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On Sunday 19th May Martin Simms completed the Nottingham
Outlaw triathlon which is a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike ride and a
half marathon run. Martin described it as the most gruelling thing Getting married?
he’d ever done in his life. As a result, the fantastic sum of £1,155
has been raised so far in support of LUPUS UK. Martin’s partner, we now provide ‘wedding Favours’ for couples
Karen, has lupus and it had a devastating effect on both their lives who wish to donate to luPus uK and have
two and a half years ago when it attacked her kidneys, but thanks
to research produced a folded table card, which can be
and medical personalised to the individual event. In some
advances, they cases the couple have purchased the butterfly
were thrilled pins as well as making a donation,
to be able to and then attached these to the cards.
run down the
finish straight
together as
Karen is in
recovery and
back running
again herself.
The cards can be used for a number
of different occasions and are not
limited to weddings.
If you would like further information
please call National Office.

We also work with Virgin Money
for online giving and donations
via their website www.virgin-
moneygiving.com. You can set
up your own fundraising page
and ask your friends and family
for sponsorship, or send
LUPUS UK a donation.
JusTGIvING For this period we have
collected £8,842.83 via Virgin
We use JustGiving.com for on-line fundraising and donations. Money Giving.
Visit www.justgiving.com/lupusuk. Instructions on how
to donate/set up a sponsorship page are on this website
and if you open a fundraising page please london to Amsterdam
let Janine have the details. There is a “Donate now”
button on the homepage of the LUPUS UK website cycle for Free!
www.lupusuk.org.uk which links directly to JustGiving.
If you have ever wanted to take
For the period 1st January to 30th April 2019 we have part in an exciting challenge for
collected £63,488.69 via the JustGiving website. If you do charity here is your chance.
give a donation through JustGiving please do not tick the “no We're looking for adventurous
further contact” box as your donation will then be sent to us volunteers to cycle through three
anonymously and we cannot acknowledge receipt. We do of Europe’s most vibrant and well
not place anyone on our database unless they specifically known cities! The challenge
ask to be included. All one off donations will receive an begins on the outskirts of London,
acknowledgement, but contact details will not be used for then on to the continent where
mailshot purposes, or passed to any third party. If you wish you'll cycle along the famous
to make a one off payment to LUPUS UK it is more canals of Amsterdam before
cost effective to send it heading to the beautiful city of
direct to us by post or Brussels. For those of you in search of an exciting challenge
via the LUPUS UK website just give us a call at the office on 01708 731251 or email -
www.lupusuk.or g.uk janine@lupusuk.org.uk with your home address and we will
send you a full information pack and everything you need to
as JustGiving do charge take part in this fantastic event.
a commission and we cannot
always identify the donation. An unforgettable experience awaits you.
book via our website www.lupusuk.org.uk
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