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<p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">At the start of last year you probably know that my mum Betty Boston passed away after a short battle with cancer. She was cared for at the end of her life by a fantastic hospice in Lincolnshire called Lindsey Lodge Hospice. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">I ran a 10k with my brother last year to raise money for the hospice and everyone was incredibly generous. Carl and I are running the same 10k race this bank holiday Monday to again raise money for this amazing place.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Lindsey Lodge has to raise almost £1,900,000 per year in order to provide its invaluable services for the community and most of that comes from charitable donations. All services to patients living with life-limiting conditions, their families and loved ones are provided completely free of charge and that is why your donation matters so much.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Every single penny of your donation goes towards ensuring Lindsey Lodge is able to continue to provide help for those with life-limiting conditions. So please dig deep and show your support for a place that offers so much love and support to others.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">More about Lindsey Lodge Hospice</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Lindsey Lodge Hospice is an independent charity offering special care for people in the North Lincolnshire area with specific life-limiting conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease. <br style="margin-bottom: 10px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 10px;" />The hospice was opened in September 1992 and provides loving, specialised nursing and medical care, which is sensitive to the needs of the individual patient and their loved ones.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Lindsey Lodge helps over 120 people every week by providing services that include the following:</p>
· up to 14 daycare places each day
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· a '24/7'in-patient service with 10 beds available
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· additional services such as the Lymphoedema Clinic
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· bereavement support and counselling</span></p>
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