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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am running the Brighton Half Marathon to raise money for the sanctuary at Raystede. Raystede rescue, rehabilitate and rehome many animals. I am running, specifically, for the chickens that Raystede rescue.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are around 30 million chickens in this country and 85% of them are kept in Battery Farms. The minimum legal requirement of space for one chicken is just under three quarters of the size of an A4 piece of paper. The majority of Battery Farms have 4 or 5 chickens per cage, which are approximately 20 inches x 20 inches. Chickens will usually spend 72 weeks in these conditions before they are sent to slaughter. Many of the methods of slaughter are cruel but I will not go into them here as it is too unpleasant.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Over 2 million chickens die in their cages each year from diseases that are caused by the improper control of faeces cleaning. If they survive their 72 weeks (laying an average of 338 eggs per year), most of them are suffering from brittle bones caused by standing on the wire bottoms of their cages.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The money I am hoping to raise will enable Raystede to rescue more battery hens and give them a better life. Any money you can donate will be greatly appreciated.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">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.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></span></p>