Cllr Cahal Burke is set to take on the Greater Manchester Marathon challenge to raise money and awareness for the Mayor’s Charity Appeal which this year is the Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Trust.

The marathon will take place on 28th April, starting and finishing at Old Trafford stadium. The first Manchester Marathon was run in 1908. This was the first ever amateur marathon to be run using the now established marathon distance of 26 miles 385 yard distance.

Cllr Burke will additionally be taking on a number of half-marathons in support of good causes and charities in preparation for the event in Manchester.

Cllr Burke said

“I will be running to raise money and awareness for the Mayor’s Charity Appeal, which this year is The Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Trust. The Fund does a remarkable job to support soldiers and their families who are discharged from the army.

In preparation for the Marathon I will be taking part in the Blackpool Half Marathon and the Great North West Half Marathon as part of my training regime. I am keen to use my profile as a councillor to support good causes and charities and the mayors appeals are a natural choice. I also ran for Combat Stress in 2011 which was the mayor’s charity that year.

Cllr David Ridgway, Mayor of Kirklees said:

“ I am really grateful to Cahal for taking up this challenge on behalf of the Mayor’s Charity Appeal. The Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Trust needs our support more now than at any time. It makes no distinction of age, length of service, theatre of operations, type of award or rank. All monies raised go to help the dependants of soldiers who have died or are so badly disabled that they are unable to do so themselves. This is our Regiment and I am proud to offer my support. I have already donated to Cahal’s efforts via Just Giving”

People who want to support Cllr Burke’s run can do so by sponsoring him online at
www.justgiving.com/C-Burke
or
Text HUDD77 followed by the amount to 70070