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FACTS:

A Christian church and charity

One o the largest, most

diverse providers o social

welare in the world

Works in 111 countries

worldwide, with 1.6m

members and 107,000

employees

Runs local church,

community centres and

residential centres

The 5th largest charity

in the UK

Founded by William Booth

in 1865 in East London

What is The Salvation Army?

The Salvation Army is one o the largest, most diverse providers o social services in

the UK ater the Government. Founded in East London in 1865, we are now working

in 111 countries worldwide. As a church and registered charity, we demonstrate our

Christian principles through social welare provision. Worldwide there are over 1.6

million members, with programmes including homeless centres, drug rehabilitation

centres, schools, hospitals and medical centres, as well as nearly 16,000 church and

community centres. The work o The Salvation Army is unded through donations

rom its members, the general public and, where appropriate, local authority and

government grants.

Local Salvation Army church and community centres oer a range o activities andservices within their local communities. People can become involved in all sorts o

ways, through volunteering with undraising initiatives, attending church services and

helping with local activities.

The Salvation Army also supports the work o the emergency services by providing

rereshments, shelter and counselling at major incidents. Recently this has included

the 7th July London bombings, the devastating hurricanes in Southern USA, and the

severe oods in Carlisle and Boscastle.

In the UK and Republic o Ireland, The Salvation Army has approximately:

50,000 members (adult, junior and adherent members)

4,000 employees

1,500 Salvation Army ofcers (ull-time ministers)

776 local church and community centres (including outreach centres and outposts)

50 residential centres or homeless men, women and amilies

18 residential centres or elderly people

6 centres or amilies, 1 community home or children

6 substance misuse centres

2 centres or people with special needs

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www.salvationarmy.org.uk

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The Salvation Army has

over 750 local church and

community centres

Local church and community

centres are oten called

corps

Churches run a range o week-

day activities, eg. parent-and-

toddler groups

Churches are normally run

by Salvation Army ofcers

(ministers)

Church teaching is based on

mainstream Christian teaching

Churches hold services

on Sundays

The Salvation Army in the UK

The Salvation Army has more than 750 local Salvation Army churches, known as

corps in the UK. These are primarily worship centres that also play an active part in

the local community. No two Salvation Army churches are the same but have eatures

in common, such as holding weekly services and running week-day activities.

Practical help may include providing the ollowing activities: parent-and-toddler

groups, playgroups, counselling services, clubs or elderly or disabled people,

provision o meals or elderly or homeless people, ood parcels or disadvantaged

people and charity shops providing clothing and urniture or people in need.

The Salvation Army oten works in partnership with local authorities and other

agencies to run programmes, such as Sure Start. Local centres are also used by otherlocal groups to hold their activities, eg. Alcoholics Anonymous.

Worship services (meetings) are held every Sunday and are attended by a cross-

section o society, both in age and socio-economic groups. The style o worship

has a certain degree o structure, but largely encourages reedom o expression,

and regular participation by the congregation. Anyone can attend a Salvation Army

service; some members wear a Salvation Army uniorm but you do not have to

wear a uniorm to attend and be part o the activities. A typical service will include

congregational singing, prayers, Bible readings and a talk or sermon. The Salvation

Army is a amily church and aims to involve children and young people in its worship,

so young peoples groups will oten also participate. Additionally, in some areas,

The Salvation Army still holds outdoor services in public places.

Local Salvation Army corps can vary in size rom congregations o 20 to 200.

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One o largest providers o

accommodation in the UK

or homeless people

62 residential centres in the

UK or homeless men, women

and amilies providing well

over 3,000 beds each night

Centres run courses in lie-

skills, IT, and other academiccourses to help career

prospects

Around 60 local church and

community centres run regular

services or homeless people

including meals, clean clothes

and washing acilities

Homelessness

The Salvation Army is one o the leading agencies in the UK working with homeless

people, and believes in breaking the cycle o homelessness by getting people into

their own accommodation permanently. We run 51 residential centres or single,

homeless men and women which provide around 3,000 accommodation places, as

well as separate acilities or amilies. Some have emergency beds or clients but

most residents will be on resettlement courses which normally last six months.

