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Rupert Cheswright is raising money for Connect - the communication disability network
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Richmond 10K · 9 June 2012

Connect is a national charity for people living with aphasia (communication disability) which is often caused by stroke. Aphasia can strike anyone at any age and at any time. 1 in every 200 people in the UK lives with aphasia and each person experiences it differently. Some people cannot speak at all, some people have just a few words. It affects reading, writing and numbers. Aphasia can lead to lack of confidence, depression, social exclusion – and people can lose their connection with the world. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Our vision is a simple one, we want a world where people with aphasia can re-connect with life again. Find out more about how we do that at www.ukconnect.org

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<p style="text-align: left;"> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 14.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">This is what all the running nonsense is about. Running the Richmond Park 10km on June 9 to raise money for Connect, a charity that helps people recover and be rehabilitated after brain injuries like my wonderful boss Duncan (who is making great inroads on the path to recovery after a massive stroke in February last year).</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 14.25pt; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">Connect is a charity for people living with aphasia, a communication disability which usually occurs after a&nbsp;stroke or brain injury.&nbsp; They work alongside people with aphasia and their families to develop communication and rebuild confidence.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 14.25pt; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">With your donation, the team at Line Up can help Connect in some small way to continue to improve the lives of Duncan and other asphasia sufferers.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 14.25pt; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">I'll try and make plenty of ridiculous updates to keep you all interested and incentivised to donate for this great cause which means a lot to me. Thanks for watching / donating / taking part. x Ru</span></p> </p>

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£365.00
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