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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">I will be running my first ever marathon in the Virgin London Marathon on 22 Apr 12 and it is by far the biggest challenge that I have undertaken to date.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I am raising funds for the Deaf Education through Listening and Talking (DELTA) Charity, which is a national<em> </em>charity </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">supporting deaf children, their families and practitioners who wish to follow an auditory oral route, from birth, through education and beyond.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I have been inspired by a fellow Parkrun runner who, at 70 years of age, has completed numerous London Marathons. John and his family are heavily involved in DELTA's work of supporting and developing the Natural Aural Approach to the education of deaf children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Please do visit the website at <a href="http://www.deafeducation.org.uk/">www.deafeducation.org.uk</a> to see what work DELTA has been up to recently.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Your donations will go towards helping deaf children to learn to listen and talk, giving them access to the same opportunities as their hearing peers and helping them to experience life without social and education exclusion.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’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’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p>
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