**Update**

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On 3rd January 2007 Shaun Francis Henderson was killed in a road collision in Stevenage at the hands of a driver who was found to be over the legal alcohol limit at the time. Shaun is originally from Edinburgh, and in order to publicise the dangers of drinking and driving, his brother Robert Henderson is planning a 400-mile sponsored run from Edinburgh to Stevenage, commencing on 28th June 2008.

Robert, an experienced long-distance runner, aims to complete the run over 20 days, and is seeking sponsorship, with proceeds going to brother Shaun's partner and children.

His overnight stops are in Lauder, Jedburgh, Otterburn, Consett, Darlington,Thirsk, York, Selby, Doncaster, Retford, Newark on Trent, Grantham, Stamford, Corby, Bedford, and finishing in Stevenage (costello’s café in Fairlands Valley Park) via Letchworth and Hitchin.

He is having a fund raiser in Edinburgh (3 sisters in the Cowgate) on FRIDAY 18th April 2008. 7.30pm to 1am. Tickets £10

We feel sure that CADD supporters will want to encourage Robert in his multi-marathon run, and if you would like to sponsor him, please contact him by e-mail at robert.henderson@castlebrae.edin.sch.uk , or by phone on 0131 621 0202 or 07809 700724.

All at CADD wish you well, Robert.

A good friend of CADD is Kim Smith, who lives in Manolo Fortich on the island of Mindanoa in the Southern Philippines. Manolo is a place of extreme poverty, graphically described by Kim in a recent e-mail to us :-

“Everything costs money and they don’t have any. People die for the want of a simple aspirin to thin the blood after a heart attack. 1 in 5 carry hepatitis to an early grave and a massive number of untreated diabetics watch their bodies rot away, always knowing what kind of end they will have (it’s gruesome) but simply unable to afford the medication. If you’re sick and you’re poor, you just die. With poor sanitation, little or no health education, poor nutrition...lot’s of people get sick. Old people are a rarity when compared to the UK. Essential milk supplements, minerals and vitamins are just too expensive and a lot of kids get sick too.”.

One of the key problems of the area is a severe lack of education - without access to learning facilities, there is no opportunity for people to escape the poverty trap of Manolo. In order to address this problem, two American ex-pats, David and Carlyn Hooyer, are building a free library for the locals out of their own pockets. However, stocking the library with books is going to be a problem, and Kim is hoping that our members will be able to help out -

“We need every kind of book we can get our hands on. Old and not-so, text-books and kid’s books, novels, paperbacks, Milnes and Boones, biographies.........everything. Leftovers from jumble sales and of course all the stuff that many libraries send to the incinerator after its shelf-life. We’d be SO grateful of your help.”

If you have any old books that you don’t need any more, Kim, David and Carlyn would be extremely grateful, and we hope you will agree that this is a wonderful cause. Please send books of ANY type or subject to the following address :-

David Hooyer
Dumotan Street
Poblacion
Manolo Fortich
Bukidnon
Mindanoa,
The Philippines

If you need any further information, or would like to help in any other way, the best way to contact Kim is by e-mail at kim@kimsmith.co.uk .

If you use a printer or fax machine, each spent cartridge could earn CADD around £1. Any old mobile phones in your cupboards? Each used mobile phone is worth around £5 - estimates suggest there are close to 90 million handsets hiding in drawers and cupboards in the UK so if any of these are yours, why not use them to raise valuable funds for us? Or, consider getting your employer involved – recycling is a great way for companies to go green!

Taking part is easy – simply visit www.recyclingappeal.com and click the ‘Recycle Now’ button. If you have product to send in, you will either receive a freepost envelope or a call from a member of the Recycling Appeal team to coordinate a free collection. To ensure the funds your products raise are directed to CADD, simply insert our name in the ‘Collecting For’ field. Alternatively, call 08451 30 20 10 to join our Recycling Appeal.

Your participation in this recycling campaign will raise greatly needed funds for our organisation. If you have any further questions about CADD’s Recycling Appeal, please call the Recycling Appeal team on 08451 30 20 10.

Are you sympathetic and a good listener? Would you like to help people from the comfort of your own home? Then why not volunteer to be a helpliner? We urgently need helpline staff who would like to work either on a regular basis or as back up when one of our regular helpliners can't work on a particular day.

The CADD helpline offers an invaluable service to people caught up in the trauma of road death and injury, and provides support and practical advice to people when they most need it. You can really make a difference by being a CADD helpliner, and it is a rewarding and satisfying experience.

If you are interested and would like more information about being a helpline volunteer, please contact us.