Sense
Thank you for your interest in running the 2010 ING New York Marathon for Sense. We would love to have you on the Sense Marathon team!
The ING New York City Marathon is one of the world’s greatest and most challenging road races. With over 35,000 participants taking on the streets of five New York boroughs, 2 million cheering spectators and 315 million worldwide television viewers, it promises to be an incredible experience that you will never forget! Many New York runners will agree that crossing the finishing line in Central Park is one of the greatest achievements of a lifetime!
Why run for Sense?
Running for Sense in partnership with Sports Tours International will give you the following benefits:
• Guaranteed Race entry
• A personal training plan
• Expert fundraising advice
• A Sense running vest
• Publicity support
• Tickets for the official bus to the start
• Excellent customer service
To show you how grateful we are that you have decided to run for Sense, we offer an incentive scheme to help you cover the costs of your flight and accommodation, provided you raise a minimum suggested amount in sponsorship.
• If you raise £1500 or more we will refund £500 towards your flight and accommodation costs
• If you raise £2000 or more we will refund £700 towards your flight and accommodation costs.
Once you’ve registered, we’ll send you our Runners Pack which includes lots of tips and advice on how to reach your fundraising target and a training programme to ensure you make the finish line and smash your fundraising target!
Who will you help?
When Sense first started, little was known about how to help children who were born deafblind. Supporting a deafblind child to explore their world, to learn to trust others and to find a way to communicate is extremely challenging. But gradually through research and practice – and working in close partnership with families – Sense has developed a world-wide reputation for its pioneering work with children.
Daniel is one of them. And this is his story……
Bev sits on the floor with three-year-old Daniel lying on his back. She offers him a drum filled with dried beans which he takes and rattles and shakes. He explores the drum with his mouth and fingers and giggles with delight, shaking his hands and toes in excitement.
Then his mum Helen, sitting a little apart, shakes another toy which is like a tin can with a long shiny tail – “BOING!!” Immediately Daniel’s eyes flash to his left and he turns his head straining to find out what it is. “That’s brilliant” says Bev, “he can obviously hear something and is starting to use his limited vision much more.”
Daniel then starts to play with the tin-can toy himself, and as he responds to Bev a to-and-fro – the beginnings of a conversation – starts to takes place. It’s subtle, sensitive work, with Bev taking her lead from Daniel and responding intuitively to what he does.
“Before we got involved with Sense we were getting very frustrated and bogged down,” says Helen; “everyone was so negative about what Daniel could do. Now I know that Daniel is getting the right help and we’re not on our own.”
Bev’s role has included:
• A specialist assessment of Daniel and his needs
• Guidance and support for Daniel’s parents, Helen and Chris
• Liaising with other professionals and explaining his needs
• Working with others to organise a suitable nursery for Daniel where he will be supported by an intervenor
• Helping Daniel’s parents apply for Disability Living Allowance.
If you would like any further information on the New York Marathon 2010 or Sense, please contact us on 08451270063
or email micol.signorelli@sense.org.uk
There is more information about running in New York with Sense on our website.
We look forward to welcoming onto the Sense Marathon Team!
