<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">It is with immense pleasure that I announce that Liverpool City Council have agreed to the placing of a</span><span><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #ac44bb;" lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #ac44bb;">&nbsp;</span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #ac44bb;" lang="EN-US">&lsquo;Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds&rsquo;</span></strong><span><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">plaque in<span>&nbsp;</span>Mathew Street in Liverpool, which as you probably know is<span>&nbsp;</span><em>the<span>&nbsp;</span></em>Mecca for fans of the Beatles. The sculptor of the bronze plaque will be Lauren Voiers, who is the young sculptor responsible for the John Lennon Peace monument in Liverpool.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">The plaque will read as follows:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (1963 - 2009)</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Lucy was a childhood friend of Julian Lennon. Julian's drawing of Lucy inspired the Lennon/McCartney song on The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club album.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Since Lucy's death from Lupus her family and Julian have worked with the St. Thomas' Lupus Trust to raise awareness of this auto-immune disease and research grants have been set up in her memory.</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">We thought this would</span><span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">be a great way to remember lovely Lucy and as I&rsquo;m sure you can appreciate this is a&nbsp;<strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">huge</span></strong><span>&nbsp;</span>historic moment for the St. Thomas&rsquo; Lupus Trust and will help raise lupus awareness no end, something I&rsquo;m sure Lucy would have been thrilled with as she was a staunch supporter of the St. Thomas' Lupus Trust.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">This will take place alongside the launch of the</span><span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #ac44bb; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">&nbsp;</span></span><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #ac44bb; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">&lsquo;Lucy Vodden Lupus Research Fellowship&rsquo;</span></span></strong><span><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">&nbsp;</span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">a&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;</span>lupus research project in Lucy&rsquo;s name so all excess funds from the plaque will go towards that project.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">If you would like to be part of this historic moment in music</span></span><span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></span><span><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">and</span></em></span><span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></span><span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">lupus history you can contribute here to the funding of the plaque and the 'Lucy Vodden Research Fellowship'. &nbsp;All donors names will be listed in a commemorative book which will be kept in Liverpool.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">For the full story about Lucy please visit our website:</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #3366ff;" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.lupus.org.uk/patients/lucy.htm">http://www.lupus.org.uk/patients/lucy.htm</a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #3366ff;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #3366ff;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>