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Deirdre Matthew is raising money for Scottish Huntington's Association

Participants: Deirdre Matthew, Stephen Matthew

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Mt Everest Base Camp Trek · 25 November 2011

Scottish Huntington's Association supports families impacted by Huntington’s disease (HD). 800 people in Scotland have HD with a further 3200 at risk of developing it in the future. HD impacts the ability to walk, talk and swallow, can cause mental illness and affects mood, memory and mobility.

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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">I am undertaking this trek&nbsp;to raise money and as importantly awareness of Huntington&rsquo;s Disease, this is a genetic condition which affects the sufferer in a variety of ways, there nervous system and body starts to shut down and they can suffer from involuntary movements, inability to feed themselves or do anything for themselves.&nbsp; There is no cure and treatment is only for the symptoms not the condition itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;">My very good friend suffers from Huntington&rsquo;s as&nbsp;many members of his family,&nbsp;his symptoms are constantly progressing but he still manages to go to work 4 days a week as this keeps him going, this keeps him active and he is always bright and cheerful despite knowing what is in store for him in the years to come.</span></span><span style="color: black;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">&nbsp;</span></span>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>

Donation summary

Total
£2,280.00
+ £70.00 Gift Aid
Online
£280.00
Offline
£2,000.00

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