Opus Energy is proud to be supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, for the year of 2010/11

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the UK's only national charity dealing with all aspects of the disease. The fundraisers and Expert Patient Advisors throughout the UK, fund research to treat and cure the disease and aim to ensure appropriate clinical care and support for people suffering with Cystic Fibrosis.

Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus, making it hard to breathe and digest food. There are over 8,500 people in the UK with suffering with Cystic Fibrosis and over 2 million carrying the faulty gene that causes the disease; that's around 1 in 25 of the population. This means if two carriers have a child, the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of having Cystic Fibrosis.

Although improvements in treatments mean a baby born today could expect to live over 38 years, it is vital that the work continues to make this figure rise. By pledging to raise £10,000 Opus Energy will be helping sufferers receive the treatment they need and help continue the research to find an effective treatment for Cystic Fibrosis.

Over the next year Opus Energy employees will embark on a calendar of fundraising and volunteering activities ranging from charity fun days in the office, personal challenges, kind donations from staff and taking part in some of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust challenge events.

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