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A woman that gave over £1 million to different charities, including a brain injury charity, has retired from fund raising but is urging people to help those that need it.

Christine Ashdown, from Kent, first became involved in fundraising when she was just four years old. Ms Ashdown, now 66, told the Kent and Sussex Courier that she is giving it up because all of the hard work is "beginning to take its toll".

Headway Brain Injury Association is one of the many charities that have benefitted from Ms Ashdown's work.

Speaking to the newspaper, she said: "People always ask 'do you know someone who has a head injury or cancer?' because I raise so much for them but no, I haven't. I just try to help.

"I think it shouldn't take something terrible to happen in your family to fundraise for a particular charity."

Headway was created in 1979 and became a registered charity in March 1980. It now has groups across the UK, which offer support to those that have suffered from brain injury and their families.

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