My Story

Hi there!!

I'm fundraising for #TeamSignHealth!

Since I was accepted to run at the London Marathon 2025 to raise money for Team SignHealth, my dream has truly become a reality......

Why am I doing this?! Read on…

I was born profoundly Deaf, throughout my life I have experienced and still face communication barriers and challenges on a daily basis. It can be difficult to pick up the environments full of background noises, overlapping conversations, not being faced directly and becoming exhausted from lip reading and also frustrating. The list can be endless.....

Over the years and even now, Mental health issues for Deaf people is unfortunately increasing and there are lack of access to information that they need and also lack of access to professional mental health support therefore unfortunately the following statistics indicate:

  -57% of deaf children have mental health problems

  -Deaf young people are 3 times more likely to suffer abuse

  -Deaf adults are twice as likely to experience mental health issues

  -Only 37% of British Sign Language users are in employment

  -67% of deaf people reported that no accessible method of contacting their GP was made available to them

  -Nearly 80% of deaf patients had an appointment that did not meet their communication needs

Mental health today still has a lot of stigma around, often because people do not understand mental illness and often have wrong ideas about it. Often times people with mental health issues keep their worries to themselves and lack courage to speak up and acknowledge that it’s ok not to be ok.

Your donation will really help me as I take on this tough mentally and physically demanding challenge something I never thought I would have the privilege to do this! 

Thank you for your time in reading this. 

Kate 😃

About us

The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.

Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.

What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.