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Spring 2020
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Cobalt at a glanc
CHARITY LAUNCHED
IN 1964
HEADQUARTERS welcome
IN CHELTENHAM Welcome to the spring edition of Cobalt If you would like to come and see how
News. As always we have lots of exciting your donations are used, find out more
IMAGING RESEARCH CENTRE BASED AT news to share with you, including details about the work of the charity, or see
of upcoming events and ways you can behind the scenes and some of the
INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. get involved in supporting the work of remarkable diagnostic equipment, then
the Charity. At Cobalt we are dedicated to please do join us at our next Information
75,000 8 MRI SCANNERS
providing patients with access to the very Evening on Monday 18th May. Please do
best medical imaging for their diagnosis. let us know as soon as possible if you
1 PET/CT SCANNER
We raise funds to provide services above would like to attend, as these events are
and beyond what is usually available from always popular and space is very limited.
SCANS LAST YEAR the NHS.
We always love to hear from you. You
We invest your generous donations in can call us on 01242 535922, email us at
680 FREE ONCOLOGY SCANS EVERY YEAR SUPPORTING THE NHS cutting edge equipment; for example, in fundraising@cobalthealth.co.uk or visit
3 99%
the last year we have purchased a new us at Linton House, Thirlestaine Road,
MOBILE CT PATIENT 3D mammography machine, state of the Cheltenham.
SCANNERS SATISFACTION art CT scanners, a blood analysis machine
and a specialist injection chair. We provide We are on Facebook (Facebook
funding for specialist nursing posts, Supporters), Twitter (@cobaltfr) and
including a nurse for teenagers and young Instagram (cobalt supporters).
1000 YEARS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR VOLUNTEER CARD MAKERS
adults with cancer and research nurses in
the fields of dementia and breast cancer. Thank you for all that you do for Cobalt.
35 PATIENTS/FAMILIES SUPPORTED BY THE COBALT FUNDED Together with your help we can raise
TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER SPECIALIST NURSE In October last year, we launched our money to support our life-changing
Cobalt Breast Cancer Fund appeal to fund projects for patients and their families.
OVER 50 FUNDING OVER 50 PET/CT
SCANS TO ENABLE THE EARLY
breast cancer research nurses. An amazing
£50,922 was raised through the Big Give
Christmas Challenge in one week! Thanks
Julia
RESEARCH PROJECTS
DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA to your support, the Trust have already Julia Jenkins,
AND CLINICAL TRIALS been able appoint the nurses, see page 8 Head of
LEADING PROVIDER OF LUNG CANCER Fundraising
SCREENING SERVICES IN THE UK WORKING
OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NHS TRUSTS.
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latest news Lung cancer Screening update
In April 2019 Cobalt launched the will also be provided, early indications
first commissioned lung cancer show that around 95% of attendees will
screening service in the UK, working in either stop smoking or reduce the number
partnership with Manchester University of cigarettes smoked.
NHS Foundation Trust to provide the
Manchester Lung Health Check service. Funding for these Cobalt services has been
provided by the NHS and through the
NHS England is funding ten lung cancer generous support of the Clive and Sylvia
Welcoming
screening services in England. These Richards Charity.
new services focus on areas with a high
occurrence of lung cancer. To date Cobalt
has been successful in being appointed as
our new Chair the partner for all of the five lung cancer
screening services being launched before
April 2020.
