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Jacqui Sargent is raising money for Leicestershire MS Therapy Centre
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Shakespeare Half Marathon 2012 · 29 April 2012 ·

The Centre is a self-help, non-profit organisation. We aim to improve the quality of life of people affected by multiple sclerosis, their families, friends and carers, by encouraging a positive attitude. We provide therapies (including Oxygen, reflexology, and physiotherapy), information, counselling and practical support

Story

<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks for taking the time to visit our just giving page.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">About us</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">We all decided a few years ago to give running a go and to spur us on we entered a 10k run for Macmillan Cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ran the 10k and then decided to relax the training and ever since have been starting and stopping running until one of us came up with the great idea of running a half marathon!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We think it is fair to say that none of us are natural runners and this is by no means an easy feat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Training is tough and we have a 12 week training plan that we are following, running three times a week to ensure that we can run the course.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">About our chosen charity</span></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">We are running in aid of the MS Therapy Centre in Leicester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The centre is open to all people that are affected by MS, whether that is someone with MS, family, friends or carers and also offers services to those with cancer, stroke and sports injuries. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It costs over &pound;80,000 a year to run and is not locally or government funded so all donations received will be going directly to keeping the centre up and running.</span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£610.50
+ £85.00 Gift Aid
Online
£403.00
Offline
£207.50

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