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<div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"> <div style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in aid of <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cynthia Spencer Hospice Charitable Trust, Northampton </div> </div> <div style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"><img id="internal-source-marker_0.027208817191421986" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/w5_nS85xYcBJxDR3nft5fd4qtSVs1X5hXeFSQfNO_J16Llte9SnTicyJqxPA-YIPLi-M5s_thLt7nq35tskx9N793M3LnQxT1xBIV4vdcMo9OxFV7w" alt="" width="120px;" height="117px;" /></div>   <div style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello Everyone, <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A few months ago my brother told me that he was going to be receiving chemotherapy as a result of some secondary cancer.  I told him that if he loses his hair, I would also shave my head... <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I told him this in the hopes that somehow he would be immune to the chemicals and his follicles would remain present and accounted for, however the odds were stacked against me and part way through the treatment he is now completely bald. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I cannot express to you enough how much I hate the idea of shaving my head.  My hair is precious to me, it is thinning rapidly and I can do nothing to stop it.  Seeing what I look like with virtually no hair is not something I wanted to do until my head decided it was ready.  I am very scared that once I’ve shaved it off, it might not grow back and I also have a funny shaped head, which will look weird bald. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I realised that I now must shave my head, I decided that as my brother had no choice, I too must take the decision out of my own hands and do some good in the process. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I am handing the decision over to you generous people...   <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Thursday 28th July, Ian at C2, Sheaf Street, Daventry will be shaving my head.  My hair is already due for a cut, so 4 more weeks is going to make the result all the more shocking. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The more money I receive, the lower the grade of razor I will use... <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By donating money, in aid of Cynthia Spencer Hospice Charitable Trust in Northampton, you will increase the total and in turn lower the grade of razor I use thus making me look more ridiculous and feel more self-conscious.  By the time of my cut, my hair will be much longer than the top razor length so the thresholds are as follows: </div>   <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: initial none initial;"> <colgroup><col width="120"></col><col width="114"></col></colgroup> <tbody> <tr style="height: 0px;"> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Total Donations<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clipper Grade<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 0px;"> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">£25 </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 0px;"> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">£50 </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 0px;"> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">£100 </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 0px;"> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">£200 </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 0px;"> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">£300 </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 8px;"> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">£500 </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 41px;"> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">£750 </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">0 (no clipper attachment) </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 42px;"> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">          £1000+</td> <td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 7px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  0 with a bic <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  razor finish</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>   <div style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ian at C2 has kindly agreed to cut my hair for free and donate my usual fee to the cause. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">---------------------------------------------- <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On a serious note, Cynthia Spencer Hospice admit approximately 400 in-patients each year and provide a service to the patients and their families to make their remaining days as comfortable as possible.   <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cynthia Spencer Hospice Charitable Trust will use this money to pay for nurses to look after their patients, which in my view is by far the best way I can help Cancer Patients.  They have to raise £704,000 this year in charitable donations alone and your money here will help them succeed. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You work hard for your money, so any donations will be greatly appreciated.  You might donate because of the cause, you might donate because you’re a friend and like what I’m doing, you might donate because you don’t like me and want to see me looking stupid, or you might donate because you have a couple of quid in your pocket and nothing to do with it today.  Whatever the reason, there are four ways to donate to this cause: <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.  Go to <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/nicholas-coe"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000099; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.justgiving.com/nicholas-coe</a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and follow the links to donate. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.  Send a text to 70070.  The text must include the code NICK83 followed by your donation (£1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10) <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.  If you know me, simply hand me the cash and I’ll make sure it goes towards the total. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.  If you are in Daventry, drop in to C2, get your hair cut and stick a couple of quid into the pot on the counter. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Often is the case that you don’t get to see the fruits of a charitable donation, but in this case you get a good month of ridicule at my expense for looking like Uncle Fester.  I really hate this idea... <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you all in advance of your generous donations... <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nicholas Coe <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </div> nb: The total is calculated from money donated only.  Gift aid does not count towards this total, it is a pleasant bonus provided by the government.  The grade of razor I use will only ever be dicated by the cash that you generous people part with.  Many thanks.

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