Dr Peter Warry (L) and Neil Holbrook (R) L-R Peter Warry - Former Chair of the Board of
We are pleased to announce the The screening programme will also identify Trustees, Peter Sharpe – CEO, Roisin Dobbin-Stacey –
appointment of Neil Holbrook as our new sector and has been a Trustee of Cobalt other medical conditions such as chronic PET and CT Manager, Sylvia and Clive Richards and
Dave Wilkins, Head of Diagnostic Imaging, Siemens
Chair of the Board of Trustees. Neil will be for the last two years. obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Healthineers UK - launching the new CT scanner for
picking up the reins from former Chair, and other pathologies, which have not yet Manchester
Dr Peter Warry who retired after six years Peter Sharpe, Cobalt’s Chief Executive said been diagnosed. Smoking cessation advice
at the helm in December. We would like “We are sorry to lose Dr Warry as the Chair of
EDUCATION
to say a special thank you to Peter for the the Board of Trustees. Peter has contributed
support and guidance he has shown the significantly to the development of Cobalt
team during his term. including many new ventures. These include
a new research imaging centre at the Cobalt delivers a diverse programme GPs, physiotherapists, chiropractors and
Neil is Chief Executive of Cotswold Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham of free education events for medical osteopaths all benefit from our event
Archaeology, a charity that provides and the launch of lung cancer screening in professionals. These lectures enable programme.
professional archaeology and heritage Manchester last year. We are delighted to national clinical leaders to share their
services in the UK. Under Neil’s leadership, welcome Neil Holbrook as the new Chair, knowledge, experience and research The clinic in Cheltenham is also the
the charity has grown to become one of Neil has significant experience in running a findings, improving best practice, UK home of MRI in Practice, the world
the UK’s largest archaeological providers. charity and this will enhance the expertise of ultimately resulting in the most effective renowned MRI physics course. The course
Neil has experience from within the charity the current Board of Trustees.” treatments for patients. Local oncologists, attracts delegates from all over the world.
radiologists, radiographers, consultants,
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rese
arch
The Institute of Translational
Medicine (ITM) Imaging Centre Dementia Research
Cobalt provides a state-of-the-art MRI
research service from their imaging
sclerosis, Fabry disease and Alzheimer’s
disease on the brain Update
centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in • Spondyloarthritis in the spine
Birmingham. Rather than replicate the MRI • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease There are currently over 12,000 patients
research provided by other research sites • Fabry disease on the heart in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and
the Charity has strived to develop a unique Worcestershire living with dementia.
facility with a 3.0 Tesla MRI scanner. This 2.The effects of kidney transplants on the Cobalt provides free specialist patient scans
includes specialist software to look at the hearts of both the donor and recipient to support early diagnoses of dementia.
heart, the elasticity of tissue including
liver, muscle and brain; with advanced 3. The effects of transplants on the loss of The Charity funds and participates in
imaging of the brain to see areas affected skeletal muscle mass and strength national and international research projects
by disease and the effect on movement, focussed on the treatment of dementia.
memory, speech and decision-making. 4. The effects of concussion on the brain This includes funding two dementia
The service started in December 2016 research nursing posts, working with
and currently is involved in research 5. The effects of hunger on decision Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS
investigating: making. Foundation Trust. The nurses identify
suitable patients to recruit into clinical trials.
1. The effectiveness of drugs on diseases The Research Centre also recently worked
such as; with the BBC providing imaging to show Special thanks to The Eveson Charitable
• Epilepsy, Huntingdon’s disease, multiple the effects of takeaway food on the brain. Trust, who supported the role of our
dementia research nurses and our research
into dementia for Herefordshire this
RESEARCH Focus year. The Trust has been supporting
our work for many years – thank you.
Research using medical imaging is We are committed to investing in
essential to understand more about research, and have appointed Dr Ayah
disease and treatments. It plays an Nawwar as our first research fellow.
important role in discovering new The Radiology Research Fellowship was
and assessing the efficacy of existing awarded in partnership with University
treatments. Research provides vital Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
information which can progress medicine to increase our research portfolio into
for the benefit of existing and future the diagnosis of dementia using PET/CT.
generations. Aine McGovern has been appointed as Dr. Ayah Nawwar
research radiographer to help support the
P6. Cobalt News – Autumn 2019 development of research trials. Cobalt News – Spring 2020. P7
Events Calendar 2020
Cobalt Breast Cancer Fund
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ll with friends,
raised enough for the first year of funding funding for future years. We will keep you family and your four legged
friends along
(of a three year commitment) for the updated on further breast studies that are this seven mile walk. Sign
up on the
appointment of a Senior Breast Cancer introduced and how this improves access Cobalt website or phone 012
42 535922.
