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<div>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">One in six adults experience symptoms at any one time;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> O</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">ne in ten children has a clinically diagnosable mental health problem;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Poor mental health is common and often disabling; </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">6.7 million people in the UK at any one time are affected by poor mental health;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Despite this only 5% of medical research in the UK is into mental health.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> Please help me to support people suffering from mental ill health and their carers by raising money for research that really matters and that is directed and undertaken by people with mental ill health and their carers. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">I am really challenging myself by undertaking this half marathon - I have never run this far before. So please, please support me with my challenge by donating your hard earned money and help me reach my target amount.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">And if you want to join me in the run............</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Here's the official bit: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span>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.</div>
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<div>So please dig deep and donate now.</div>
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