caitlin McNamara, 23, will represent Hay-on-Wye when she races 26 miles in the London Marathon this April to raise vital funds and awareness for the adoption and family support charity, Coram.

Coram, founded in 1739 as the UK’s first children charity, provides intensive support for more than 15,000 children, young people and families each year. It reaches a further 800,000 children through its health and social education programmes in schools nationwide. Coram’s expert services include adoption, creative therapies, supported housing for care leavers and family and parenting support.

Caitlin chose to support Coram after someone close to her was adopted through Coram’s adoption service.

Caitlin said: “I have seen first hand the fantastic work Coram does. I would love to give something back to the charity.”

“I’m now just £100 away from reaching my total fundraising pledge of £1,700, so | would be grateful for any support that anyone could give me,” she added.

You can support Caitlin by donating to her online giving page at www.virginmoneygiving.com/caitlinmcnamara

Coram Chief Executive Carol Homden said “We’re delighted that vulnerable children will benefit from this charity challenge, thanks to our wonderful runners like Caitlin. The London Marathon is inspirational and a proud British institution, just like Coram.”

For more information, contact the Coram Communications Team: Communications Officer Rachel Jasper on 020 7520 0427 or email communications@coram.org.uk

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Coram, founded in 1739 as the UK’s first children charity, provides intensive support for more than 15,000 children, young people and families each year. It reaches a further 800,000 children through its health and social education programmes in schools nationwide. Coram’s expert services include adoption, creative therapies, supported housing for care leavers and family and parenting support.

Coram’s adoption service has one of the highest placement success rates in the country.  The charity has been pioneering Concurrent Planning for more than 10 years, a service which places babies with specialist foster carers while their long-term future is being decided. This is so that babies who cannot return to their birth parents can be adopted by their carers, avoiding unnecessary and often traumatic disruption.