50k for Marlee ❤️
Throughout September, a group of us are taking on a 50K running challenge to raise money for Sands, in memory of every much-loved baby who is sadly not here today.
Sands supports families affected by the loss of a baby, providing vital support through some of the most heartbreaking and difficult times imaginable. They also campaign for change, provide training for midwives and healthcare professionals, and fund research to help prevent future baby deaths.
This challenge is particularly close to our hearts. Our friends, Ella & Rick, sadly lost their beautiful baby girl, Marlee Jean, at 38 weeks. Marlee was born sleeping on 18th June 2026, and we are taking on this challenge in her memory, as well as in memory of all the babies who are so deeply loved and missed.
Every donation, no matter how big or small, will help Sands continue to support families when they need it most.
Thank you so much for supporting us and helping us raise as much as we can for Sands.
xxx
Our Achievements
Thank you to our Sponsors
£520
Midge
£500
Rachel Coyle
Well Done Toni x
£261
Yve
£250
Cal
£250
Rms
From all at RMS - Good luck Nat! A very meaningful challenge. We're all wishing you the very best for the 50k.
£200
Lydia Geoghegan
For our beautiful Marlee 💗
£161
Jacqueline Wilson
£150
Paul And Emma
£150
J J Bullen
Excellent cause. Good luck. Xx
£109
Adam Gerrard
£109
Charlotte Geoghegan
For Marlee. Best of luck Ella, an amazing cause 🩷 Love from the Geoghegans
£109
Neil Twist
£109
Mark Tacey
£109
Maureen Ledwith
Love nana x
£109
Geoff Gerrard
Well done you 🩵
£100
Lisa Greenhill
Dear Ella, Rach and all the amazing ladies in the team, Huge congratulations and admiration in completing and smashing your running and fundraising target in memory of Marlee Jean. Ella, your strength and resilience during such a difficult time is so inspiring and your bravery in sharing your story will help so many other families. What a wonderful thing to be able to donate so much money to Sands in Marlee’s memory and the meaningful difference it will make. Sending all our love Lisa, Matt, Winnie & Florrie xx
£100
Elite Waste Solutions Ltd
Well done everyone x
£100
Kate & Andrew
Rachael, Ella and all your team. Well done for raising awareness and money for this brilliant charity. In memory of a beautiful little girl Marlee Jean. The charity is close to our hearts as a family, we are all right behind you ❤️❤️
£100
Lynne And Malcolm
So very proud to support you and the team, Ella, in memory of our very special granddaughter Marlee Jean. Good luck!
£100
Llh
Proud x
£56
Sam Barnsley
Well done Ella and team on every step in memory of beautiful Marlee Jean 💕
£56
Rox, Liam, Isla, Leo & Simba 💗
For beautiful Marlee 💗
£56
Will Wood
Keep up the good work mate. You’re a a great friend.
£56
Chantelle Gannon
Good luck Chez x
£56
Izzy
Brilliant work, sure youl all smash it, proud of you all
£56
John And Eve
For Marlee Jean An amazing cause Ella, good luck to you all Love John and Eve
£56
Mike
What a fantastic cause, top effort Chloe 😁 Auto, Hannah, Olly and Daisy
£56
Janice Madden
£56
Anonymous
£56
Marisa Harris
Sending you so much love and strength. You will absolutely smash it!!
£56
Cheryl, Jim And Aria Xxx
Such a great cause, you will smash it for Marlee xxx
£56
Meg And Kev Seidler
Sending all the love in the world xxx
£56
Maria Geoghegan
So proud of you Rachael Ella and all the group ❤️
£56
Gemma
♥️
£56
Will Wood
Good luck Ella
£56
Claire
£56
Terry Caddick
Good luck
£56
Anonymous
well done Chloe words cannot describe how unimaginable this has been for Ella and Rick x
£56
Matt Hart
£56
Anonymous
£55
Matt Downham
A fantastic cause! We are all behind you Ric and Ella. Go smash it! Love to you all
£55
Ryan Cheetham
Good luck, love Ryan & kids
£55
Lois & Dan X
Amazing cause. You’ll smash it 🫶🏼❤️
£50
Linzi Donaldson
Sending lots of love, Linzi and Andy xx
£50
Sally Baxter
What a lovely thing to do, lots of love ❤️love the Baxters xxx
£50
Harry Feigen
So proud of you all for the work you are doing for this important cause. Love, Harry x
£50
Mace Sedg
🩷
£50
Andy And Vanessa
Wow Toni this is amazing! Good luck!! Xx
£50
Jim Lyons
Besht of luck.
£50
Janz
£50
Liam Devonport
I always said I'd pay to see you run. I'm a man of my word now.
