Gav's World

Charity Fund-raising

Every now and then I do my bit for charity: there's the attending of charity pub quizzes and charity golf matches, but more importantly, I've done some things myself to raise money for charity.

In the Septembers of 2007 and 2008 I grew very dodgy looking moustaches in the name of testicular and prostate cancer research. The charity is Everyman Campaign and the event they run is TacheBack.

I have photo diaries and even stop-frame animations from them. Why don't you have a look:

For TacheBack 2008 I managed to raise £2,175.11

For TacheBack 2007 I managed to raise £1,878.23

Making a grand TacheBack total of £4,053.34 raised so far!

All of these figures include the tax man's gift aid of 28% of that total which just goes to show how valuable it is to tick the gift aid box (only applies to UK tax payers).

Don't be shy ... you can still sponsor my tache on-line, even though it has now been shaved off.

In 2004 I helped Band Aid 20 Dilema buy buying the Band Aid 20 CD (hence donating cash to the cause) ... and then destroying it in an amusing way as it was such a poor imitation of the original.

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My wife, Helen has also done her bit for charity: In April 2009 she walked a section of the Great Wall of China to raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign.

She raised £820 in total.

You can still sponsor Helen using her on-line sponsorship form which she would be delighted for you to add your name to - with a donation too, of course ;-)

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