<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></strong></p> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;">A better place to be when they need it the most</span></strong> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: red; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Wessex Heartbeat&rsquo;s HIGH 5 Appeal will create a unit designed for the needs of young people aged 16 upwards with heart conditions.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br>The unit will improve their quality of life whilst in hospital, providing better surroundings and facilities for their physical, psychological and emotional wellbeing.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks to advances in cardiac medicine and surgery, babies born with heart defects are surviving into adulthood and living longer than ever before.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">This means there are many more young adults who need ongoing treatment and surgery.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">A happier place</span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Going through treatment can be hard enough but feeling lonely, bored and detached from your everyday life just makes it worse.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The unit will give them a place where they&rsquo;ll be with others who understand what they&rsquo;re going through, where they can make friends and have more independence.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Staying in touch</span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">It is also important that people keep in touch with their lives outside of hospital, such as their friends, study or work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">The unit will be a place where people </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">use a computer in quiet or hang out with friends that have come to visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">This will help them not to feel &lsquo;left behind&rsquo; while everything outside of hospital carries on as normal.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">The unit will be within the renowned Wessex Cardiac Centre at Southampton General Hospital and will also be </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">for young adults who have been diagnosed with other heart problems, such as irregular heartbeats.&nbsp;<span style="color: black;"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">This unit could be needed by our loved ones, children or grandchildren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Let&rsquo;s make sure it&rsquo;s there for them.<br><br></span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000080;">Thank you<br><span style="color: #3366ff;"><br><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.heartbeat.co.uk/high-5-appeal">http://www.heartbeat.co.uk/high-5-appeal</a></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #000080;">&nbsp;</span></p> </p> </span></span></strong></p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;">&nbsp;</p> </p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><br></strong></span></p> </p> </span> <p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </p> </p>