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Anh Doan is raising money for Afasic
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on 19 March 2011

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Afasic is the UK charity representing children and young people with speech, language and communication disabilities, working for their inclusion in society and supporting their parents and carers. Afasic helps them get the support they need to reach their potential and improve their life chances.

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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;"><strong>I am participating in a Coastal Walk from Panorama Road,Poole to Dalmeny Road Southbourne.&nbsp; On 16th April 2011 -Total of 14.6 miles.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;"><strong></strong></span>To raise money the Afasic Youth Club, it is the <strong>ONLY YOUTH CLUB IN LONDON</strong> for young people with Speech and Language difficulties. It&rsquo;s a fantastic provision.</p> <p>The club does not pretend to be anything fancy.&nbsp; There is a lot of good will in this club and the drive to be progressive, ambitious and unique.&nbsp;</p> <p>Each volunteer and staff member bring with them each Friday evening, (following their full time day job/uni/ college &ndash; I must add) their personal qualities, skills, knowledge and the deep understanding of how this invisible disability, of Speech and language, really affect these young people. &nbsp;They are proud &nbsp;to support each individual member of the club and ensuring that each and every member is supported to have a &lsquo;normal&rsquo; social life when social interaction is in the nature of their difficulties.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Quotes from young people.</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">&ldquo;People my age hang out and I can&rsquo;t hang out.&nbsp; We need somewhere to go with people like us.&rdquo;</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">"Inspiration and enjoyment.&nbsp; Something to look forward to at the end of the week"</span></p> <p>Every penny will go directly into the Youth Club and Young People. Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>Thanking you all in advance</p> <p>Anh xxxx</p> <p>PS Do forward this to your friends and families, the more support the better.</p>

Donation summary

Total
£572.50
+ £143.72 Gift Aid
Online
£517.50
Offline
£55.00

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