LOTS of runners will now have heard that they have been given a place in next year's London Marathon. This is a great opportunity for them to help some of the UK's most vulnerable children by using their place to help raise funds for The Children's Society.

The Society works with more than 40,000 children a year all over the country. They work with child runaways in danger on the streets and children in some of the country's most deprived communities.

To register as a runner for the Children's Society, call 0207 278 5769.

TRUDE MOSTUE (Vets in Practice), for the Children's Society, Margery Street, London WC1.