VETERAN fundraiser Danny Ryan is urging fun runners to submit their sponsorship cash, so that it can start helping local good causes.

The dad-of-two, who was awarded an MBE for services to the community in 2001, handed in a £50 donation to the Birmingham Mail Charity Trust during the Birmingham Mail Fun Run. Although he didn’t take part, he is hoping to encourage runners to help reach the £100,000 fundraising target.

More than 1,800 people took part in the event on May 3 in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and the Birmingham Mail Charity Trust.

Mr Ryan, aged 51 and from Castle Vale, said: “I was at the race as a spectator and my wife Karen was a marshal. I received a £50 donation from someone who told me to put it towards an appeal. I know the Trust does a lot for good causes in Birmingham and I want to encourage others to support the charity.”

“The fun run was a fantastic event but now it’s important that those who took part collect and hand in their money so that it can start to make a difference to local good causes in Birmingham.”