Research Nurse and a Research Support to new therapies and techniques for Meet outside the Nailswort
h Fire Station
Officer. These appointments have already Gloucestershire breast cancer patients. GL6 0DU for 10am start. Fre
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enabled the opening of a breast screening in the town.
trial in Gloucestershire. Previously, without ‘My role as Research Support Officer is very
these nurses in place, it was not possible diverse. It is not just about recruiting patients. SATURDAY 11 APRIL THE BIG EASTER
EGG TRAIL - come and join the Easter SATURDAY 9 MAY PLANT SALE -
to actively recruit patients into breast It involves collecting data, patient follow-
Bunny to find the clues around the park brighten your garden with bedding
cancer research trials. ups, maintaining site files, knowing about
and win some Easter chocolate. A joint plants, perennials and shrubs sold in
the regulatory bodies, protocols and the
event to support Cobalt and Maggie’s, aid of Cobalt, plants kindly provided
The initial trial enables a different consent process. Research underpins all of
entry £2.50 per child. Sandford Park by Greenway Nurseries. Refreshments
approach for screening women with the knowledge we have today and improves
Café, Cheltenham GL53 7PU 1pm - 4pm available. Cobalt, Linton House,
dense breasts. Other trials have already patient access to the best care and treatment
Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham
been identified which will introduce new available. The whole notion of improving
GL53 7AS 10am - 2pm.
screening techniques, some with the health and wellbeing through research
potential to reduce the need for invasive interests me greatly and I feel very proud to
surgery for certain patients. be a part of this.’ MONDAY 11 to 17 MAY - DEMENTIA
AWARENESS WEEK please visit our
We have raised £75,000 of our £200,000 Mrs Helen Babbage, website for events, activities and ideas to
target and still need to raise the funds for Research Support Officer raise money for our work in dementia.
years two and three to enable this project
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Events Calendar 2020 Events Calendar 2020
MONDAY 18 MAY INFORMATION
EVENING – join Chief Executive Peter SATURDAY 27 JUNE CHAR SUNDAY 19 JULY STOWELL PARK OPEN
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Sharpe at Linton House for an update AT BATSFORD ARBORETUM GARDEN - join us in this splendid private
- join the
on the work of Cobalt. There will be an fun - live music, bar and som garden to explore the walled garden,
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opportunity to see behind the scenes “money can’t buy” auction stroll the flower-filled terraces, enjoy
lots! Tickets
of the Imaging Centre and some of the £10 to include hog roast, specialist talks and refreshments in the
dessert and
latest diagnostic imaging equipment. a drink. Email auctiontick ballroom café. Admission £6.00 per
ets_cobalt@
Refreshments included. Places are hotmail.com Batsford Arb adult, children under 16 free. Please -
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limited and always popular - please call Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9AD No Dogs except Assistance Dogs. Stowell
01242 535922. Cobalt, Linton House, 6.30pm - 10.30pm Park, Northleach, GL54 3LE 2pm - 5pm
Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham GL53 7AS
6:00pm – 7:30pm
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- another chance to stock up your GLOUCESTERSHIRE VINTAGE AND
garden with summer flowers sold in COUNTRY EXTRAVAGANZA - a family
aid of Cobalt, plants kindly provided fun day at one of the biggest and best
by Greenway Nurseries. Refreshments steam, vintage and country events in
available. Cobalt, Linton House, the UK. Visit the Cobalt stall near the
Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham entrance. More information at
GL53 7AS 10am - 2pm www.glosvintageextravaganza.co.uk
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Autumn 2020
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Events Calendar 2020 Choose your challenge
(and raise funds for Cobalt)
SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER BREAST CANCER
If you need inspiration for how to raise money, then have a look at our
INFLATABLE 5K IS BACK - a 5K run with AWARENESS MONTH - please see our
a difference - over 20 giant inflatable website for events, activities and ideas
list of ideas. We are always excited to hear about new, unique and exciting
obstacles to tackle! Families, friends to raise money for Cobalt’s Breast ideas too. Whatever you want to do for Cobalt, make sure you give us a call
and colleagues join together to help Cancer Fund. on 01242 535922 and tell us what you’re up to – we’re always happy to
Team Cobalt. Places limited and booking help where we can!
