<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An update on fundraising: On 10 July I am running the <strong>British 10K </strong>in London. <strong>Combat Stress</strong> have offered me a place. The British 10K is the UK's leading 10km road race with athletes competing from:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Afghanistan, Andorra, Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, HK, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Qatar, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, USA.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If you missed clicking the link for my 20 mile race in March, this once in 2011 offer is still very much alive and kicking; your support will be massively&nbsp;appreciated! I'm just 43% short of my target.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Melissa</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">***********************************************************************</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I am running a 20 mile race across Surrey on 13 March. I ran the 10 mile version last year in 1 hour 10 mins. I'd be lying, if I said I wasn't aiming for 2.5 hours this time!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I would be grateful if you would be able to help me support Combat Stress, who since 2005 have seen a 72% increase in demand for&nbsp;their specialist services, caring for Veterans'&nbsp;mental health.&nbsp; </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A small, but significant number of Veterans leave the Armed Forces with a psychological wound, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. A symptom of PTSD is the frequent tendency to&nbsp;recall life-threatening incidents; leading to mood swings, panic attacks, depression, anxiety, adjustments disorders and alcohol dependency.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Combat Stress provides a dedicated service&nbsp;for conditions, which are often complex and long term.&nbsp;&nbsp;Services are free of charge and are </span><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">NOT </span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">routinely available on the NHS.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Through&nbsp;the &pound;30 million&nbsp;campaign,&nbsp;<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">&lsquo;The Enemy Within Appeal&rsquo;</em>, they: </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Establish 14 community outreach teams nationwide </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">enhance clinical treatment at&nbsp;3 short-stay residential centres</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">encourage Veterans and their families to seek help earlier: currently take 14 years from Service discharge </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Combat Stress began in 1919, after the 1WW to cope with the 1,000s of men from the front and sea&nbsp;with shell shock. Many were confined to mental war hospitals under martial law, with a risk of being sent to asylums, with no&nbsp;appeal. The prevailing attitude was by today&rsquo;s standards primitive, even barbaric. During WW1, if it led to failure to obey orders, death by firing squad was always a possibility. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>