<p class="iphone-update">&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; color: #73645d; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">On Christmas Day 2011 while most of you were enjoying a relatively lovely day, my day turned out not quite as I'd expected. &nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; color: #73645d; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Our world was turned upside down when my brother suffered a severe stroke at the age of 29.... 29! Really. He is fit and in the prime of his life, which just goes to prove that yes, a stroke can happen to anyone, at any age, on any given day. &nbsp;His condition was very poor for a while and had to undergo life saving surgery.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; color: #73645d; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">We are lucky enough to have him by our side today - &nbsp;this just proves how vital stroke research is in saving peoples lives. &nbsp;If it wasn't for the research the stroke association do, the fast acting amublance staff, the quick thinking and forever caring staff of North Tees Hospital and James Cook, I may have been writing a different story today.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; color: #73645d; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">I want to thank you for being here for me, and us, but most importantly please donate whatever you can, it all makes a difference. &nbsp;I have to raise a minimum of &pound;95, however, I want to raise more. Please help, and yes, I'll be zip sliding off the top of The Baltic Flour Mill in Gateshead for this!!!</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; color: #73645d; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Here's the jargon ;)&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; color: #73645d; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; color: #73645d; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.3em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; color: #73645d; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">So please dig deep and donate now.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>