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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Following the huge success of last year’s Consulting Dragon Boat Event, and in the interest of creating a little friendly competition, the Corporate Responsibility team is extending this event to include both Consulting and Audit. The crews have now all been carefully trialled and recruited for this year’s Dragon Boat Race. Now is the time to support your team and get donating!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #3366ff; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Charity, charity, charity…</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Your support is greatly appreciated and will also help put your Competency on top of the leaderboard. Whilst prowess on the water is crucial; it is important to note that the final leader board of race times will take account of each team’s fundraising efforts.<br>With 2012 being the year of the Dragon, what better chance for you to get involved? According to Chinese astrology, dragon people excel.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff; mso-ansi-language: EN;">So what’s it all about?</span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Dragon Boat racing is based on a team of 17 crew members paddling a long canoe-like boat over water. Last year’s popular and successful event raised almost £16,000 (excluding matched funding and gift aid) for our National Charity Partners, Children with Cancer UK, Help for Heroes and Cancer Research UK. The final total once matched funding and gift aid were counted came to over £34,000!</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This year our aim is to bring teams from across Audit and Consulting together to smash last year’s target and raise over £40,000 (excluding matched funding and gift aid) for our National Charity partners. With double the number of teams participating this year we have every chance of doing this!</span></span></span></p>
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