The key is helping individuals and amilies towards living independently by

approaching their needs holistically, addressing their physical, emotional and

spiritual needs. Case workers and resettlement workers work alongside clients to fnd

the best way o helping them achieve independent living in their own homes.Residential centres are now places o change dealing with individual needs. In order

to acilitate this we run a variety o courses including lie-skills courses, IT training

and courses leading to qualifcations which can help clients gain independence and

also improve their job prospects.

Some residential centres also oer more independent accommodation in the orm o

sel-contained ats, which allows clients to live independently but with the support o

sta nearby i needed. This provides a smooth transition to ully independent living.

Around 60 local Salvation Army church and community centres, known as corps,

regularly run activities or services or homeless people. Some oer drop-in acilities

oering rereshments and a riendly chat and inormation about how they can fnd

accommodation. Some centres also run luncheon clubs which are open to anyone

who could beneft rom a good, cheap dinner, whether they are homeless, elderly or

just lonely. Food parcels are available or people to take away with them and some

centres also have washing and bathing acilities or homeless people.

Some local Salvation Army centres are involved in distributing blankets and sleeping

bags, tea and soup where appropriate to people sleeping rough, enabling them to

engage with this marginalised group.

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35,000 older people a week

enjoy a regular social activity

at a local centre

18 residential homes in the

UK and Republic o Ireland

Day-care acilities at

residential centres and

local church and community

centres

Schemes supporting

hundreds o older people

in their own homes

Care or older people

The Salvation Army believes the older generation deserve to be treated with

dignity to receive care when they need it, but to have the opportunity to keep as

much independence as possible. The Salvation Army has been providing care or

older people since 1910 when our frst residential home opened, and it aims to

acknowledge the value o older people and the contribution they make to lie in

society. The Salvation Army provides a diverse range o services or older people

across the UK and Republic o Ireland.

The Salvation Army runs 18 residential centres which provide 24-hour care in a sae,

secure environment or men and women who can no longer manage in their own

homes, and works with local authorities to ensure that those who wish to receivecare have their needs assessed. Whilst elderly care centres are not expected to

provide nursing care, residents with high levels o dependency, including dementia

care in some centres, are cared or as long as possible by sta who are trained or the

job and understand the needs o older people.

A ew Salvation Army centres are able to provide support or older people in their own

homes, where sta and volunteers regularly visit housebound people to check on

their welare, do shopping and small errands or them. These are sometimes run in

conjunction with local councils or other agencies.

Many o The Salvation Armys 750 local church and community centres, known as

corps, run a variety o activities or older people. This may include day care in some

instances, a minibus service to help people get to the centre, regular luncheon clubsand social activities. Clubs may include providing guest speakers, crat activities and

day trips.

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Six specialist detox centres

around the UK

Programme catering or

people with both drug

and alcohol issues

Programmes within the 50

homeless centres or clients

with addiction issues

A National Monitoring

and Evaluation Service

that collates data rom all

addiction programmes to

identiy trends in addiction

to help uture clients

Addiction Services

The Salvation Army is committed to oering help and support to any who seek its

assistance. The continued development o regional and national responses to the

problems caused by alcohol and drugs remains paramount with specifc services

being designed and delivered to meet local needs.

The Salvation Armys specialist detox centres oer medically controlled detoxifcation

to ensure sae withdrawal, with a subsequent rehabilitation and support programme

to acilitate recovery and enable social reintegration.

In addition to the specialist services, The Salvation Army also provides structured

resettlement programmes to support individuals who are ready to move on toindependent living. Substance misuse day-care programmes meet the needs o those

not able or willing to join a residential programme. The Salvation Army also oers

support and help to people who are experiencing substance misuse and their amilies

through hundreds o churches (corps) and community centres throughout the UK.

The Salvation Armys distinctive approach and philosophy or the delivery and

development o Alcohol and other Drug (AoD) services is known as the Bridge

programme.

