{"id":2495,"date":"2012-08-30T10:15:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T00:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2012-08-30T10:15:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T00:15:01","slug":"icap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/news\/icap\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 20 years of frontline police work\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allansparkes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allan Sparkes<\/a>\u00a0grabbed the headlines for his heroic rescue of a child swept down a flooded storm water drain \u2013 an act of bravery for which he won the Cross of Valour. Allan\u2019s brother David, and a close friend, Alan McCabe both suffered spinal cord injuries playing rugby so our search for a cure is a goal dear to his heart. At Allan\u2019s suggestion\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICAP<\/a>\u00a0has made a very welcome donation to SpinalCure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icap.com.au\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2496\" alt=\"ICAP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/1351471058_icap.png\" width=\"280\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a>ICAP is the world&#8217;s leading interdealer broker and infrastructure provider to the wholesale financial markets operating in over 32 countries globally. Each year they hold the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icapcharityday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICAP Charity Day<\/a>\u00a0when their entire revenue and commission for the day is donated to charity. Last year this amounted to a staggering US$20 million.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to Allan and all at ICAP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nAfter 20 years of frontline police work\u00a0Allan Sparkes\u00a0grabbed the headlines for his heroic rescue of a child swept down a flooded storm water drain \u2013 an act of bravery for which he won the Cross of Valour. Allan\u2019s brother David,&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/news\/icap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;ICAP&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/news\/icap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;ICAP&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,32],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICAP - SpinalCure Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/news\/icap\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICAP - SpinalCure Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After 20 years of frontline police work\u00a0Allan Sparkes\u00a0grabbed the headlines for his heroic rescue of a child swept down a flooded storm water drain \u2013 an act of bravery for which he won the Cross of Valour. 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