The event is one of the UK’s biggest mass-participation runs, and carves a route through many of London’s most famous landmarks, from Mayfair to Whitehall, via St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Despite the warm weather, all of our Fund team made it successfully to the finish line, raising thousands of pounds for the Civil Service charity along the way.
Among them was MoD Permanent Secretary Sir Bill Jeffrey. It’s the third year in which Bill has taken part in the event, to fundraise for a charity which last year gave over three-quarters of a million pounds to current and former staff within the Ministry of Defence.
As last year, he made it round the course in less than an hour.
William Hague, HR Director at the Home Office, took part in the run for the first time. His aim is to greatly raise awareness of the Fund within his department: “I am constantly impressed by the fantastic work that the Fund does for current, former, and retired Civil Servants,” he says.
And the Managing Director of leading-Civil Service newspaper, Civil Service World, Kevin Sorkin, also returned to take part in the event again. This year, he managed to persuade three of his colleagues to join him, and raise money for us!
A full list of the Fund team (by Organisation – please note, runners highlighted in purple have their own online sponsorship page):
Department for Work and Pensions
David Bailey
Jane Ball
Mamta Brain
Janette Cooper
Michelle Cupples
Danielle Jones
Chloe Overton
Mohammed Said
Justin Talbot
Lukasz Tobiasz
John Wadsworth
Ian Waters
Forestry Commission
Christine Thomson
HM Revenue and Customs
Julie Danch
Home Office
William Hague
Alan Peters
Ministry of Defence
Sir Bill Jeffrey
Ministry of Justice
Hilary McCann
Daniel Machin
Treasury Solicitor’s Department
Stuart Caldwell
Andrea O’Neil
Simon Ramsden
Sophie Williams
Civil Service World
Kevin Sorkin
Gerhard Hammerle
Anne Le Sinq
Sue Torka
And it’s not too late to sponsor one of our runners, if you’re impressed at their efforts. Many of them have their own fundraising page via JustGiving.
And if this has given you the running bug, take note that we will have a team for the 2010 British 10K London, which will take place on Sunday 11 July.
In the meantime, enjoy our photo gallery of the best of the event.