The Bridge programme is a Christian, bio-psychosocial approach to the problems

o alcohol and substance misuse. It is frmly based upon high-quality client

assessment across physical, psychological and social domains. The programmeincludes accurate assessment inormation which enables individually tailored

programmes to be developed or people. These programmes are monitored and

evaluated to ensure the quality and relevance o the provision, as the person

progresses through their staged recovery.

The Salvation Army also works in association with the University o Kent, Canterbury

which runs courses in Addiction Management that a number o Salvation Army sta

complete. Current research projects are aimed at ensuring that people receiving

treatment rom The Salvation Army have appropriate care

and support in order to maximise the opportunity o recovery

rom problematic alcohol and drug use.

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FACTS:

Handles over 3,000 enquiries

every year

Has an 85% success rate

An NOP poll conducted in

2003 or the Family Tracing

Service ound that 27% o

Britons have lost touch with

a amily member

Founded in 1865, it is one o

the oldest agencies tracing

amily members in the UK

and overseas

The Salvation Army Family Tracing Service

The Salvation Armys Family Tracing Service exists or the purpose o trying to

restore (or to sustain) amily relationships, by locating relatives who, or various

reasons, have become out o touch. Loss o contact may have taken place recently,

or many years ago. It may have been a deliberate break or otherwise. Successul

investigations oten bring a sense o belonging to those who have never known

close blood-ties restoring in them new eelings o dignity, o sel-worth and o lie-

purpose. Over 20,000 amily members now enjoy restored relationships as a result o

enquiries carried out by the Family Tracing Service in the UK.

The service was established in 1865, when the Founder o The Salvation Army William

Booth recognised that amilies were becoming ragmented as a result o social andeconomic pressures. Today, the Family Tracing Service works with colleagues in many

o the 111 countries where The Salvation Army is operating. In addition, requests to

trace relatives arrive regularly rom countries where the Army has never been at work.

The average length o time that a relative has been out o touch is about 16 years and

the average age o persons sought is 48 years. Absolute confdence is observed. The

address o a relative who has been ound is never disclosed without his or her prior

consent. The department is, however, willing to act as a postbox until such time as

all parties involved eel ree to reveal their addresses or direct communication.

The Salvation Army charges only 40 per search and 20 or people on benefts,

regardless o how long the search takes. In real terms, it costs well over 150 or every

case opened. It costs The Salvation Army almost hal a million pounds a year to und

its tracing service.

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A eet o Salvation Army

emergency vehicles supports

the emergency services

around the UK

Local centres provide support

and shelter in evacuation and

other emergency settings

Welare assistance including

mortuary assistance and

beriending

The Salvation Armys emergency services

Whilst not primarily an emergency disaster relie organisation, The Salvation Army

oten fnds itsel serving at the point o greatest need during the emergency period

o a disaster. The Salvation Army provides practical backup and assistance to the

police, fre service and ambulance service as well as the general public at any

major incident.

The Salvation Army currently has a eet o 12 emergency vehicles and teams based

around the UK which are on call day and night and manned by sta and volunteers.

They provide practical help to emergency service workers who may be on site at an

emergency or several hours, such as fre, ood, bombing, chemical incident, train

or plane crash. The purpose-built emergency mobile units are stocked with supplieso ood, blankets and frst-aid equipment, and carry a range o equipment so that

they can be sel-contained at the site o an incident. Local authority emergency

services are aware o what can be provided in their area, and call The Salvation Army

to a pre-arranged plan as required. Sta undergo frst-aid courses and take part in

training exercises as part o their practical experience.

The team also provides beriending and a listening ear or emergency workers who

may be dealing with a very difcult situation. Over 200 Salvation Army sta and

volunteers were mobilised ater the London July 7th bombings, manning vehicles

day and night at the scene, supporting emergency workers and oering counselling

to bereaved amilies in an assistance centre. The Salvation Army also supported

emergency workers during the oods in Boscastle in 2004 and Carlisle in 2005.

