'Let There Be Light' London Marathon Challenge

Stop Press - Marathon completed in 4 hours and 9 minutes. It was a fantastic day, and Londoners were out in force. Onto the next marathon...

Following three successful London Marathon raising funds for international charities, I am running my fourth London Marathon to complete the relighting project at my own parish church of All Hallows by the Tower.

Our existing church lighting system is in urgent need of replacement , and we have worked in conjunction with a firm of lighting designers to draw up plans for an innovative new system. This will better serve our busy building and its diverse needs, whilst incorporating up to date lighting technology to reduce our energy consumption.

The installation will provide a variety of illumination options to not only increase visitors' appreciation of the beautiful Grade-1 listed church and its many historic artefacts through feature lighting, but also provide maximum flexibility and functionality for our broad variety of requirements, from services and recitals to educational workshops and theatre productions.

The total cost for this project is £140,000 and we have currently secured around £100,000 through grant funding. We are awaiting results from further grant applications, but there will be a shortfall. Your generous support will help to ensure that this project can finally be completed in 2012.

Our aim is to significantly improve the church lighting whilst preserving the integrity of the architecture and reducing our carbon footprint.

Your support will help us to achieve our objective. Thank you for your generosity.