essential. Adults £20 and children
£10. Phone 01242 535922 or email
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We can’t do our work without
the incredible support of the Treasure
community. Hunt
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IN OUR ARCHIVES VOLUNTEERS STORIES
LOOKING
BACK 30 Jenny Bailey, Judy Anderson and
YEARS Gloucestershire Echo
30th March 1990
Sue Brunsdon, talk to us about
their years of fundraising for
Cobalt and how coffee brought a
community together.
The breast screening programme in Enhanced Spectral Mammography (using
Gloucestershire was launched 30 years an injected dye to highlight abnormal Neighbours Jenny and Judy, started Jenny is also known for her swishing
ago. Local and national newspapers widely areas and cancers). This enables fundraising back in the autumn of 2002, (clothes swap) event. Attendees can swap
covered the story about the ‘revolutionary doctors to diagnose breast cancer more after both received their diagnoses of up to five items of clothing at the event,
and fully computerised service. The precisely and accurately than with simple breast cancer. Originally, the coffee which has been running for ten years.
service was originally housed in Linton mammography. morning and sale started in Jenny’s house The team are now raising money for
House, Cobalt’s Headquarters. A mobile and due to demand then expanded to Cobalt’s latest campaign to provide
mammography unit was purchased by the Why is continual breast cancer funding take over neighbour Judy’s house and their breast cancer research nurses for
Charity to make the service available to so important to Cobalt? back gardens. By supporting Cobalt, Jenny, Gloucestershire.
women in rural areas. ‘Medicine is changing rapidly all the time, Judy and friend Sue, knew the money
and we always want to remain state-of- would be spent locally and benefit people The ladies told us how important they
Cobalt funded a £5.1 million investment the-art, which is quite difficult with the just like them. Invitations and posters were think research into the disease is. Jenny
in 2009 to create the Thirlestaine fiscal state of the country. Getting the all created by hand and distributed around said “It’s very important, the research
Breast Centre. The breast service is equipment is more difficult as the health the neighbourhood. results from the work these nurses
run by the NHS. Over 28,000 screening service struggles for funds. We’re often do will ultimately help to give medical
mammograms are taken each year and up not quite at the frontline because we’re In 2018, the team moved the event professionals more insight and help to
to 125 symptomatic patients are seen each not A&E. That’s why having any additional to Emmanuel Church because it had develop treatments. The nurses will be
week at the Thirlestaine Breast Centre. support from medical charity Cobalt is so outgrown their homes. Around 100 local and serving the community which is
helpful. Getting new equipment and help people attend each year and the team fantastic news”.
Last year we were able to purchase a new with research will always be in demand.’ run a tombola, raffle, craft stall and serve
3D mammography machine to enable refreshments. This year the fundraising If you would like to organise an event in
a more accurate diagnosis of breast Professor Iain Lyburn, Cobalt’s Medical trio will have raised over £20,000 for aid of Cobalt please do give us a call to
cancer at an earlier stage. The equipment Director and Consultant Radiologist for Cobalt. see how we can help 01242 535922
also has the ability to provide Contrast Cobalt and the NHS email fundraising@cobalthealth.co.uk.
