<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I was thinking about a fundraising idea when a work colleague (who rides competitively for a club!!!!) suggested a bike ride. I&nbsp;committed myself to take part in this&nbsp;bike ride&nbsp;to raise&nbsp;funds for Rutland House only to&nbsp;find out it was&nbsp;73 miles - 90% off road, from Wilford in Nottingham to Grantham and back on Saturday 18th June 2011.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So&nbsp;myself, Rob Harper,&nbsp;Tristan Roberts,&nbsp;Sam Jordan, Judith Richards&nbsp;Graham Haywood and Maz Bharmal will be getting&nbsp;on our bikes&nbsp;to raise some money.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rutland house&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">helps&nbsp;families,&nbsp;and&nbsp;children&nbsp;who have&nbsp;mobility&nbsp;impairments such as cerebral palsy and associated disabilities. They offer a proactive approach&nbsp;and rely entirely on charitable donations to keep the service going.&nbsp;P</span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">arents learn how to work&nbsp;with their child, using the principles and practice of Conductive Education.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It is&nbsp;an invaluable&nbsp;place that supports both the child and the family.&nbsp;School for Parents&nbsp;provides&nbsp;specialist skills and training to assist parents in understanding and assessing their child's strengths and challenges in both mobility and learning. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">My&nbsp;daughter Olivia was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy in 2004 and started attending Rutland House soon after. They have, and still help and support us enormously, and we honestly don&rsquo;t know how we would have coped, learnt, and come to understand so much without them. Each year there are important decisions that need to be considered and made, all with the aim to best support our daughter in the presant and the future. There is endless literature, opinion, and advise which all needs to be considered and sometimes this can be extremely stressfull and tiring. Rutland house has been&nbsp; absolutely essential to supporting us and gives us a clear and realistic understanding. It has given us the opportunity to meet qualified people who we trust, and other families who have similar experience and understand the situations that sometimes arise. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash;&nbsp; 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. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thankyou</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Andrew </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>