Local granny Gloria Benson, 64, and her niece, Sam Coultrip, 25, both from Woking, will race for 26 miles in the London Marathon this April to raise vital funds and awareness for the adoption and family support charity, Coram.

Coram, the UK’s first children charity, provides intensive support for more than 15,000 children, young people and families each year. It reaches a further 800,000 children through its health and social education programmes in schools nationwide. Coram’s expert services include adoption, creative therapies, supported housing for care leavers and family and parenting support.

Sam, who is currently studying sociology at university, and Gloria, Director of local business Consult Hyperion, decided to support Coram because they have seen first hand the difference that creative therapy can make to a child’s life.

“A child I know had creative therapy following a traumatic childhood experience and it made a huge difference to their recovery,” said Sam. “Creative...