£50
Brad Tacey
£50
Tom & Lucy Skilling
Sending all my love xx
£50
Anonymous
Go Chloe well done to you and all your girls
£50
Anonymous
Amazing thing to do Cheryl and team Enjoy the run xxxx
£50
Anonymous
Good luck Rachael 👍
£50
Clive & Julie Carrington
Good luck to you all Dad & Julie
£50
Ben Mcmullen
Good luck. A fantastic thing you’re doing.
£45
Steve & Pauline Marrow
£40
Jess & Pete Xx
£40
Michael Smith
well done girls Love Max and eve x
£34
Tony & Jan Mottram
£34
Ryan Gaskell
£34
Graeme Davidson
£34
Wendy Cheetham
£34
Yvonne Naylor
Good luck Ella - you’ll smash it xx
£34
Sam Holland
Good luck Nat!
£34
Zoey & Ian Morgan
Running for SANDS in memory of your beautiful baby girl, Marlee, who should have been here with you, is such an incredible thing to do. She will always be your baby, and her memory will always matter. Much love xx
£34
Sharon Lyons
Good luck xx
£34
Hannah Fairclough
£34
Mabdy Bateman
Well done Rachael & Ella xx 😘
£34
Jay Melling
£34
Iuliana Mocanu
£34
Sam And Paul Cartwright
You will smash this Ella what a great way to use your strength to earn much needed funds to support parents
£34
Jenna
You and the girls are doing so well! Super proud of you all for supporting this 💖
£30
Catherine Riley
Super proud of you babe, and such a worthy cause xx
£30
Micheal , Pauline,susan
£30
Sue & Dave Devonport
Well done!
£30
Pauline And Ian Hindle
Good luck with the run, we are honoured to support you.. in remembrance of Marlee Jean xx 💞
£28
Laura Roberts
£28
Rebecca Hall
£28
Matthew Dorward
Good Luck!!
£28
Hannah
Good luck Rachael ❤️
£28
Tracey
Good luck x
£28
Katie Ainscough
Thinking of you Ella, Marlee and family. Well done for raising money for such a special charity, in memory of your girl xx
£28
Emily Tanasijevic
£28
Louise Adair
£28
Sarah Dhaliwal
Xx
£28
The Singca’s
Good luck lovely lady! 🤍
£28
Debbie Gaskell
Good luck Ella its a lovely thing you are doing. Hopefully every donation will help.
£28
Ellie Mossop
£28
Andy Thompson
Great effort Rachel!
£28
Kieron Madden
Good luck
£28
Lucy Cheetham
You are amazing! 🫶🏼
£28
Charlotte Whittle
Well done to you all for doing this, nearly there!! X
£28
Raluca Nica
£28
Nicole Taylor-proce
£28
Amy M
❤️❤️
£28
Cheryl Pick
I'm so sorry to hear of the tragic loss of. My thoughts and love are with Ella and her family. Wish you all the best for the 50k an amazing challenge you should be proud of.
£28
Megan Cunliffe
£28
Janis Perkons
Well done Ella.
£28
D . Tomo
🫶
£28
Joe Unsworth
Sorry to hear about this Ella. Wishing you and the family all the best. Well done for doing your bit to support the charity.
£28
Magda
Sending lots of love. 🩷
£28
Darren Lyons
Good luck
£28
Anonymous
Good luck Ella! 🩷
£25
Zico Turner
£25
James Rourke
£25
Eliza And Jack
Good luck love from Eliza and Jack x
£25
Uncle John, Auntie Liz & Family
Well done Alex, amazing effort for a wonderful charity xx
£25
The Ochwat’s
This is amazing and for such a good cause! Good luck 🩵 xx
£25
Matthew Brady
Good luck Ella ❤️
£25
Lisa Atherton
Good Luck Chloe xx
£25
Barry Taylor
£25
Anonymous
Good luck!
£25
Mark & Andrea
Lots of love to you all ❤️
£25
Frankie
Love you loads Auntie Ella
£25
Lauren Carrington
Good luck xxx
£25
Chris & Becky Dean
£25
Lucy G
Good luck Chloe! What an amazing cause. Sending lots of love xx
£25
Dan
£23
Jessica Mounsey
£23
Cheryl Gore
Running for Marlee Jean is such a beautiful way to honour her memory and helps so many other families. You’ve got this Ella.
