<p><span style="color: #800080;">Hello</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">To celebrate my 50th birthday this year I will be running in the 2012 London Marathon (my first ever) and this will be the <strong>last time</strong> that I will be running to raise money for a while.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">I have commited to raising money for a very worthy cause:&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Chickenshed</strong><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; font-size: small; color: #0000ff;">www.chickenshed.org.uk</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Chickenshed is a pioneering and dynamic theatre company </span></span><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">which&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: #800080; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">brings together disabled and able bodied children and adults via a series of inspring workshops, outreach projects, education programmes and theatrical productions. I have been privileged to watch a number of Chickenshed's productions which I have found to be a truly humbling and uplifting experience every time.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">My original goal was to raise &pound;1800, (</span><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">however I have already passed this line and have so far raised </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><strong>&pound;11,500</strong></span><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span></span>&nbsp;for this unique enterprise which, de<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">spite a successful record in theatre spanning 36 years and the generosity of so many who see its shows, </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">has a shortfall every year of &pound;1.6m.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">All donations will be hugely appreciated and help give everyone at Chickenshed a memorable Olympic 2012.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">Many thanks&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;">Ricky</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #800080;"><br></span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></p> <ul style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e4e6e7; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <li style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #fafafa; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; float: left; width: 590px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #e4e6e7; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px;"> <div class="content" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; float: right; width: 445px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1.4em; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.4em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #800080;"><strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</strong></span></p> </div> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>