<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">We have decided to take part in the British Gas Great London Swim 2012 &nbsp;- basically a mile long swim in the river Thames - on the <span style="color: #ff00ff;">26th May 2012</span>, in an effort to raise some cash for Juvenile Diabetes Reseach Foundation. &nbsp;As you know, our daughter Lily was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two years ago, so JDRF, which exists to find the cure for Type 1 Diabetes and its life-threatening complications</span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">,</span>&nbsp;is an extremely important charity for us.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">The UK government allocated &pound;51 million for funding for diabetes last year, but only &pound;6 million of this was applicable to Type 1 Diabetes (an auto-immune disease which is very different to type 2), therefore JDRF needs every penny you can donate.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Also, we're going to be swimming in the freezing cold, dirty Thames whilst wearing wetsuits - that's got to be a good enough reason for you to spare a few quid?!</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Thank you!</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span>http://www.jdrf.org.uk/</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span>http://www.greatswim.org/Events/British-Gas-Great-London-Swim/</span></strong></span></p>