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Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Oxford 80-year-old looking ahead to Blenheim Palace run
A keen charity fundraiser has celebrated her 80th birthday by looking ahead to a charity run at Blenheim Palace. Eileen Williams, from North Oxford, has been a dedicated supporter of Oxford Hospitals Charity since 2008. She has taken part in the OX5 Run numerous times and has also braved the Great Big Hospital Abseil challenge, raising funds for Oxfordshire hospitals. Ms Williams, who celebrated her birthday on Tuesday, February 18, remains active, regularly visiting the gym and jogging with her springer spaniel Buddy. Her passion for the charity stems from her 36-year career as a community health visitor in Kidlington and a health visitor teacher at Brookes University. Looking ahead to the five mile run on March 23, she said: "It's such a lovely event, and the atmosphere at Blenheim Palace is fantastic. "This year, I'm excited to bring my daughter-in-law Dimitra along to the OX5 who will be walking the route. "I will be running and Buddy will trot alongside me, and we'll enjoy every moment." To inspire more people to support her at the event, Ms Williams has displayed a personalised poster for the event in her local supermarket in Kidlington, featuring a photo of her from last year's run. Lorna Eaton, supporter care officer from the charity, said: "Eileen is such an inspiration, her energy and enthusiasm is infectious - we wish her the happiest of birthdays."
BBC News
22-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Oxford runner says it is 'a privilege' to be charity poster girl
An 80-year-old runner has said it is "a privilege" to be a poster girl for the charity she 23 March, Eileen Williams, from Oxford, will be running her seventh OX5 Run, organised by the Oxford Hospitals Charity and in support of Oxford Children's dedication to the five-mile running challenge around Blenheim Palace stems from her career as a community health of her promoting the run can now be found in Sainsbury's and Tesco in Kidlington. She was a community health visitor for 44 years, 37 of which were in Kidlington, as well as a health visitor teacher for Brookes Mrs Williams did not take up running until the age of 59, when her youngest son had gone to university. Her training consists of "two or three miles jogging a day and a couple of miles walking"."Normally I do a run in the gym and jogging on grass," she said."However, because I'm running with my little dog, I am doing pavement jogging as well."Mrs Williams said she wanted to continue doing something, "small as it is", to support children and families after her retirement."It's only once a year and there's not a lot of money I raise but that is the very reason to continue supporting children and families," she her recent 80th birthday, Mrs Williams asked her friends for cash to go towards her fundraising efforts instead of presents."Already, I have about £120... so I suspect [I will be able to raise] £300 or £400," she added. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
