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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Following on from my London Marathon exersions of early last year I've been fortunate enough to have been awarded a place to run for the national charity called ASSERT.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="color: red; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">ASSERT are a support charity run by volunteers to help support families of individuals with Angelman Syndrome. Angelman Syndrome is a rare chromosome disorder which affects 1 in 20,000 - 30,000 individuals. The </span>main characteristics of AS are severe learning difficulties, limited or no speech, </span></strong><strong><span style="color: red; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt;">mobility difficulties</span></strong><strong><span style="color: red; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> and round the clock care. ASSERT not only works to raise the awareness of this condition they also work to create a network of support with the families of people affected. </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><strong><span style="color: red; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 20pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Please read more on <a href="http://www.angelmanuk.org/"><span style="color: red;">http://www.angelmanuk.org/</span></a> </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><strong><span style="color: red; line-height: 140%; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My other big motivation for running the London Marathon is that early last year I managed a time of 4hours 4minutes & 53 seconds, so feel another stab at breaking the 4 hour barrier would be worth it before I retire from this distance <span style="color: #ff0000;">(26 miles is a long way to run!).</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span>So please dig deep and donate now.</span></p>