Peace One Day

Patrons

While corporate sponsorship of our awareness-building assets is our strategy for long-term financial sustainability, it is our Patrons who enable us to cover our ongoing overheads. Should their time permit, we encourage our Patrons to be engaged in our work, adding their own creativity, skills and expertise to help grow the organisation and move us towards our objective.
How we say thank you

Patrons are listed on:

- Our education resources
- Our stationery
- This website
- VIP tickets are also provided for selected Peace One Day events

Tailor made programme

Each Patron's requirements may be different and we therefore strive to tailor a programme that best meets their needs.

Current patrons

- Guillaume Rambourg
- Olfa Rambourg
- Phillip Hylander
- Chandrima Hylander
- Nick Finegold
- Damien Devine
- Michael Halimi
- Anil Aggarwal
- Nadhim Zahawi
- Steve Bolton
- Nick Carlile
- Richard Davies
- David Saunderson
- Chris Tapp
- Simon Woodroffe OBE
- Robin Bagchi
- Aranka Kocsis Tothne

[Guillaume & Olfa Rambourg presenting Jeremy Gilley with the proceeds of their recent fund-raising activities in a ceremony attended by fellow patron Nick Finegold]

Patron fund-raising

Peace One Day is delighted to report that Guillaume Rambourg, our number one Patron, managed to complete this year's London Marathon in 3 hours 11 minutes. He finished with a top 5% place (1,764th out of 36,000 runners), at an average speed of 13.26 km/h, which was well beyond his wildest expectations and smashing his personal best time by an astonishing 12 minutes.



In Guillaume's own words: "For the first time in my short marathon career, I managed to both avoid the wall, and produce a negative split (1h 36 + 1h 35). I guess my form on the day was very good, but it's also fair to say that the organisation of the event was spot on, the weather conditions were pretty much optimal (16 degrees with a fresh breeze), and the crowd support was truly uplifting. It was like a Carlsberg advert for marathon running... 



"I promised myself to never run a marathon again, on Saturday night when I was struggling to get some sleep ahead of the big race, but yesterday was so exhilarating that I might just have another go. Possibly Boston next April, as I now have a qualifying time!" 



Jeremy Gilley, Peace One Day's founder, said today, "I am incredibly grateful to Guillaume and all his supporters for their incredible generosity over the last few weeks. Thanks to Guillaume's efforts he has raised a substantial sum that will make a big difference to Peace One Day this year. You are a star Guillaume!"



Guillaume has received so much help recently and would love to thank the following people: 



"I'd like to salute a few people in particular, who have really helped me achieve this. First a mention to marathon 'veteran' Alex Dumortier, whose advice was very useful. Special thanks to Mick, who taught me that working on my glutes and core was so crucial, and believed in me all the way. I am also indebted to Nick Potter, who miraculously cured a blister in my right foot, a mere 48 hours before the race (God bless surgical spirit!). Many thanks to the pasta providers in my last week of preparation: Dorothee & Erwan, San Lorenzo, Ottoemezzo. A mention also to Katie, thanks to who every male at work insisted that I could not let myself be taken over by a female colleague (brutes!!!). Special thanks to Geoff, Ursula and James for shouting my name on the day. And thank you Robin, for collecting me at the end, and driving me home. Finally, thank you Olfa for your unrelenting support, and patience in putting up with my resolutely obsessional marathon drivel..." 



Thank you, Guillaume

Guillaume also ran in the 20 Kilometres de Paris in support of Peace One Day. Almost 21,000 runners took part and Guillaume achieved not only a place in the top 5% but also achieved a personal best of 1:25:21. That’s an average of 14.06km/h. Follow this link to see Guillaume in action.

[Guillaume Rambourg presenting Jeremy Gilley with the proceeds from his sponsored 20km run in Paris, witnessed by Nick Finegold]

Guillaume was kind enough to come to the Peace One Day office to present Jeremy Gilley with the cheques from his generous sponsors. We would like to thank Guillaume, Olfa and all the family for all their efforts, as well as all Guillaume's sponsors from across the world for their most generous donations.
Further information

For more information on the Patrons Programme, please contact us at patrons@peaceoneday.org or send a letter to:

Peace One Day
St. George's House
15 St. George's Road
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 2LE
United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0)20 8334 9900

Fax +44 (0)20 8948 0545

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