<p>WELCOME TO JHONTI'S PAGE JUSTGIVING PAGE.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">As some of you may know, on the 20th February 2006&nbsp;I had a pretty bad skiing accident in which I suffered a blow-out fracture to one of my spinal vertebrae. (Lumbar 1 for you medics out there.) &nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">The break was quite severe and I needed to have emergency surgery, which included grafting bone from the hip to replace the sections of vertebrae that had become completely separated from the spine. I spent most of the next two weeks on morphine and it wasn&rsquo;t until a few weeks later that it was explained to me just how restricted the spinal cord had become. In short I was millimetres away from being paralysed from the waist down and very lucky to walk away with no real long-term damage at all.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">Thousands are not so lucky. Every year 800 people on average in the UK are told they will never walk again because of a spinal injury.&nbsp; Many of these are sporting or motor accidents to individuals below the age of 30 having a devastating, life-changing and permanent effect on them and their families.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">It doesn&rsquo;t have to be this way. Spinal Research is a charity which funds research into spinal rehabilitation with a vision to creating: &ldquo;<span style="background: white;">a world free of the permanence of paralysis caused by spinal cord injury</span></span>.&rdquo;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">Spinal Research has raised over &pound;27 million since its foundation in 1981 and has supported major breakthroughs in inhibiting scar damage and nerve regeneration research. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">The charity does not, however, receive any government funding and relies primarily on kind donations from individuals such as you.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">I am proud to be running for such an important charity and would be grateful for any support you are able to provide.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">I HOPE YOU HAD A REALLY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAVE AN AMAZING NEW YEAR!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;">Jhonti.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</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>