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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyone who has ever met me will know I’m always late! Now I’ve found the perfect excuse - I’m walking 35 miles from Billericay to the City. 35 miles! </span></span>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We start at 6am and after 5 miles I pass my house (how depressing!), then it’s through Brentwood heading out to Chigwell & an extended route via the Olympic stadium & finally arriving in the City about 12 hours later.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Previously the furthest I have walked is from the pub to home, and I can’t even remember doing that!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Futures for Kids</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> is made up of 4 charities, two in Britain and two abroad:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Demelza Hospice Care for Children</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> supports almost 800 life-limited</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">children and their families across South East London, East Sussex,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and Kent.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since 1949, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Variety </span></strong>has been giving children who are sick, disabled or disadvantaged, the chance to live enriched, independent lives, through the provision of Variety Sunshine coaches, wheelchairs and specialist equipment for individuals. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HOPEHIV</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> support 50,000 children and young people across sub-Saharan Africa who have been orphaned or affected by HIV/AIDS.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">More than 24 million children grow up without parental care, their survival often threatened by greater risk of malnutrition, violence and abuse, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Every Child’s</span></strong> vision is for children to enjoy a childhood in a safe and caring family free from poverty, violence and exploitation.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have never done anything like this before and I would really appreciate your support.</span></span></p>
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