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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Members of the </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.abodehotels.co.uk/manchester/about" target="_blank">Abode Manchester</a><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">team are taking part in BUPA Great Manchester run on 15<sup>th</sup> May in order to raise money for our nominated charity </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.mustardtree.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Mustard Tree</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We wanted to start the year by doing something good for our community & decided to work with a charity that was local & that wants to make a difference to those that they help. </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.mustardtree.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Mustard Tree</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> is a Manchester based charity that works with <span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;"><br /></span>the homeless across Greater Manchester. They run a </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">range of projects, all with the aim of providing support and working towards long-term solutions for the homeless</span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;" lang="EN-US">.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> Some projects are focused on improving skills, some on encouraging social interaction and others that try to tackle some of the personal root causes.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So on the 15<sup>th</sup> May our team will take to the streets of Manchester, <a href="http://www.greatrun.org/events/event.aspx?id=4" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 140%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">running 10k</span><span style="line-height: 140%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></a>in order to support this worth while charity. If know one or two of us you will know that some of us are not the fittest & there is also one of us <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that has decided to give up smoking in order to run the 10k in a decent time. </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our support of the </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.mustardtree.org.uk/about-us/" target="_blank">Mustard Tree Charity</a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> doesn’t stop at the run, we are also giving up time to mentor individuals, provide placements, help serve at the soup kitchen, hold a charity dinner & have set up clothes box in our staff room to recycle unwanted items.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%;"> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">If you want to help with any of the activities above please let us know <a href="mailto:generalmanagermanchester@abodehotets.co.uk"><span style="color: #2a42c6; line-height: 140%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">generalmanagermanchester@abodehotets.co.uk</span></a> or if you can’t give up the time you can simply donate money through the just giving website.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Donating through Just Giving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with Just Giving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - We raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity So please donate as much as you can afford. Every little bit helps!</span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 140%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A big thank from all of us.</span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
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