In any major incident The Salvation Armys network o local church and community

centres (corps) and social centres could be called upon to assist. Centres can

become shelters or people who have been evacuated or may be required as

temporary mortuaries.

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Residential centres or

amilies in need

Registered day care or

children

Parent-and-toddler groups

run at local centres

Child contact centres

providing supervised

parental access or children

A residential childrens home

The Salvation Armys work with children and amilies

The Salvation Army provides a range o services to support amilies and children, both

in a residential setting and at local church and community centres (corps). These

acilities are registered with and inspected by Osted.

The Salvation Army currently has nearly 40 centres running day nurseries, pre-schools,

playgroups and crches or children aged 0-5. These are open to the public, with day

nurseries normally oering ull day care and the other groups oering sessional care,

or example mornings or aternoons.

The Salvation Army has 15 acilities that provide care or children beore or ater school,

or in the school holidays. Some are breakast clubs or parents who need to go to workbeore school starts, where sta then take the children to school. Others are or older

children needing a sae place to go ater school to do homework.

Child contact centres provide acilities or children to spend time with their parents

where there has been a amily breakdown. The Salvation Army has seven centres

oering this acility which are supervised by sta and volunteers.

The Salvation Army also has fve residential centres or amilies, with one providing

specifc support or women with children escaping domestic violence. Families are

oten reerred by social workers, and The Salvation Army oten provides accommodation

or amilies who would otherwise be homeless. Support, care, counselling and training,

such as parenting courses, are provided while the amilys long-term needs areassessed.

The Salvation Army runs one residential centre or children in London, which can cater

or children aged 2-18 years o age. Reerrals are made by local authorities and the

length o stay varies according to circumstances. Another specialist night shelter in

Dublin caters or 12-18 year-olds who would otherwise be sleeping rough on the streets.

In addition to these services many o the 750 local church and community centres

(corps) run parent-and-toddler groups and youth clubs in local communities.

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The Salvation Army operates

in 111 countries worldwide

Over 1.6m members, 107,000

employees and 26,000 ull-

time ministers

One o the largest, most

diverse providers o social

welare in the world

The International Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is at work in 111 countries, on all 5 continents across the world.

It has over 1.6 million members worldwide with programmes including accommodation

or the homeless, drug rehabilitation centres, schools, hospitals, clinics, and some

15,000 congregations.

The scope o the work o The Salvation Army is wide and varies rom country to

country, depending upon local needs. The work is unded through donations rom

its members, the general public and, where appropriate, local authority and central

government grants.

People can become involved in The Salvation Army as much or as little as they like,whether it be volunteering with undraising initiatives, attending church services,

helping out with local activities or supporting the work with monetary donations.

Salvationists (as ull members o The Salvation Army are called) come rom many cultural

backgrounds and enjoy an international ellowship knowing no racial barriers.

The Salvation Army supports the work o the emergency services internationally

by providing rereshments, shelter and counselling services at major incidents

and international emergencies and disasters. In recent times, The Salvation Army

has been involved in relie work ollowing the South Asian Tsunami, the London

bombings and the American hurricanes.

Internationally, The Salvation Army has approximately:14,918 church and community centres

1,986 residential care homes, caring or over 78,000 people

1,954 day-care centres

354 addiction acilities

324 hospitals and clinics

2,194 schools and colleges

2,109 emergency disaster response programmes

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The Salvation Army engages

in parliamentary and political

issues both nationally and

locally

The Salvation Army campaigns

on specifc issues, responds

to Government consultations

and monitors issues o

interest to The Salvation Army

Issues engaged with include:Gambling, Licensing,

Homelessness, Assisted

Dying or the Terminally Ill

and Prostitution

Campaigns

The Salvation Army believes in social justice and is particularly concerned about the

welare o the vulnerable and marginalised in society and how legislation aects

them. To that end, The Salvation Army was heavily involved during the passage o

the Gambling Act 2005 and continues to be a key fgure in the ongoing debate on

the introduction o new casinos. Following campaigning by The Salvation Army, the

Government climbed down rom an unlimited number o Super-casinos to just one.

