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My 8 year old grandson Jimmy has a friend who was recently diagnosed with autism.  He sat chatting to me about it for a while, and came up with the idea that he really wanted to raise money for an Autisim charity. I suggested he do a sponsored silence, but however we quickly realised he hasn't the capacity to stay quiet for longer than two minutes. 😁

The idea snowballed from there and he emailed lots of companies who have been very generous in donating raffle prizes including a signed Alan Shearer football ⚽ and signed Manchester United Pennant. A bake sale has also been organised for Monday 7th October 2019 3pm with the raffle being drawn afterwards. 

I'm so proud of this lad for the passion he has shown in the quest to raise as much money as possible for this cause. We already, through Facebook have a donation page for The National Autisim Charity. But having spent time at The Alan Shearer Centre in Newcastle with his friend he decided that he wanted some of the funds to go to this local charity. 

The Alan Shearer Centre is a highly specialist, respite, residential and social facility for people with complex disabilities and acute sensory impairments. 

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