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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Ben Up Ben Nevis" was a family event, organised </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">and undertaken by Liam</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Spear and friends in May 2010, to</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">raise money for Diabetes UK.</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: small;">Liam was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2004 aged 8. He wanted to raise awareness of diabetes in young people, raise money and demonstrate how the condition can be managed when active in demanding sports.</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: small;">Suffice to say, the Event was a great success.</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: small;">The "Ben" in Ben Up Ben Nevis, was Liam's baby brother, who accompanied the Liam et al on the first Mountain - Ben Nevis.</span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are planning our 2011</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Event for Late August </span></span></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Lake District 3 Peaks Challenge ****</span></span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">For this years event we intend raising money for two charities very close to our hearts.</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">Once again we wish to raise money for Diabetes UK. Liam, who will be 15 years old at the time of the event will have been diabetic for 7 years and is continuing his fund raising work for this charity, as it continues to work towards a cure for the condition, whilst offering vital support to those affected by Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. See his "About Diabetes" on <a href="http://www.benupbennevis.org.uk/">www.benupbennevis.org.uk</a> for more information.</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">Our second charity is Kings College Hospital.</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">K<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">in</span>g’s College Hospital provides a full range of high quality local hospital services to the</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> people of South London. It also offers world-leading innovative specialist services including major breakthroughs in the treatment of liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, haemato-oncology and foetal medicine. </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>It is a Charity we are delighted to be involved with.</strong></span></p>