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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I will be running the Paris Marathon on Sunday, April 15 with the Paris Dream Team who are raising money and awareness for a range of charities.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; background: white;">My 26 miles are dedicated to </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">three sets of friends and the memory of their three b</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">eautiful girls we sadly never had the opportunity to meet - Angelique, Victoria and Chloe.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">My chosen charity is SANDS, </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">established by bereaved parents in 1981. They have 3 core aims which are to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a title="Opens internal link in current window" href="http://www.uk-sands.org/Support/Overview.html"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Support</span></a><a title="Opens internal link in current window" href="http://www.uk-sands.org/Support/Overview.html"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">anyone affected by the death of a baby; To work in partnership with health professionals to </span><a title="Opens internal link in current window" href="http://www.uk-sands.org/Improving-Care/Overview.html"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">improve the quality of care</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> and services offered to bereaved families; and to </span><a title="Opens internal link in current window" href="http://www.uk-sands.org/Research/Overview.html"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">promote research</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> and changes in practice that could help to reduce the loss of babies' lives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For more information visit: <em>www.uk-sands.org</em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Thank you for your support</span></p>