Alison, who works for Spicerhaart Financial Services, decided to raise £1,000 to help build a recovery centre for the charity, which supports wounded servicemen and women, having competed in the Berlin Marathon with a Royal Marine veteran who lost his left foot in the Falklands after standing on a landmine.
Alison said: “I’ve been supporting Help for Heroes since 2008 but after my humbling marathon experience where I witnessed the courage and resilience required to run a marathon as an amputee, I decided that I wanted to do something more.
“As I run those 13.1 miles of the Great North Run, every step will be taken with Help for Heroes in mind. Having seen a definite need for recovery centres, the charity is working hard to raise a further £20 million to build seven across the country, including one in Colchester. As I now work for Colchester-based Spicerhaart, the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, it seemed fitting to be helping to support this project.”
The Great North Run takes place on 20 September in Newcastle.
To learn more about Alison’s challenge, or to make a donation, please go to www.justgiving.com/Alison-Beech.
