<p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">After years of telling people I am going to start running and talking a good game I have now taken the plunge and with the support of a great charity Anim-mates am completing London&rsquo;s Run to the beat half marathon on the 25th of September</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anim-mates are an animal sanctuary with a simple message "they will not put down a healthy animal".</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anim-Mates exist to relieve the suffering and distress of animals in need of care and attention, in the South East London and North West Kent, in any or all of the following ways.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 3.75pt 0cm 10pt 42pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&sect;<span style="font: 7pt/normal &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> rescue, care for, and rehome stray, abandoned and unwanted animals </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 42pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&sect;<span style="font: 7pt/normal &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> provide long term foster care for homeless animals</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 42pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&sect;<span style="font: 7pt/normal &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> provide veterinary treatment, vaccination and neutering where necessary</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anybody unlucky enough to have seen me play football recently can vouch for how unfit I am! So please bare this in mind when digging deep to support us.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>