FOUR men have completed the London Marathon and managed to raise more than £11,000 for a cerebral palsy charity.

Mark Sarkar, from Stockton Heath, ran the London Marathon on Sunday, April 21, with his colleague Rob Haywood to help raise money for Stick ‘n’ Step.

Rob, who is from Holmes Chapel, has a six-year-old daughter, called Sophie, who attends Stick ‘n’ Step in Runcorn.

Stick ‘n’ Step provides weekly conductive education sessions to children and young people with cerebral palsy.

These sessions allow them to gain the skills they need to live more independent lives, and the charity relies on the support of volunteers and donations to raise the £750,000 requires to deliver its services every year.

The pair, whose places in the Marathon were donated by Chester Lions, managed to raise more than £7,500 between them.

Other fundraisers for Stick ‘n’ Step included Dave Grey from Birkenhead continued his 10 year long support for the charity by completing the Marathon and raising £2,150 in the process.

“Through the last two miles, I was mentally at breaking point, there were so many emotions at this point, but Stick ‘n’ Step was in my head the entire way,” he said.

The fourth runner to raise money for Stick ‘n’ Step was Chris Taylor, from Crosby, who raised more than £1,790.

“We love all our supporters who go the extra mile – and in this case it was 26 of them,” said Netty Doyle, regional fundraiser for Stick ‘n’ Step.

“We can’t thank our four marathon men enough for their incredible achievement.”