{"id":7703,"date":"2023-10-13T17:52:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilkestonlife.com\/2023\/10\/13\/half-way-there-charity-runners-are-on-targetremember-our-story-about-ian-jac\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T17:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:52:39","slug":"half-way-there-charity-runners-are-on-targetremember-our-story-about-ian-jac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilkestonlife.com\/2023\/10\/13\/half-way-there-charity-runners-are-on-targetremember-our-story-about-ian-jac\/","title":{"rendered":"Half way there! Charity runners are on target\n\nRemember our story about Ian Jac…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHalf way there! Charity runners are on target<\/p>\n

Remember our story about Ian Jackson aiming to run down all 644 streets in Ilkeston to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer UK and Ben\u2019s Den?
\nWell, Ian has been joined by his son in law Oliver Finch and they are well on their way, having covered half the town.
\nThe pair set out from The Copse three weeks ago and are taking pictures of street signs on the way. They plan to complete their challenge with a \u2018big finish\u2019 going up Bath Street to the Market Place.
\nWarehouse worker Ian, 56, who has previously taken part in the London Marathon, said: \u201cWe are running three times a week; we have done half the streets now.
\n\u201cPeople at Shipley View thought we were lost \u2013 or mad! \u2013 running up and down all the cul-de-sacs.\u201d
\nOliver, 38, who is employed at Games Workshop, is married to Ian\u2019s daughter Katie.
\nThey have recently completed all the streets in Kirk Hallam \u2013 quite an achievement in itself.
\nThe whole journey will see them cover over an estimated one hundred miles. They are hoping for donations in excess of \u00a31,000.
\nIan\u2019s father Keith Jackson was also a fund raiser, raising money for the Val Jackson scanner at Ilkeston Hospital in the eighties.
\nIan said: \u201cWe have lost two good friends to cancer over the last few years so these causes are very dear to our hearts.\u201d
\nPancreatic Cancer UK is a national charity funding research and treatment to help people with the condition, while Ben\u2019s Den is a local charity providing caravan holidays for families where there is a child fighting cancer.
\nTo follow Ian and Oliver\u2019s progress visit their Facebook page Run Ilson. To donate, go to
\nhttps:\/\/donate.giveasyoulive.com\/fundraising\/run-ilson-running-all-644-streets-of-ilkeston<\/p>\n

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