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APRIL is our
Make a Will
Day in the life of
Month our IT Manager
Making a Will can offer peace of mind, enabled Cobalt to fund some life changing
We chat to Nick Thompson to find out what
bring any outstanding affairs into order, services and equipment over the years
offer potential inheritance tax benefits including:
it’s like to work in the world of IT
and provide a vital source of income from • funding for a new Teenagers and Young
any legacies left to charity. During April, Adults with Cancer Specialist Nurse I’ve been working at Cobalt for just CT (Computerised Tomography) lung
partner solicitors donate their expertise • provision of training and education for over two and half years now. My role screening launch in the north of England.
and time to Cobalt. healthcare professionals can involve planning how to best
• a cutting-edge PET/CT scanner for the use IT, project managing through to I work alongside another IT expert Pete
They will write or update straightforward Cobalt Imaging Centre, providing faster, troubleshooting problems such as issues Charlton who has knowledge in the
Wills for you, in return for a voluntary safer and clearer scans for patients with logging on or not being able to access technical side, such as networks and
donation to Cobalt. The suggested • contributing to local, national and folders or printers. At Cobalt we have servers. We also have remote IT desktop
donation to Cobalt is £100 for a single international cancer and dementia several clinical systems such as PACS support for staff for when Pete and I are
Will, £150 for mirror Wills. research programmes (Picture Archiving and Communication busy on projects.
System) and RIS (Radiology Information
Simon Cook, Partner and Head of the If you haven’t yet made a Will or need System) and I am currently working on We ensure that Cobalt maintains an
Wills, Probate and Trusts Team at Willans to update your current Will please do a project to implement a new patient excellent level of cyber security, every
LLP said ‘Making a Will is so important as consider Cobalt’s Make A Will Month administration system called Soliton. computer and server and all the IT related
it provides peace of mind that your estate scheme - for a list of the participating parts of our business are secure. Regular
will be distributed as you wish. Although solicitors or for further information please A typical day used to involve going out updates are implemented to keep hackers
there is absolutely no requirement to visit our website www.cobalthealth.co.uk on the road to support our mobile MRI at bay and our information safe from theft
do so, you may choose to leave a gift to or phone the team on 01242 535922 for units at hospital sites around the country. and viruses. There are different ways of
charity which can help reduce inheritance a Make a Will Month pack. Places are very This was to enable smooth and secure testing cyber security, it’s not just making
tax on your estate’. limited so book your appointment today. connection to the hospital computer sure everything has anti-virus on and the
system for the transfer of patients’ scan firewalls tight, it also includes working with
In the 10 years since the scheme began Thank you to all our partner solicitors images . We now have software in place staff to ensure they use data responsibly
over £100,000 has been raised for Cobalt. who donate their time to our Make a Will so that I can support people remotely, and that it is kept secure at all times.
The donations we receive are put towards Month. saving the Charity time and money. More
our charitable objectives. Legacies have recently, I’ve been involved in the mobile
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Thank you everyone who has or is thinking of helping Cobalt this year.
We are incredibly lucky to have such a huge breadth of support from all age ranges Card recycling - donated Christmas cards were sorted by over 70 volunteers
(including volunteers from IRESS, G E Aviation and Capita) and will be upcycled into
across the community, from schools, local business and social groups through to
new greetings cards to raise funds for the charity for you to buy next Christmas. The
individuals and charitable trusts.
charity was featured by BBC Points West and Radio Gloucestershire. Cards were
Charity partner, IRESS enjoyed another year of donated from across the county including lots of schools, companies and volunteers
fundraising for Cobalt, holding in house raffles, who collected from their community. Their hard work raises over £30,000 per year
competitions and a variety of challenge events. which is a fantastic achievement. Printwaste, who specialise in shredding and
IRESS raised £8,850 in 2019 for Cobalt - thank recycling have supported the Charity for eight years and will ensure that any waste
you Team IRESS! We are really looking forward to including trimmings is recycled and reduce unnecessary household waste.
another amazing year of fundraising in 2020.
Please remember we accept greetings cards all year round as well as stamps
A very special thank you to Sarah Cook. and foreign currency.
