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As some of you may know, Just International’s official charity partner is King’s College Hospital Charity (Charity reg no 230729) and we are raising funds for the Thomas Cook Children’s Critical Care Centre at King’s College Hospital. The Centre contains both the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and the High Dependency Unit and cares for seriously ill and injured children and helps treat patients like Spencer. His experience shows the difference doctors and nurses at King’s make to children’s lives every day:   In March 2004 Spencer was involved in a serious car accident. He was just 14 and his recovery took three years. On admission to King’s College Hospital things didn’t look good. But after five days of highly specialised care in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Spencer was transferred to the High Dependency Unit where his therapy began.    Looking back, Spencer says: “I cannot tell you how much respect these people deserve! I was still unconscious when they began my rehab program. I was at a critical stage in my recovery.” For six weeks during his recovery, no sound came from Spencer’s mouth, which he describes as his “time of silence”. He was given a laptop to help him communicate.    “King’s gave me the basis that I needed to go on to further rehab and to maximise my potential recovery. I was treated as an individual, not just as another statistic. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the friends at the Hospital that helped me to this point in my life.”   Our fundraising efforts will go towards buying specialist medical equipment for the centre to ensure that more young people with life-changing injuries, like Spencer, receive the very best treatment available.   As part of our fundraising this year we will be entering two teams in the Marketing Industry Triathlon at Dorney lake on the 1st of July, one in the Super Sprint Relay and one in the 3 quarter length event. This is our first fundraiser for the centre and we really want to start with a bang and so would really appreciate your support with any donation that you or your company could manage.   You can donate here or by cheque made out to King’s College Hospital Charity, sent to Rosie at Just International - every penny raised will go directly to help children.   Photos  of what remains of the teams will follow post event!   Many thanks in advance from all at Just International.

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