Pictured: Matt Giblin

The chairman of healthcare insurer and employee benefits provider BHSF is being joined by two staff members when he takes part in the first Bupa Great Birmingham Run on October 23.

Dr Paul Kanas, running for The Big Build Appeal for a new Marie Curie hospice in the West Midlands, will be running with Geoff Guerin, head of business improvement, and Matt Giblin, a customer support team senior, sponsored for St John's Primary School, Ladywood. 

Marie Curie and St John's are corporate social responsibility partners of BHSF.

The event, formerly known as the Birmingham Half Marathon, has the same status as such events as The Bupa Great North Run and will take place in the city centre. 

Matthew, who has recently helped to create a sensory garden at the school and is being sponsored by work colleagues for the 13.1 mile challenge, said: "As with all schools St John's is always in need of extra funds for equipment. It is a real community school and I hope to raise as much as I can to help pupils and staff".

For more information about BHSF, please visit their website here: www.bhsf.co.uk