Sarah had recently celebrated her organise a fundraising ball, to give back
50th birthday, surrounded by friends, to those who were helping her to get Collecting tin success for Country
family and her two sons, when she was well. The Pittville Breast Cancer Ball, was Quality Meat Nailsworth. Each year
diagnosed with breast cancer, in July a fabulous evening, enjoyed by over 130 Cobalt Collecting Tins in the community
2018. Devastating news, which came as guests. The event raised a phenomenal help to raise over £16,000. Paul from
a shock. She had two operations, rounds £11,000 of which £7,335 has been Country Quality Meat, a butcher’s shop
of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and donated to Cobalt towards the breast in Nailsworth, exchanges dog bones for
tamoxifen treatment, before winning her cancer research nurses fund. donations. Paul’s generous customers and
battle and being confirmed cancer free their happy dogs raise over £800 each year.
in October. Well done to Paul and all his generous
customers, human and canine!
Sarah’s admirable positive attitude,
energy and strength over the past 18
months helped her through the mental Thank you to all our amazing supporters who organise cake sales throughout the
and physical battle. Whilst still receiving year for us. Please do keep sending your photos in!
chemotherapy, Sarah decided toClubs and societies rally round to Churchdown Players donated £750 Thank you to all our fab knitters - one volunteer Jackie
support Cobalt. raised from their Christmas pantomime kindly donated over 500 knitted miniature Christmas
Cheltenham Miniaturist Club collect retiring collection and donated a further chocolate puddings and raised an impressive £750. ‘I
‘Pennies for Cobalt’ at their monthly £150. Well done everyone and watch out make the Christmas puddings in the evenings whilst
meetings, as well as having an occasional for their next performance in April. watching television as my hands don’t like to be idle. I
sales table and running a tombola at a also knit in the car whilst navigating and map reading for
Doll’s House Fair. Since 2006 the Club my husband!’ If you would like patterns to knit for Cobalt
has collected over £5k for Cobalt. please do get in touch.
The Cheltenham Bridge Club raised over
£750 from their December bridge and
tea afternoon. The club has raised over
Carolyn Nicholls from
£5k over the last ten years.
Churchdown Players
Thank you to Geoff Davis and Philip
Jones from the Royal Union Lodge for Thank you to all the Gloucestershire
their kind donation of £1500 presented WI’s and many other clubs and societies Thank you to Jill William’s friends and
to Head of MRI Services, Karen who have been helping to raise funds family who helped to raise over £2000
Hackling-Searle in January 2020. and awareness of our work. Thinus Delport, retired pro-rugby player for our Breast Cancer Fund from lots of
joined supporters at the Royal Oak in fundraising activities including a head
If your club, society or organistaion North Woodchester to help raise funds. shave and chest wax!
would like a talk about the work
of medical charity Cobalt please
The Local Answer – have helped to raise
do contact us. We offer talks of
funds and awareness of the work of the
varying length about the history
charity across Gloucestershire through
of the Charity and all the latest
their magazine (180,000 distributed
developments.
every month) and their digital presence. Zurich Community Trust raised funds
Ecclesiastical cake sale raised a
to support Teenagers and Young Adults
whopping £1000
with cancer Nurse
Trioscape held a Festive Flower
Arranging Evening with with RHS Gold Forest of Dean Brass Band concert
kindly donated £10,000 to support our raised over £100 towards Cobalt’s
Medallist Katherine Keir. Funds were
charitable work. Teenagers and Young Adults with
doubled through the Big Give (match
funding platform) giving a grand total of Cancer Nurse
The Stroud Symphony Orchestra
£2250.00
concert held at Holy Trinity Church in
Stroud raised over £450
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Lhotse [sits next to Everest] and is 8,516 card online or by phone please visit
metres high. Philip is training five days per www.cobalthealth.co.uk or call 01242 535922 No I am not a UK tax payer
week working hard in the gym as the challenge
begins on April 5th, his birthday. Philip will be Please save the postage, a thank you letter is I would like to set up a regular direct debit
not necessary donation please send me details
taking a Cobalt flag with him to fly high at the
summit, all being well. Good luck Philip!
Please email my acknowledgement to:
Please send me more information about
You can support Philip through Just leaving a gift in my Will to Cobalt
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