My partner Amie was diagnosed with a rectal tumour in May of this year, just weeks before the birth of our baby daughter Edith. She is currently undergoing treatment at the Christie in Manchester and hopefully they can cure her so we can have many happy years together as a family.

In order for her to get better she will have treatment that Bowel Cancer UK will have helped pay for via their funding for research into treatment, in light of this I would ask you all to sponsor me not to shave in the month of December.

Thank you all in advance for donating and here's to a hairy December, hopefully I won't look too much like Father Christmas :-D