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In honour of her 60th birthday, seven athletes who appreciated her support for young sporting talent will undertake a series of gruelling challenges to raise money for the couple’s PFC Trust, which funds good causes in the North East of England.
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which → appreciate → England
Frances described the singer, who died last month aged 80, as an “inspiration” for her philanthropy.
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who → describe → philanthropy
After Parton’s death, it was said she could have been a billionaire had she not given so much of her wealth away to causes such as child literacy.
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she → say → literacy
Frances and Paddy estimate they have given away half of their lottery winnings over the years.
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they → estimate → years
Frances, a grandmother who has three daughters, told the PA news agency: “It depends on what you want in life.
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you → have → life
If your ambition is to be the richest person in the world and be influencing presidents, then you need to keep all your money, or you need to keep a lot of your money.
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you → influence → money
“But I don’t know anybody who doesn’t share something.
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who → know → something
“I think it’s in mankind to share when you get to a level where you’ve got enough.
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you → think → enough
“Maybe if we had been younger I’d have kept more, maybe you’d be a bit more nervous about how much you could give away, but unless I intended to live forever – I was 50-whatever when I won it – so even being generous, I was well over half-way through.
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I → keep → it
“So as long as the kids are sorted and they had enough to live comfortable, nice lives, I didn’t see the point.”
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I → sort → point
Paddy continues to run plastics businesses and the couple enjoy good holidays and have a large house on Teesside, but they remain aware of value for money, buying a second hand Cartier watch or a used Aston Martin.
She said: “We have a lovely life.
“I always tell people, we have the same life, we just live it bigger.
“You know, we haven’t particularly changed, if you talk to my friends.”
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you → continue → friends
Frances was delighted with the support of the athletes taking part in the 60 for 60 Challenge, where the team will run, swim or cycle a total of 60 miles.
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team → delight → miles
Starting with a family fun day at Middlesbrough Velodrome on Sunday, there will be a series of tough events, culminating in a team taking on the Great North Run for the trust.
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team → start → trust
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She said: “They wanted to put something back into the community, and I’m delighted, I couldn’t have been given a better present.
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I → read → present
“I am at pains to explain to people that despite being a millionaire, I can’t cure poverty, and I certainly can’t do everything that’s needed to be done on my own.
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that → explain → own
I have a team of hundreds of people who work with me all the time.
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who → have → me
“I put a message out – ‘we’re having a fun day on Sunday’ – there’s people baking cakes for us, people turning up to sell raffle tickets.
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we → put → tickets
“We have 50 volunteers that come on the night of our ball.
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that → have → ball
“I get help and support every single day.
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I → get → help
“I think people just need to be asked, and they just need to have that opportunity to do exactly what I do and change lives.”
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I → think → lives
The trust has bought respite caravans so young carers can take a proper break, funded loneliness projects and digital tech for older people, delivered emergency food parcels, and put defibrillators into local sports clubs.
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carers → buy → clubs
Paul Hewitson, who will take on the Great North Run for the trust, said: “She has set such an example, and we wanted to help through sport, as we all know how vital it is for young people to live healthier lives.”
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people → take → lives
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