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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;">Throughout April, curry-lovers and supporters of The Soldiers’ Charity all over the world will be holding a curry themed fundraising event. It’s really easy to get involved, whether by ordering curry in, going out for a curry, hosting your own curry evening or concocting a delicious recipe of your own. Where and when you dig in and dig deep is up to you. Why not throw a Bollywood-themed party or challenge your friends to a blind curry tasting – as long as it’s curry-flavoured, and you can raise money from it, you can do it. There are more Big Curry suggestions in our fundraising pack, to download it just <a href="http://www.bigcurry.org/"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #2a42c6; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">visit our website</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;">The Soldiers’ Charity has been helping soldiers since 1944. We work with veterans of every rank and from every conflict since the Second World War, often at a critical point in their lives, to ensure the future welfare and wellbeing of them and their families too. We are at the heart of the Army family’s community of volunteers, supporters, mentors and partner charities, and we give a lifetime of support to those that have risked everything for us.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Hosting your own Big Curry in 2011</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1. </span><a href="http://www.bigcurry.org/"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #2a42c6; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Visit our website</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> for inspiration, tips and materials</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;">2. Ask your guests to donate via this Just Giving page (see a note on Gift Aid donations below)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;">4. Enter our prize draw when you send in your Big Curry money - details on our website</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Email: bigcurry@soldierscharity.org; Phone: 0845 504 0982</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A Note on Gift Aid:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> only <em>individual</em> donations are eligible to claim Gift Aid. If you are hosting a Big Curry and your guests donate to you rather than directly to ABF The Soldiers' Charity, you can not then claim Gift Aid on the total. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Gift Aid means an extra 25p for every £1 donated to The Soldiers' Charity, so your donation goes further. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If everyone who donated to The Soldiers' Charity used Gift Aid, we could potentially benefit from an extra £53,000 each year!</span></p>
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