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<p 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 am walking the length of the Leeds Liverpool Canal to raise money for Support Dogs. This charity trains dogs to support people with a variety of disabilities. Specifically I am supporting their work with Seizure Alert dogs, which are trained to give up to 45 minutes warning of a seizure to people who suffer from epilepsy. No-one knows how the dogs do it, they only know that it works!</p>
<p 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;">My nephew Andy has suffered from epilepsy since he was 6 years old and despite taking loads of drugs it has never been controlled. He always lives in the knowledge that he could have a seizure at any time without warning; possibly with disastrous consequences, and especially so since his beautiful daughter was born. This summer Andy undertook training with Major a beautiful black labrador.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Support Dogs is a charity which receives no government funding and relies entirely on voluntary donations. Please give generously so that others like Andy have the chance to benefit from their fantastic work.</span></p>
<p>How your donation is used: £25.00 buys leads, collars and ID discs. £50.00 buys a dog jacket and specialized harness. £100.00 covers the cost of spaying/neutering a dog. £500.00 covers the cost of client/dog assessment. £1500.00 covers the cost of resue and socialisation of a dog. £10,000.00 covers the cost of preliminary and advanced training. £12,000.00 covers total costs of training the dog and client.</p>
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