£23
Kimberley Golding
Smashing it all of you 🩷 for Marlee Jean 🩷 Love Dale & Kim x
£23
Ian Childs
With much love Ian and Louise Childs ❤️xx
£23
Gemma Warren
Good luck Chloe
£23
Monique Ojong
£23
Pam Saunders
How amazing you are to be doing this. My heart goes out to you all 🤍
£23
Phil Purcell
Well done Alex! Xx
£23
Rachel Gaskell
💜
£23
Jean Perks
Don ate £20
£23
Liam Gwinnett
£23
Emily & Shane
£23
Daniel Carrington
£23
Deanna Muirhead
Good luck to you all ❤️
£23
Todd Fam
Good luck from Whitehaven Chloe x
£23
Rebecca Pugh
Good luck Nic !!! You will smash it xxx
£23
Charlotte Marfleet
Sending love xxx
£23
Grace Donaldson
Good for you chez proud of you xxxxx
£20
Imogen Ford
❤️
£20
Martin Foy
Rach and Ella, a very dear cause. Great thing to do. X
£20
Eveline & David
£20
Jade Foster
£20
Natalie Carroll
£20
Annabel Pinchemain
£20
Janet Billingham
Good luck Ella’ beautiful cause 💕
£20
Nichola Cheetham
£20
Lianne Butters
Good luck, Rachael, I hope you smash your target for this incredible cause that is so close to your heart. Sending lots of love, Lianne, Mike, Evelyn and Nevaeh xx
£20
Stacey And Jack
Good luck Nic love Jack and Stacey xx
£20
Caitlin Rich
Very sad but lovely thing to do, good luck Nat!❤️
£20
Ashley Gwinnett
£20
Neil Holland
£20
Carla
An incredible achievement at the most difficult of times. Well done to all for raising such a fantastic amount of money!
£20
Rosie Aldersey
Good Luck Toni - well done for raising money for such a good cause ❤️
£20
Rita And Joe
£20
Stephanie Pepper
£20
Julie Tinsley
Good luck Rachel for a very much worthy cause. I’m sure you will do amazing xxx
£20
Anonymous
£20
Jonathan Renwick
Good luck Nat
£20
Jude X
£20
Phil G
£20
Sandra Mossop
Good Luck
£20
Rebekah Bowen
Good luck Nat! Very worthwhile cause xx
£20
Naomi Tomlinson
An amazing cause, I’m in awe of the strength from you all 💜
£20
Steph C
So sad to hear about this, good luck with the run for a great cause xxx
£18
Megan H
Good luck Chloe and to all your team 🏃♂️❤️
£18
Evelyn Hindle (nan)
£18
Laura & Albie Xxx
So Proud of you all ❤️ sending all our love to Ella and Rick.
£15
Amy Harrod
£15
Elissa Cartwright
Lot's of love from Marcus, Elissa and family xx
£15
Bec & Stephen
£15
Ashlee Edmondson
£12
Rachel Wallin
So sorry to hear this What an amazing thing to do Thinking of you all.
£12
Carla Jones
Well done lv smashed it xx
£12
Alicia
£12
Shelby Golding
£12
Lisa Baxter
Amazing!!! Well done Love Lisa, Chris, Alex and Lois
£12
Stuart C
Well done!!!
£12
Hollie
Amazing thing to do. Good luck girls. 💖
£12
Mary-kate Mcallister
❤️
£12
Amanda Green
£12
Anonymous
£12
Lauren Lyons
£12
Anonymous
£12
Kim Roberts
Good luck, such a great cause x
£12
Claire Fishwick
Good luck! 💖
£12
Kathryn Pearson
£12
Deb Green
Well done girls xx👏🏼👏🏼🩷
£12
Anonymous
Well done 💜
£12
Rachel Juniper
Good luck. Amazing cause! ♥️
£12
Emma
£12
Ian Cass
Well done Ella. You’ll smash it and the fund raising has well surpassed your target. Well done. 👍
£12
Clare Perry (topping)
Good luck with the runs ! Thinking of Ella and family xx
£12
Jess And Gareth
Good luck Rachael And well done for supporting such a great Charity. From Jess and Gareth and family xx
£12
Ian Donaldson
£12
Lisa Harwood
£12
Anonymous
Good luck 🤍
£12
Mark
Fantastic effort, congrats:)
£12
Kathryn O'neill
So sorry for your loss Ella, Rik and Halle. Well done to all of you for completing the challenge xxx
£12
Beth Ward
Good luck xx
£12
Ryan Cunney
Good Luck!
