<p><strong><span style="color: #ff1493;">On 4th January 2010, my colleague Elise was diagnosed with cancer. It was rare in its presentation of the disease, and caught&nbsp;her completely unaware. Elise was the biggest fighter I know and battled courageously for 9 months but tragically past away on the 3rd Oct 2010.&nbsp; Her legacy is Elise for Life, a charity set up by her, in her name, for the treatment, care and support of others.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff1493;">I need your help to support this appeal to raise a massive&nbsp;</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">&pound;1m</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #ff1493;"> for The Christie hospital. The funds raised already stand at over &pound;55K with the Great Wall of China Trek I am involved in&nbsp;looking to raise in excess of &pound;250K. My contribution to that will be a target of &pound;5K and I need you all to dig deep to help me achieve this. My employer Barclay's Bank has kindly agreed to match donations &pound;4&pound; meaning your generosity will be automatically doubled. </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff1493;">For those of you that didn't know Elise she&nbsp;was a truly beautiful person. An inspiration to me and so many others. She was taken far too soon. </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff1493;">Please help me support this fantastic cause. </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff1493;">Love to you all xxxxx</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff1493;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</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>