Lloyd Scott

Lloyd Scott MBE (born 13 October 1961 in Stepney, East London) is the Director of Fundraising for the pioneering charity THE AUTISM TRUST. Famous for being ‘that bloke’ who took over five days to finish the London Marathon in a heavy antique diving suit, Lloyd Scott’s courage and achievements are extraordinary.

Lloyd was a professional goalie and a London fire fighter who made the news when he saved two children from a dreadful fire when they’d been left home alone. Just hours later, his life was turned upside down when he discovered he had life-threatening Leukaemia.

Having battled his own illness successfully, he knows how important it is to be a positive role model, to encourage others to face their fears, to live life to the full and to become the best you can be.

Lloyd’s great sense of fun and his positive attitude to life are clearly evident in the imaginative feats of endurance he devises to raise awareness and funds (an incredible £5million to date) for Leukaemia and Cancer charities. He has ridden across Australia on a Penny Farthing and completed the first underwater marathon in Loch Ness. (In fact, Lloyd has now completed major fundraising events on all seven continents.) In 2006, Lloyd finally crossed the finish line to complete the London Marathon after 8 days dressed in a full suit of armour weighing 100lbs, dragging a 200lb dragon. Sir Steve Redgrave was there to greet him because, with Lloyd’s help, he had smashed the world record for individual fundraising - a staggering £1.8m.

List of Lloyd Scott's fundraising activities

* Everest Marathon, in 1993;
* Marathon des Sables, in 1996;
* Walked to the South Pole, in 1996:
* Walked to the North Pole, in 1999; and
* The 2002 Flora London Marathon wearing a 110 lb. deep-sea diving costume;
* Setting a world record for the slowest marathon time, again wearing a deep-sea diving suit, at the 2002 Edinburgh Marathon with a time of six days, four hours, 30 minutes and 56 seconds;
* The first underwater marathon, walking a 26 mile stretch of the bottom of Loch Ness, Scotland, in 2003;
* The Land's End to John o' Groats swim, in 2004, where he "swam" from John o' Groats to Land's End in a water tank on the back of a lorry;
* 135 mile Death Valley Ultra marathon, in 2004;
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4962554.stm Completed] the 2006 London Marathon, which fell on St George's Day that year, wearing a suit of armour and dragging a 300lb dragon. He completed the course in a time of eight days and 13 minutes, raising 1.8 million pounds and breaking the world record for individual charity fundraising.
* Drove a Mini with flat tyres from Land's End to John o' Groats on the 8 May 2006.
* On Sunday 22nd April 2007, Scott participated in the 2007 London Marathon, [http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42806000/jpg/_42806115_marathon_pa_416.jpgdressed] as Indiana Jones, the main protagonist of the 1981 adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark and dragging a 136 kg "fake" boulder, re-enacting the opening scenes of the film.
* In 2007 Scott visited Australia where he travelled 2,700 miles from Perth to Sydney on a penny farthing while dressed as Sherlock Holmes (including deerstalker hat, tweed jacket and fake moustache).
* As of Sunday 13th April 2008, Scott is participating in the 2008 London Marathon, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/04/10/barking_irongiant_feature.shtml dressed] as the title character from the film The Iron Giant. He finished the course on Friday 18th April 2008 at around 9.00am cheered on by all his family, his friends, members of THE AUTISM TRUST and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. Scott has been injured during some of his events. For example, he injured his shoulder during the underwater marathon when he fell off a 15 foot ledge while in the loch. After being awarded an MBE in 2005, Scott joked that the award should stand for "Mad, Bonkers & Eccentric".

External links

* [http://www.morgan-hunt.co.uk/lloydscott.htm Lloyd Scott After Dinner Speaker]