Whilst The Salvation Army was pleased with this, we remain concerned that children

are still permitted to gamble on certain ruit machines. This makes the UK the only

developed country to allow children to gamble. We will continue to keep the pressure

on Government until this is changed to protect children ully.

The Salvation Army has made submissions to Government consultations on other

issues including prostitution, homelessness, licensing and the Make Poverty

History campaign. Current work as at May 2006, includes the Implementation o the

Gambling Act 2005, the Assisted Dying or the Terminally Ill Bill, the Charities Bill,

the Welare Reorm Green Paper and work concerning the employment o clergy.

The Salvation Army meets monthly with Parliamentary Ofcers rom the other major

denominations to share inormation, give updates on campaigning and discuss

campaigns.

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Five dedicated centres to

support adults with learning

disabilities

Support and services provided

at local level

The Salvation Army Fellowship

o Endeavour is a national

club or people with

disabilities and their carers

with over 1,000 members

Annual residential school

o music and drama or

people with disabilities

and their carers

The Salvation Armys support or people with disabilities

The Salvation Army is committed to an inclusive ministry and to this end it is working

hard to make all its events, meetings and services accessible to all. All new Salvation

Army buildings are built to Disability Act specifcations and we are in the process o

attempting to make all our buildings compliant with the Act as ar as is reasonably

possible.

The Salvation Army is working towards having loop systems in all its buildings,

providing large-print and Braille inormation and song sheets on request and having

interpreters or the dea at all its events. We endeavour to comply with all requests

or special arrangements that we receive rom people with disabilities who want to

access our services and provide transport, home visits, meals, and support or carers.

The Salvation Army Fellowship o Endeavour (SAFE) is a support group or people with

disabilities and their carers. It works to raise the awareness o disability issues and

supports its members with inormative quarterly newsletters and local meetings and

events. There is also a nominated person able to give telephone advice and support.

A week-long residential school o music and drama or members and their carers is

held annually and culminates in a concert.

The Salvation Army has fve centres or people with learning disabilities. These

include acilities such as residential homes and day centres, supported ats, an

employment training centre and a sensory room. It also provides services such as

lie-skill classes, healthy liestyle classes, hydrotherapy, tenancy support, advocacy

and community support links.

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Salvation Army prison

chaplains work in 63% o

prisons in the UK

The Salvation Army has 89

prison chaplains, including

nine ull-time chaplains

Approximately 4,500 prison

visits per year are conducted

by The Salvation Armys

prison chaplains

Over 230 prisoners are visited

by a Salvation Army prison

chaplain every single day

Prison work

The Salvation Army is at work in 106 prisons across the UK, providing spiritual,

pastoral and practical help to those in need.

Salvation Army chaplains work alongside many other aith groups as part o the

prison chaplaincy team and as such have statutory duties to conduct each day.

These consist o visiting all new prisoners within 24 hours o their arrival, visiting all

prisoners in the Health Centre or those who are registered sel-harmers and visiting

the segregation unit.

As well as these statutory duties, Salvation Army prison chaplains will walk the wings

o the prison and make themselves available to both prisoners and sta alike. Theywill also respond to specifc requests rom prisoners or counselling. An inmate will

be counselled on a one-to-one basis in a cell or private room. Oten the inmate is

not seeking advice, but just someone to listen to them talk, as prison lie, though

institutional, can be very lonely. Salvation Army prison chaplains will also conduct

or support the running o worship meetings, Bible studies and Alpha courses.

Prison chaplains are oten required to support the amilies o prisoners. The Salvation

Army has three people working in prison visitor centres, meeting the amilies o

prisoners as they come or their visits and assisting them in whatever way they can.

Upon the request o a prisoner, prison chaplains will arrange or Salvation Army

ministers, based all across the UK, to make contact with their amilies and provide

support in whatever way is needed. For amilies struggling fnancially, this support

may be through ood parcels or Christmas and birthday presents or the children.

For others it may be help in the orm o transport, to enable the amily to visit their

loved one in prison.

