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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’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’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. So please dig deep and donate now. September 2011 will mark the 1st anniversary of David Dick’s death. David was co-founder of Triple Point and a great guy who died too young. In his memory members of Triple Point will be cycling from Arch to Arc (the Wellington Arch on Hyde Park Corner to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris!) to raise money for two specialist cancer support charities.   The first is the <a href="https://remote.triplepoint.co.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=c6805aad8fe54d9f80cdbaf878e7b70c&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.royalmarsden.org%2fCampaign%2fhome%2f" target="_blank">Royal Marsden Cancer Charity</a> which was the hospital at which David was treated, and was also the charity benefitting from the collection at David’s memorial service. Specifically, we will be raising money for Sarcoma Fund 475. This is a fund within the Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign with a specific focus on sarcomas, the type of cancer that David had. Sarcomas afflict people of all ages including many young people - David was only 23 when first diagnosed. Fund 475 is overseen by Professor Ian Judson, who looked after David with enormous dedication and compassion over his last year. The pharmaceutical industry is reluctant to invest in rare diseases hence the importance of independent sources of funding. Fund 475 supports a team who carry out clinical research and drug trials - their target being to find new and better ways to successfully treat sarcomas.   The second charity is the <a href="https://remote.triplepoint.co.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=c6805aad8fe54d9f80cdbaf878e7b70c&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.jameswhalefund.org%2f" target="_blank">James Whale Fund</a>. Their volunteers will be the ones who actually organise the event for us. They focus very much on the support side, specialising in helping kidney cancer patients and their families by; ‘helping to reduce the incidence of kidney cancer by increasing knowledge and awareness, and by supporting research into the causes, prevention and treatment of the disease. Providing a support network offering advice, information and encouragement to those who’ve been diagnosed with kidney cancer and their carers’. Because they don’t have huge resources they spend their money efficiently making sure that it makes the biggest difference on the ground, immediately. Some examples of things they have recently implemented are;- ·         Launched a 24/7 patient support line ·         Launched a degree level training course for support workers specifically for kidney cancer ·         Printed educational leaflets for recently diagnosed patients   The ride itself is c. 270 miles and we will take 4 days to complete it, leaving on 3rd September 2011.

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