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Gilbert Martin is raising money for Surrey Search and Rescue
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Three Peaks of Surrey , half marathon · 12 May 2012

Surrey Search & Rescue is a voluntary specialist search team which assists the emergency services find missing vulnerable adults and children. We are on-call 24 hours a day, with a team of 80+ people and search dogs, to respond across Surrey and surrounding areas.

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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.&nbsp;<strong><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #545454;">Surrey Search &amp; Rescue</span></strong><span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #545454;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #545454;">exists to offer a special service to the Police and other emergency services throughout Surrey, and the rest of the UK if called upon. The unit is operational 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 10.05pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10.05pt; margin-left: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #545454;">We are activated at the request of the police and other emergency organisations. This is achieved by a telephone call to our duty officer, who will in turn alert the members by way of a paging system.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 10.05pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10.05pt; margin-left: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #545454;">On average 2100 people go missing in Surrey every year, although they do not all require a full call out or search.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 10.05pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10.05pt; margin-left: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #545454;">We have a high percentage in the Surrey area of people that can be classified as being vulnerable and will need our assistance. These include the elderly and those suffering from dementia, alzheimer's and children that go missing for a number of reasons.</span></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>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>

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