Darren has nominated the West Grimsby 3rd & 8th Scouts at the official charity of Vigilantes Running for this year.
Why suddenly an official charity?
Well, you see, every year big major charities pay thousands of pounds to have representation in the London Marathon, some smaller charities get a bond place every few years.
Tiny community charities, like a local scout group, never get representation on that stage. And at the minute, West Grimsby 3rd and 8th doesn’t even have a Justgiving account, so they can’t raise funds for challenges like this the usual way – we’re working on it, more news on that soon.
Darren has been lucky enough to get drawn out of the hat for 2026’s London Marathon, so thought, what a better way to promote their current two big projects than “representing them” in the London Marathon.
Thanks to our friends at EventEntry, we’ve put an optional additional donation box on the entry form so you can give as much or as little as you wish at the same time as you enter.
And what will this worthy cause do with the funds it raises?
There are two main projects. The first, is to gather together the equipment it needs to take the young people from this deprived area of Grimsby to an international Scout jamboree in Lincoln, and the second, much more exciting project, is to redevelop their 1950s headquarters to bring them up to 21st century accessibility standards, to provide a valuable community facility in the area and to allow more young people to enjoy scouting.
Thanks for anything you can spare. I’ll share Justgiving details as soon as I have them.