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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I am running London Marathon in memory of my late Grandma who was a fantastic woman, my inspiration and who always had a great belief in me, devastatingly, due to cancer she lost her fight for life. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Due to the caring nature of the Macmillan nurses who did a fantastic job in being there for her I would appreciate any donations that people are able to make in order for Macmillan to carry on helping other people as they did with my Grandma.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">They touched my heart and life as I am sure they have done with many others so please give what you can to help Macmillan.<strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Macmillan Cancer Support aims to help people from the moment they first hear they have cancer and to ensure they get the best information, treatment and care. Macmillan works to improve the lives of people living with cancer, and their families, by providing specialist nurses and doctors, buildings for cancer treatment and care and financial grants for patients in financial difficulties.</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£100 could pay for a Macmillan Grant that buys fresh bedding for a person with cancer, who is dealing with nausea, night sweats or incontinence because of their treatment. </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£100 could keep 50 typical Macmillan information and support centres stocked with all the information resources they need to support people affected by cancer for an hour. These resources would include booklets, guides, directories and leaflets.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£100 could pay for four people to receive quality information and support through one of our Mobile Macmillan Cancer Information Centres.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Every £100 we spend on a face-to-face benefits adviser helps people affected by cancer claim £1,400 in benefits they are entitled to.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Every £100 we spend on our phone service could lead to our cancer support specialists helping people affected by cancer claim £3,322 in benefits they are entitled to.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£10</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> could pay for 20 copies of <em>The cancer guide</em> . This Macmillan booklet can help somebody recently diagnosed with cancer, and their families, to understand cancer, its treatment and the help available</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£24</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> could pay for a Macmillan physiotherapist for an hour</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£156</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> could run our Cancerline for an hour providing, on average, 13 people affected by cancer with essential information and support. In peak hours the Cancerline receives, on average, 76 calls per hour. </span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£918</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> could fund a Macmillan Nurse for a working week. </span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></strong></p>
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