Running the London Marathon 2026 — Because Seafarers Still Need Us
Thanks so much to everyone who supported me last year. Your generosity made a real difference. I’m running the London Marathon again for The Seafarers’ Charity because, sadly, the challenges seafarers and their families face haven’t gone away.
In 2024, the charity awarded £2.6 million in grants to help seafarers, fishers, and their families with everything from welfare casework and emergency helplines to trauma counselling.
Seafarers and fishermen work hard, often isolated at sea for months, facing tough conditions. Many still experience harassment, mental health struggles, or even abandonment by their employers.
One in seven calls to SeafarerHelp is about abuse or severe distress.
Being connected to the industry through shore-based maritime recruitment, I know some companies are doing great things, but many seafarers still rely on charities like The Seafarers’ Charity and the organisations they support for vital help.
Training for, and running, a marathon is tough, but it’s nothing compared to what these people endure every day. That’s why I’m putting in the miles again to raise £2,250 and help keep these essential services running.
If you can support again, or for the first time, thank you so much. Every little bit counts.
Thank you to my Sponsors
£1,000
Spinnaker
£168
David Baines-tubb
£103.60
Advanced Polymer Coatings
£100
Anthony Tubb
Well done mate proud of you Mum and Dad xx
£53.32
Adrian Lansdowne
All the best Dave. Very good cause. I know you've put in the hard training!
£53.32
Abhishek Nair
All the best David!
£53.32
Ibrahim Hassan-adde
Good luck with the race David!
£53.32
Nanna
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£53.32
Jens Pfeiffer
Thanks for doing this and good luck!
£53.32
Cherian
£53.32
Anthony Aw
All the best.
£52.12
Robert Corden
£50
Phil Parry
Proud of your hard work and commitment Dave. 👏
£32.23
Amy Travell
Best of luck Dave, a very worthy cause. Enjoy a beer after. Amy & Mark
£31.51
Teresa Peacock
Good luck!
£28.20
Helen Mccaughran
Go on Dave!
£27.05
Caroline Stuart Karran
Good luck We know you can do it
£27.05
Oliver Mason
£26.75
Charlotte Baines
£26.75
Charlotte Baines
£26.45
Neil Mcdonald
Well done David, great cause too.
£26.45
Carlo Luisi
Good luck with the marathon David!!!
£25
Rohit Patil
£21.84
Matt Cornelius
Best of luck Dave! Impressed you ran through the heat last year and decided to put yourself through it again
£21.84
Sarah V
£21.84
Javier Rodriguez Sanchez
Go for it David!
£21.60
Nassia K.
£20
Clive
£16.56
Anonymous
£11.33
Jennifer Schwalbenberg
Thank you for doing this!!!
£10
Samira Nadkarni
£10
Liam Daly
Good luck mate!
£10
Filimon Kalamogiorgos
Good luck David, enjoy the journey!
£10
The Collins’s
Good luck David love from the Collins’s
£7
Cristina Calvo
Good luck David!!
£5
James C.
Good luck with your run
£5
Maurizio Pilu (enexem Ltd)
£5
Good luck Dave, go smash it! Love all at Spinnaker x