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Gavin Hockey is raising money for Headway Essex
“Intercontinantal Rally 2012”

on 29 November 2011

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Imagine waking up and not recognising your own child, not remembering your family or friends, and having to re-learn everything in life. Headway Essex cares for people who have acquired a brain injury through sporting or work accidents, road traffic accidents, assault, illness, or disease.

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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. <span style="font-size: small;">It is still not too late to donate!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #392e18; font-family: &#39;Bookman Old Style&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #392e18; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Between Jan 30 and Feb 12, 2012 I raced everyday for 14 days on a journey&nbsp;from Almeria (Spain, Europe) to Dakar (Senegal, Africa) - a journey of nearly 6000 km.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #392e18; font-family: &#39;Bookman Old Style&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #392e18; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #392e18; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #392e18; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;">Thank you to everyone who has supported me.&nbsp;As you can see I am now back in the UK. It certainly has been a challenging two weeks with highs and lows and some very scary moments - probably the worse being the Morroco/Mauritania border crossing through a mine field in a sand storm!&nbsp;Something out of Mad Max! Photos and videos can be viewed on&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #392e18; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://www.intercontinentalrally.com/">http://www.intercontinentalrally.com/</a>. Look out for rider 227, Team UK3. </span></p> <p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> </p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>

Donation summary

Total
£690.00
+ £143.75 Gift Aid
Online
£645.00
Offline
£45.00

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