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<p>Thankyou for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p>
<p>On October 30th 2011 i will taking part in the BUPA Great South Run.The race is a 10 mile event.I decided to step out of retirement for the first time in 11 years when i ran my last ever marathon the London Flora Marathon 2000.I made a number of attempts to get back into training but could not find any motivation.In March 2010 i started working for the Co-operative company.The Co-op decided to have Mencap as their Charity of the year and for sometime i had wanted to get involved and the fact i missed running so much,i decided to set a target in doing a race to raise money for Mencap.The BUPA Great South Run was a race i had decided to take part because having done the race before and being quite local,i thought it be a great incentive.This race will be for raising as much money as possible for such a good cause and i want to run thise event in memory for my Mum and Dad who both passed away in 2006.</p>
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<div><strong>£25 </strong>could help us to make the first visit to a family who have a newly-born child with a learning disability and desperately need advice and support.</div>
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<li><strong>£50</strong> could pay for two young people with a learning disability to take part in our Gateway Award programme for a year. </li>
<li><strong>£140</strong> would enable us to respond to ten calls on our freephone Learning Disability Helpline and provide vital information and support to people with a learning disability and their families. </li>
<li><strong>£250</strong> could pay for 16 children who cannot speak to attend a special workshop where they can learn Makaton sign language. </li>
<li><strong>£570</strong> could pay for one of our 16-week courses for volunteers, to train them to provide advice and support to families who have a child with a learning disability. </li>
<li><strong>£2,000</strong> could provide 250 families who have just found out their baby has a learning disability with an advice pack.</li>
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<p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>
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<p>Thankyou Julian</p>