Movember heroes help grow our funds

Our fundraiser Ian Surgenor has harnessed the power of Movember to help him prepare for next summer's edition of York Rocks Against Cancer, the popular music concert that he organises to raise thousands for us.

The next concert on July 17 2021 at York Barbican has already attracted event sponsorship from Fortress Energy and Ian is raising cash to offset the costs of staging the show, which could run to more than £6,000.

He’s enlisted a group of friends including staff from York’s leading commercial radio station YO1 Radio to join him in growing their moustaches during November and is hoping they together will raise £2,000 towards meeting the organisation outlay.

Other friends are organising a string of events including a golf day and a football match between veterans of York City’s 2012 Conference Premier play-off triumph and a charity team including players from Hollyoaks, Emmerdale, Leeds Utd and Bradford City.

“We thought with the second lockdown looming, the Movember approach would work well,” said Ian. “YO1 Radio have been absolutely tremendous, they have backed everything we have done – they’ve even had a ‘You Pay, We Play’ event where you can give a donation in return for them playing a song for you.”

As November drew to a close for Ian and his fellow fundraisers Matt Lloyd, Paul Atkinson, Mal Fry, Jonathan Walshaw, Mick Sawyer, Simon Hudson, Andy Surgenor, Chris Stirk, Chris Marsden and Ian Woodcock their moustaches were flourishing along with the donations to their online fundraising pages, and they now have well over £1,000 in the kitty before gift aid.

However, there’s still time to give the guys, some of whom are pictured above, a boost by visiting JustGiving here

Tickets for York Rocks Against Cancer are available here