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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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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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FACTS:
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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FACTS:
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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FACTS:
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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FACTS:
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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FACTS:
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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FACTS:
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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FACTS:
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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FACTS:
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
+ The Salvation Army
101 Newington Causeway
London
SE1 6BN
: www.salvationarmy.org.uk
Family Tracing Service
( 0845 634 4747
Marketing & Fundraising Department
( 020 7367 4800
Press Ofce
( 020 7367 4700@ [email protected]
Salvation Army Social Services
( 020 7367 4923
ContactUs
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