{"id":11141,"date":"2012-10-24T10:04:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T10:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=11141"},"modified":"2012-10-24T10:04:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T10:04:05","slug":"cardiff-are-top-fundraisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/10\/24\/cardiff-are-top-fundraisers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff are top fundraisers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In these times of austerity, people can be forgiven for tightening their belts and looking after the pennies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11170\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11170\" title=\"nologo_week4_CHMFundraisers_large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Enthusiastic fundraisers\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-670x500.jpg 670w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11170\" title=\"nologo_week4_CHMFundraisers_large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Enthusiastic fundraisers\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-670x500.jpg 670w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/CHM-Fundraisers-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enthusiastic fundraisers in the spirit at the Cardiff Half Marathon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But, in a show of defiance against the economy, people from Cardiff and further afield have opened their wallets and given aplenty to charity, raising an estimated \u00a31m.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardiff Half Marathon is always a spectacle of athletic prowess and physical endeavour, but this year it was notable for its fundraising too.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Roberts, Run4Wales Director, was quoted as saying before the event in walesonline.co.uk, \u201cWe want to rank alongside the London Marathon and the Great North Run,\u201d who\u2019s annual fundraising scales into the tens of millions.<\/p>\n<p>So why not dust down those running shoes, and fundraise yourself?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In these times of austerity, people can be forgiven for tightening their belts and looking after the pennies. 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