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The Gallery Dental And Implant Centre is raising money for Royal Free Charity
“The Gallery Dental And Implant Centre's fundraising”

on 13 January 2011

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The Royal Free Charity supports staff and patients across the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. From small acts of kindness to huge investments in research, everything we do changes lives for the better. We support our hospitals to go further, faster – delivering impact locally and globally.

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<p><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Gallery Dental &amp; Implant Centre raise money every year for charity, this year we will be aiming to climb snowdonia in aid of amyloidosis. All fundraising will be donated to The Royal Free Charity.</span></strong></p> <p class="introducparagraph" style="margin: auto 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Amyloidosis is a group of diseases in which a protein, called amyloid, builds up in the organs and tissues. The buildup may happen in a single organ (localized) or throughout the body (systemically). Amyloid deposits can affect any organ or tissue.</span></strong></p> <p class="introducparagraph" style="margin: auto 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Amyloidosis is very rare, being diagnosed in between one and five in every 100,000 people every year. It's more common in older people and is also slightly more common in men than in women.</span></strong></p> <p><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Royal Free is a major teaching hospital and one of five world-renowned organisations in Europe's largest health science partnerships, UCL Partners.</span></strong></p> <p><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Patients at this hospital receive the most up to date treatment and care given to them by the kindest of staff. </span></strong></p> <p><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">&nbsp;The Gallery team are aiming for the end of July for the climb&nbsp;and are&nbsp;keen to raise as much money as possible (and as little blisters!!) </span></strong></p> <p><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">We thank you in advance for any donations made and hope we can all make it up that &lsquo;little hill&rsquo;</span></strong></p> <p><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£563.00
+ £17.50 Gift Aid
Online
£95.00
Offline
£468.00

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