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Sarah Gough is raising money for Myositis UK
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Virgin London Marathon 2012 · 22 April 2012 ·

Myositis UK raises funds to promote medical research and improve diagnosis, treatment, management and understanding of Myositis including: Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Inclusion Body Myositis, Antisynthetase Syndrome, Necrotising Myositis (Myopathy) and Juvenile Dermatomyositis.

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<p><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Calibri&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Myositis affects thousands of people in the UK, young and old. It can be life threatening, and almost always disabling. However, it is still relatively rare and does not attract the funding that more common illnesses do.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Calibri&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Calibri&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;;">The Myositis Support Group is the only UK Charity that concentrates on this crippling condition, providing support for sufferers, and funding for research. The Group has already donated many thousands of pounds for research projects, but this only scratches the surface of the problem. We need to do more &ndash; there is still no cure, and in many cases no treatment either.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Calibri&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;">By donating to the group you can be assured that your money will go where it is needed; this is a small charity which spends only a minimum on administration. Your money goes to where it is needed the most - research and support.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Calibri&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am inspired by an amazing family living with the effects of Myositis, they never complain. Furthermore they give so much back to the community in which they live.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Calibri&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Calibri&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please give what you can to fund more research and help amazing people. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Calibri&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thank you</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£2,858.40
+ £526.80 Gift Aid
Online
£2,593.40
Offline
£265.00

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