£12
Anonymous
£12
Johanna Edgerton
Lots of love x
£12
Mark Johnson
£12
Maxine Halsall
GOOD LUCK! SUCH A WORTHY CAUSE XX
£12
Mikinda
You will smash this like you smash everything else in life Good luck Nat such a good cause ❤️
£12
Meg Lomax
Good luck Chloe love from the Lomax fam x
£12
Elaine Crossland
Well Dine to you all ❤️❤️❤️🫶
£12
Michelle Holesinsky
My heart and soul is with you completely. The pain is unbearable however you don’t have to carry it alone ❤️
£12
Nat Benson
£12
Anonymous
£12
Jess Van Flute
Proud of you, Chloe! Go smash your goals and keep each other strong xx
£12
Jem
£12
Jon Warburton
£12
Janet Corless
Go girl
£12
Megan Fairhurst
Sending all my love, best of luck🩷
£12
Laura Hindle
Proud of you 🤍
£12
Helen Fazackerley
Proud of you x
£12
Emily Lunt
Best of luck Ella ❤️ lots of love from the Lunt family xx
£12
Chloe Brady
£12
Melissa Rowley
So sorry to for what you’ve been through and now raising awareness when you’ve been through the unimaginable. Sending lots of love xxx
£12
Rebecca Hodgson
Well done Ella, this is an amazing cause, you are doing so well xxx
£10
Rachel Richardson
🤍🤍
£10
Sophie And Ryan
So proud of you for taking on this challenge and raising money for such a special cause. you’ve got this!
£10
Amy Winstanley
Well done Alex ❤️
£10
Stephie Braidwood
So Sorry For Your Loss - Love Steph (Hollys Friend) 🩷
£10
Jenna Hill
£10
Stephanie Gaskell
£10
Katie & Pops
Smashing it
£10
Gemma O'keeffe
Good luck Nat xx
£10
Laura Gorton
❤️❤️❤️
£10
Catherine
Keep going Chloe, you're amazing 🫶
£10
Sian W Xx
£10
Anonymous
Well done Hayles xx
£10
Ashley
Well done you’ll smash it amazing thing to do thinking of you all xx
£10
Deb Mcduff
Good luck, what a very special cause. So very sorry to hear about your niece. Thinking of all your family xx
£10
Jess Hartley
Go get it!!
£10
Amber Kavanagh
Good luck Rach and all participating ! You will smash it 💖
£10
Corina Mocanu
£10
Marian Mocanu
£10
Hughes'
Good Luck Chloe, love the Hughes'
£10
Amber Leigh
Good luck ladies 🫶🏼 xxx
£10
Gemma White
You’re an inspirational family. Good luck, what an amazing cause. Xxx
£10
Aimee Taylor
Well done Chloe and for such a worthy cause. Sending love to you and Marlees family xx
£10
Brad, Becky And Toby X
Good luck Ella. An amazing challenge you’ll smash it🧡
£10
Jean Bennett
mega proud of you well done 👏
£10
Anonymous
£10
Fran
Well done everyone! xx
£10
Amy Winstanley
Good luck Nat ❤️
£10
Mrs Bowden
£10
Jenny, Liam & Olivia Xx
You have smashed it for an incredible charity!
£10
Laura Moss
Good Luck Chloe ❤️
£10
Gemma Lloyd
Good Luck Rachael xx
£10
Ann Gibney
Well done Rachael, Ella and friends. Love grandma Gibney cxxx
£10
Liz
Good luck Alex Such a great cause, well done. Liz xx
£10
Nat Edwards
£10
Laura Kay
G’wan Chez. Such a worthy cause, good luck to everyone involved! Xx
£10
Mia Clayforth
❤️
£10
Danielle Billingham
🤍
£10
Shaun Wynn
Good Luck!
£10
Nicole Topham
Lots of love 💕
£10
Jess Mottram
Good luck girls
£10
Mel Palmer
For Marlee and all the other angels x x
£7
Kev And Rachel
Much love to you
£7
Lorna H
Absolutely smashing it Chloe, for a truly amazing charity 🤍 x
£7
Miss Tolley
Sending all my love♥️ good luck
£7
Anonymous
£7
Steven Clarke
Good luck 😃
£7
Tierney Chadwick
🥰
£7
Kirsty X
£6
Lillie Harris
Love you girl, good luck xx
£5
Claire Moran
Good Luck Rach. X
£5
Caitlin Hornby
£5
Julie Williamson
Goodluck Nic you will smash it !
£5
Anonymous
£5
Anonymous
£5
Jess Evans
What an amazing thing to do 💕 good luck everyone 🩷
£5
Rachel Range
Our Team Members
Antonia Warren
£1,447
Ella Hindle
£2,434
Chloe Cheetham
£661
Hayley Twist
£587
Rachael Hindle-Atkinson
£700
Natalie Riley
£531
Alex Carrington
£456
Nicola Smith
£216
chloe Mossop
£252
Roxana Devonport
£266
Go smash it girl 👊👊❤️