LUPUS UK is a cause which is extremely close to Reece Mennie’s heart. In 2015, Reece’s mother tragically passed away from Lupus and it’s for that reason Reece supports LUPUS UK.

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Lupus is an illness of the immune system, and it’s incurable. It’s likely genetic and the main sufferers of the illness are females. It can affect any part of a sufferer’s body. It’s that fact that makes it very dangerous. The frightening thing is that the actual number of Lupus sufferers is probably wildly underestimated. So, this is Lupus. It’s a nasty illness. But the fightback is underway, led in Britain by LUPUS UK.

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LUPUS UK has 5,000 members and a regional group network around the UK. They arrange medical talks, publish local newsletters, set up local meetings and organise fundraising events. For health professionals, they produce a range of high-quality information for patients, carers and medical professionals.

Richard House Children's Hospice based in East London provides palliative care to children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions across London.

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Opened in 2000, Richard House was London’s first children’s hospice. It was founded by their Life-President Anthea Hare, who was inspired by both her experience as a paediatric nurse at Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel and through helping her parents to look after her severely autistic brother.

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Today they support more than 300 families from Newham, Barking, Dagenham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Hackney, Redbridge, Haringey, Islington, Ilford, Camden and into South Essex.