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Thank you so much to all of you who have donated so generously, and of course to all the volunteers who shaved their heads! Kept warm by some particularly lovely woolly hats in King's colours, for which we are very grateful.  It's still not too late to donate (we've all still got very silly hair after all...) so please do spread the word and let's see just how far we can push that amazing total!

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Kate McCutcheon, a member of King’s College, Cambridge, was unable to return to college this year after being diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour towards the end of the summer. The tumour has been successfully removed and Kate is now undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and will be for another eight months.

To show solidarity with her and to raise loads of money for Macmillan Cancer Support, a group of King’s students are shaving our heads. The current list of soon-to-be baldies is:

Hannah Shackleton, Alex Hayes, Alice Moore, Lotte Cutts, Angus MacDonald, Rob High, Paddy Kane, Chris Logan, Kieron Kumar, Elliot Carter, Paul Thomas, Rob Smith, Ben Laing, Tom England, Will Lawn, Brendan Doran, Ed Liddall, Adrian Fielding, Oisin Huhn and Mark Gotham.

We plan to make this into a bit of an event, so on Saturday 26 November we will set up in King’s bar and go bald against cancer. Those with long enough hair will be donating it to the Little Princess Trust to make wigs for children.

Kate’s situation has prompted us to do this, but considering that one in three people will develop cancer at some point in their lives, we also have many other people in mind, as I’m sure do you.

Any donations would be gratefully received. The King’s Affair committee has also kindly agreed to donate half of its charity budget to the cause, for which we are very grateful.


If anyone wants to get involved, either by being shorn or helping with fundraising, email Hannah (hvs25@cam.ac.uk) or Lotte (cec71@cam.ac.uk).

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Macmillan Cancer Support

Charity Registration No. 261017

Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. We provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and push for better cancer care. One in three of us will get cancer. Two million of us are living with it. We are all affected by cancer. We can all help. We are Macmillan.

Donations 501

Donation by Neil Paul on 27/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 27/11/11

£10.00

Donation by Nix Wright on 27/11/11

£20.00

Hey Kate You have amazing friends! Wishing you all the best. We're all thinking of you! Love from Andrew

Donation by Andrew McCutcheon on 27/11/11

£50.00

Adrian, I'm proud of you!!!

Donation by Pia Schell on 27/11/11

£50.00

Well done all of you, such an amazing thing to do and such a wonderful cause.

Donation by Andrew Worthington on 27/11/11

£10.00

Your Christmas present, Jill.

Donation by Kay Sandhaas on 27/11/11

£20.00

Well done from all of us

Donation by Helen, Neil, Roland and Leo on 27/11/11

Donation by Margaret Smith on 27/11/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Extraordinary act - Well Done!

Donation by Wendy, Dai, Katie and Holly Barnard on 27/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Joe Jones on 27/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 27/11/11

Well done guys, I think what you have done is amazing!

Donation by Simon Durrant on 27/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Well done guys!

Donation by Will Miller on 27/11/11

£20.00

Well done guys you look amazing- especially loving the movember/bald mix. Good luck with it all, love to Kate xxx

Donation by Jennie Dunne on 27/11/11

£10.00

Such a wonderful display of support and friendship! What a lovely thing to do - well done!

Donation by Bethan Strange on 26/11/11

£20.00

This is a really nice gesture of support, good on you guys!

Donation by Jack Swait on 26/11/11

£5.00

Donation by Rosie Finlinson on 26/11/11

£5.00

Guys you all look amazing, well done!! So many Natalies round King's. x

Donation by Fiona Latham on 26/11/11

£10.00

Donation by Parisut Kimkool on 26/11/11

£10.00

Heard about this third hand but I think it's great what you're all doing - good job!

Donation by Becka McClaughry on 26/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Nice one Elliot is this desperate measures to get the moustache to grow?

Donation by Stephen Caroline & Tom Bradley on 26/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Well done and keep up the good work! xx

Donation by Mia Harris on 26/11/11

£5.00

Well done everybody. Hope you've got your woolly hats ready.

Donation by Brian and Judith Smith on 26/11/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Alex Ridge on 26/11/11

£5.00

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£12,571.00
  • Offline donations£569.07
  • Text donations£115.00
  • Total raised£13,255.07
  • Gift Aid£1,307.75

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