Smith, Maggi

18/08/2009

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Maggi Smith lives in Harrow. She is here to raise awareness for Asthma UK as she has recently been diagnosed with mild asthma and her young grandson suffers from it more seriously. She discovered Asthma UK recently and is training for a half marathon that she will be running to raise awareness for them in October and she is using her hour on the plinth to do a bit of training (she is taking up a portable treadmill) and to show statistics relating to asthma suffers in the UK. Will also have a banner. She works for a helpline that older people with illnesses call when they have fallen etc., and can't get to the phone they wear pendants that can use to call the helpline.

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