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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my Just Giving page.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">On September 11th I am running in the Adidas 5K Women's Challenge to help raise money for the </span></span><a title="Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK" href="http://www.reverserett.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK</span></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rett Syndrome is a debilitating neurological disorder which most often strikes previously healthy little girls just after they have learned to walk and say a few words. It then begins to drag their development backwards.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As symptoms progress these little girls lose acquired skills, normal movement and speech. They are often left unable to communicate or use their hands to hold, carry or manipulate objects.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Over time, girls who have learned to walk often lose that ability too. Loss of motor control sets in, essentially locking them into bodies that won't work, leaving them without the ability to make purposeful movements.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is currently no cure for Rett Syndrome... but there is hope. Researchers have successfully reversed Rett Syndrome in the lab and scientists across the world believe that Rett Syndrome could be the first reversible neurological disorder.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My friend's niece Francesca was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome in 2008, at the age of three. So trying to help raise money for treatments is important to me.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><a title="Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK" href="http://www.reverserett.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK</span></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> has only one focus: research. The organisation is driven by families whose only interest is in accelerating treatments and finding a cure. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">To read more about why RSRT UK are a great charity to support, please visit: </span></span><a href="http://www.reverserett.org.uk/why-donate" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.reverserett.org.uk/why-donate</span></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thank you.</span></strong><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">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.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><span>On September 11th I am running in the Adidas 5K Women's Challenge to help raise money for the </span><a title="Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK" href="http://www.reverserett.org.uk/" _mce_href="http://www.reverserett.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;" _mce_style="color: blue;">Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK</span></a><span>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><span>Rett Syndrome is a debilitating neurological disorder which most often strikes previously healthy little girls just after they have learned to walk and say a few words. It then begins to drag their development backwards.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><span>As symptoms progress these little girls lose acquired skills, normal movement and speech. They are often left unable to communicate or use their hands to hold, carry or manipulate objects.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><span>Over time, girls who have learned to walk often lose that ability too. Loss of motor control sets in, essentially locking them into bodies that won't work, leaving them without the ability to make purposeful movements.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><span>There is currently no cure for Rett Syndrome... but there is hope. Researchers have successfully reversed Rett Syndrome in the lab and scientists across the world believe that Rett Syndrome could be the first reversible neurological disorder.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><span>My friend’s niece Francesca was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome in 2008, at the age of three. So I would like to try and help raise money to help find treatments and a cure.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><span>In 2010 t</span><span>he </span><a title="Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK" href="http://www.reverserett.org.uk/" _mce_href="http://www.reverserett.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;" _mce_style="color: blue;">Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK</span></a><span> was set up by a group of parents who all have daughters with Rett Syndrome. It has only one focus: research. Their only interest is in accelerating treatments and finding a cure. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><span>To read more about why RSRT UK are a great charity to support, please visit: </span><a href="http://www.reverserett.org.uk/why-donate" _mce_href="http://www.reverserett.org.uk/why-donate" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;" _mce_style="color: blue;">http://www.reverserett.org.uk/why-donate</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><strong><span>Thank you.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" _mce_style="line-height: normal;"><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.</span><--></p>