The Salvation Armys care o prisoners continues ater they leave prison in the hope

o rehabilitating them back into society. Many prisoners with no accommodation or

employment will be placed in Salvation Army homeless centres where they are given

a sae environment to live as well as training and support in fnding employment.

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Supports the armed services

in the UK, Germany and

Falkland Islands

Provides practical and

pastoral support

Involvement dates back

to the Boer War

Helps run parent-and-toddler

and childrens activities on

military bases

The Salvation Armys Red Shield Services

For many years The Salvation Army has oered a variety o services to military

garrisons both in Germany and the UK. Recently a centre has also been established in

the Falkland Islands. Over the last ew years its services have been increasingly called

upon to provide non-alcoholic leisure acilities in military training establishments

where there are younger military personnel who are not permitted to drink alcohol.

The Salvation Armys non-alcoholic services consist o either ull restaurant or

coee/snack bar acilities dependent on need. These units are normally part o a club

setting with all or some o the ollowing acilities: games room, computer games, TV

and DVD equipment, internet access, a quiet room and library. Red Shield shops may

also sell newspapers, magazines, toiletries and other practical items.

In camps where there is a large vehicle training/maintenance area, fring ranges or

training areas that are some distance rom rereshment acilities, The Salvation Army

also provides a mobile canteen service, which is also available or unctions both on

and o the camp.

For the amilies who are based on the camps The Salvation Army operates and

manages childrens groups and activities such as crches, parent-and-toddler groups

and ater-school clubs, wherever these may be needed. Particularly during times o

conict, the Red Shield Services support the amilies let behind on the base both

practically and spiritually.

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Founded in 1865 by William

Booth, a ormer Methodist

minister

Began in the East End

o London

Started as a church or

everyone, particularly

the poor

Now working in 111

countries worldwide

The History o The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army was ounded in England in 1865 by William Booth, a ormer Methodist

minister, who believed that an essential part o his Christian ministry was to fght against

poverty and social injustice.

Born in Nottingham on 10 April 1829, William Booth worked as a pawnbroker beore

becoming a Methodist minister. In 1855 he married Catherine Mumord, with whom

he had developed a strong spiritual relationship. Together they undertook preaching

engagements around the United Kingdom beore arriving in London.

One day in June 1865 Booth walked down the Mile End Road in Londons East End.

He stopped to listen to some Christian evangelists, and as he watched and listenedbecame convicted that he should be doing more to reach the poor working-class people

that surrounded him. He attached himsel to the small group o evangelists and began

preaching in the streets o the East End. Eventually he was asked to lead a series o

meetings they were holding in a large tent. William Booth had ound his destiny.

William Booths original aim was to send the new converts along to the established

churches, but soon ound that because they had not been made welcome, they returned

to the mission. Booth decided he would have to do something, and as a result ormed

the East London Christian Mission that later became The Christian Mission.

It was in 1878 at the annual conerence o the Christian Mission that the name was

changed to The Salvation Army. The new movement embraced uniorms and militaryterminology and waged a war against sin. Despite opposition, The Salvation Army

grew rapidly.

Booth realised that he could not preach to people who were hungry or in need, and

so began the frst soup kitchens, homes or the homeless, and schemes to provide

employment, including a arm to provide agricultural training and a match actory where

workers were sae rom the dangerous chemicals ound in other actories. He wrote his

ideas or social reorm in a book entitled In Darkest England and the Way Out (1890).

The Salvation Army soon spread abroad and by the time William Booth

died in 1912 it was working in 58 countries. Today The Salvation Army

has over 1.6 million members in 111 countries, helping thousands o

people every day.

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The Salvation Army UK with Republic o Ireland Headquarters

( 020 7367 4500

@ [email protected]

+ The Salvation Army

101 Newington Causeway

London

SE1 6BN

: www.salvationarmy.org.uk

Family Tracing Service

( 0845 634 4747

@ [email protected]

Marketing & Fundraising Department

( 020 7367 4800

@ [email protected]

Press Ofce

( 020 7367 4700@ [email protected]

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( 020 7367 4923

@ [email protected]

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