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Dear <<First Name>>
As I’m sure you are aware, the RP outreach project was launched in June 2009. Over the last 18 months, our Outreach Officer, Sue Drew, has worked to support many hundreds of patients and families affected by retinitis pigmentosa.
We need your help to ensure Sue’s work continues
Our initial funding for the project ran out earlier this year, and our trustees agreed to fund this work for a further 10 months from the charity’s reserve funds. However, we are unable to continue with the project beyond this unless further funding is obtained.
This is where you come in ...
By donating safely and securely through our website (www.brps.org.uk), you can ensure that our outreach work continues.
To help us continue to offer invaluable support to people like Paul (whose story is shown on the right), please give a gift of support this Christmas.
Thanking you in advance for your generosity.
David Head
Chief Executive
RP Fighting Blindness
Registered Charity 271729 |
Paul's Story...
"I was told by the Consultant that RP was incurable, progressive, untreatable and I would go blind. There was nothing they could do for me.
I felt my future die, and my hopes and dreams with it. I was brought to my knees by any attempt to make sense of it all. Nothing in my life experience prepared me for this.
Eventually, I turned to the internet and, via a post on the Facebook group page, managed to get in touch with Sue, in her role as Outreach Officer. She listened, offered suggestions, directed me to resources; she was an independent contact, someone I could open up to, be honest with. Thanks to Sue, I realised I was not alone. That was the beginning of my journey of acceptance and adjustment. Without that resource, that first step would have been so much harder to take.
Many people that receive an RP diagnosis, just like me, find themselves unable to turn to anyone for help, for understanding, for a way forward. Currently, through the outreach project, RP Fighting Blindness provides a lifeline to people like me. It is vital that this continues.”
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