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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hi, we are Phil, Mark and Nigel. Thank you for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page. <em><strong>For more information, up to date news and our gallery please follow the link to <a href="http://www.walkforwalkers.org.uk/">www.walkforwalkers.org.uk</a> </strong></em></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">At the end of April 2011, we will be hiking the Jurassic Coast. Phil will walk for 5 days covering 80 strenuous and hilly miles from Seaton, Devon to Poole in Dorset; Mark will be joining Phil for 4 days walking from Seaton to Worth Matravers, a total of 65 miles and Nigel Smith will walk the 32 miles from Weymouth to Worth Matravers. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">We are undertaking this journey to raise monies to purchase 'Walkers’, walking frames for children with neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy, for the Child Development Centre at Poole Hospital. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">These Walkers can completely change a child's life by allowing them to gain their mobility which otherwise may be almost exclusively via a wheelchair. The Walkers meet a wide range of therapeutic needs such as encouraging weight bearing and developing muscle strength.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Currently, when a need for a Walker is identified a child may be forced to wait up to 6 months for their application to be processed. It seems unthinkable that children are being denied the opportunity to gain mobility and some independence for this time simply because of an administrative process. We would therefore like to try and raise sufficient funds in order to purchase a range of different sized Walkers that can be used temporarily by children whilst their applications are being considered. This will be a real challenge as the Walker pictured costs around £700. </span></span></p>
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