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Max Cassinelli is raising money for Queenscourt Hospice
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Birmingham Half Marathon 2010 · 24 October 2010 ·

Queenscourt is an independent hospice which provides, free of charge, a comprehensive range of specialist palliative care and support services for those living with terminal illness, their carers and families. Queenscourt relies heavily on donations and fundraising to provide the income needed to meet running costs.

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Hey Guys
Thanks for taking the time to stop by this page. I've decided I want to go for a jog around Birmingham on the 24th of October, and I'm going to ask you to part with your money in return.

Queenscourt Hospice is in Southport, and provides care and treatment to local people who are at an advanced stages of incurable illnesses, the most common being cancer. The hospice provides exceptional levels of care for its patients, and I can't put into words how important the work that they do there is for those who receive treatment there and the families of those patients.
In order to carry on providing the fantastic levels of care that they do at Queenscourt, and keep up their amazing work, the hospice relies heavily on voluntary donations. As you can probably guess, running s Hospice isn't cheap, and Queenscourt costs over £2million a year to run. And since it receives only around a third of this from the NHS, it can only do the amazing things that it does with the help of around £1.4 million-ish through voluntary contributions every year.
That's where you guys come in. I know that since most of the people reading this page are students, you probably don't have an awful lot of spare money. That said, I'm sure you can spare a couple of pounds - or more, more would be great too - towards this great cause. I've invited 237 of you from facebook, and if you can each spare at least £2 then we'll have raised a phenomenal amount of money. If you can give even more than that, or spread the word and invite others to join, then the sky's the limit. You'd be helping to continue and further the work provided by those people at Queenscourt doing all that they can to ensure that the patients they treat are allowed to live their final days with as much comfort and dignity as is possible.

Again, thanks for taking the time to read this page.
Max

Donation summary

Total
£284.00
+ £11.28 Gift Aid
Online
£209.00
Offline
£75.00

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