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Chris Evans annouced on his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show that he would be growing a beard for bowel cancer in December and we were delighted that so many of you decided to join him.  In doing so you have raised both funds and awareness of the UK's 2nd biggest cancer killer.  

Fundraising update

Your fantastic Decembeards have raised us over £15,000 and the money is still rolling in!

Thank you

We would like to say a huge thank you to everybody who has joined Decembeard and helped to save lives and to your friends and family for sponsoring you. We will keep updating this page with your Decembeard stories, photos and details of how much we have raised into the new year.  

Your photos

Our Decembeard gallery is looking great. If you haven't yet sent us your photo you can email us your or tweet them to @bowelcancer or post them on our Facebook page.  Every photo we receive will be added to the Decembeard gallery.

Your stories

As the month progressed more and more supporters joined in the fun and Decembeard took on some exciting twists.  We are grateful to each and everyone of you who joined Decembeard to make a difference. Here are just a few of your stories:

• Rachel Bown's family wore beards whilst listening to her play the piano at a carol concert at the hospital in Oxford where she is being treated for bowel cancer.  Rachel was interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford about her challenge and you can read more about it on her blog Bananagiraffes.  
• George Davies LLP held a 'Beards for Bowel Cancer' competition raising over £200 and you can read more about their competition here.  
• Gordon Robertson is adding the '12 Beards of Christmas to his webcomic with Gordon's beard changing daily.  Take a look at the 12 Beards of Christmas.
• Lee Summers grew a beard from hospital raising over £500 and even got his nurses to sponsor him.  We were delighted that Lee was home in time for Christmas.
• The Stultz Beardymen got together to grow beards in support of Holly who is currently being treated for bowel cancer and have so far raised over £3,000
• Bob Selfe (husband of Alison who persuaded Chris Evans on Twitter to grow his beard for bowel cancer) grew a beard and their friend Barry who has had a beard for twenty years shaved off his beard on 1st January.
• Alex Kuczera has raised £135 and enjoyed his first sponsored challenge "It's been a tough 18 months for me and now that I nearly feel back to myself both physically and mentally my next challenge will be to both raise funds in April, during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and get involved in media activity"
• Rob Williams has raised over £400 against an initial £100 target "it really itches but so far I've raised a few bob for a great cause"
• Ed, William, David and Joseph have raised over £1,500 in memory of Heather.
• Gareth Henderson raised over £1,000 in memory of his Uncle Pete
• Our CEO Mark Flannagan grew a beard and raised over £600 - a huge thanks to those who sponsored Mark.

You can see photos of all of the above Decembeards plus more in our Decembeard Gallery

Contact us

Email the community fundraising team or call them on 020 8973 0002 - they will be back in the office on 3rd January.  Tweet us @bowelcancer.