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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Staffordshire man has embarked on a charity venture aimed at raising money for an organisation dedicated to providing better facilities for wounded British servicemen and women.<\/p>\n
Paul Irving from Stone in Staffordshire plans to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity in a 500-mile challenge that will see him run five miles every day for 100 days, reports BBC Stoke and Staffordshire.<\/p>\n
In exchange for his efforts, he is asking members of the public to “Give me 5 for 500” – his slogan for the challenge – which he intends to undertake from August through to November.<\/p>\n
Speaking to BBC Radio Stoke, he said: “I actually work in defence and during my time in work I’ve come across some of the wounded, spoke to them and been inspired by their bravery.”<\/p>\n
This encouraged him to think of how he could do something to help them, resulting in the challenge – which can be followed on his blog on the Help for Heroes website.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Staff Sergeant Jim Offord from 39 Engineer Regiment, Cambridge, will also complete two marathons a day for five days to raise money for charity.<\/p>\n
Posted by Mark Wilkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man is to run 500 miles for the charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n