Encourage Gladys to cut his locks!!
Page creator: Ben Firman
Page closes: 21st Apr 2009
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About the charity : British Heart Foundation British Heart Foundation
The British Heart Foundation is the nation's heart charity. Every day they save lives, through pioneering research, providing vital information to help people reduce their own heart health risks, campaigning for change and supporting and caring for heart patients.
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Fundraising target:  £500.00
Donations so far:  £ 800.00
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As many of you will know, our dad, Dennis Firman, died unexpectedly in January and we have been working hard to pay tribute to him, as he was a wonderful man and is very greatly missed. We consider our good friend, Ben Gladwell (aka Gladys), as an honorary brother and therefore we have roped him into undertaking some fundraising with us!

Those of you who know Gladys will remember his lovely long flowing locks, of which he is very proud... Well, we have persuaded him to have these cut if we raise £500 for the British Heart Foundation.

He is uncertain of exactly how much he will have cut off, but we are aiming for a grade 4 or 5. But he threw my suggestion of a grade 1 right out of the window, even though I said I would have it done as well. But I guess that is fair enough, as he does LOVE his hair. I am now going to have my head shaved as well, as extra incentive to get some more sponsorship!!

We have chosen this very worthy charity because dad died from a heart attack and we would like to hope that we can go some way to preventing another family from going through what we have.

The special occassion is going to take place on the 31/08/08, at Northgate Sports Centre, at the end of our final British American Football League (BAFL) game. We hope to see many of you there!

So, thank you for visiting our fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor online. Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor: British Heart Foundation will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please make a donation now!

Many thanks for your support.

The Firmans and Gladys x

Well, the day has been, myself and Gladys are bald! Personally I think Gladys looks much better now. But I did fear for my safety from his mum and sister when he was getting his hair cut!? I am really pleased that we made the £500 mark, and  have now gone well over it. I am hoping that we might be able to break the £800 barrier. I am very grateful to the Cardinals team and fans at the end of season game where we managed to get an extra £138 to add to our total.

Again,  a massive thank you to all of you who have sponsored us, my dad would be proud.

Ben
Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
James Fallon 27/09/2008 £18.00 £5.08  
Gill Jennings 19/09/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Well done!! 
Fuzzy Felt 15/09/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Dont know why im donating when my hairs like it all the time!! ;) well done lads 
Vicki 12/09/2008 £3.00 n/a Great new look Ben 
Ali 12/09/2008 £4.00 n/a Well done - hope your head isn't too cold 
Tracey 12/09/2008 £5.00 n/a Better late than never! 
Sancha 12/09/2008 £5.00 £1.41  
James Fallon 09/09/2008 £2.00 £0.56  
Melissa 05/09/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Loving the new look Ben!  
pete rampling 02/09/2008 £10.00 £2.82 i'm sure you'll want to keep it like that now, Ben 
Frank Cannone 02/09/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Well done to the both of you 
Ipswich Cardinalls team and fans on 31.8.08 01/09/2008 £138.00 n/a Donated by those lucky people who were there to see it all happen - and some of whom actually did the cutting!  
Katie Lovatt 31/08/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Better late than never :) Really wish i'd been there. Hope all went well. See you soon. x x 
Peter Frost 31/08/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Sorry Can't Make the cutting, Great cause and well done Ben and Ben, but you might need to buy some Hats! 
Rae sturton 29/08/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
Clive Longden 27/08/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
James Fallon 23/08/2008 £38.00 £10.72 what the hell, let's make it an even £550 
Lins 10/07/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
Max 10/07/2008 £20.00 n/a  
Sandy Francis 10/07/2008 £10.00 n/a  
Muff 10/07/2008 £10.00 n/a I am going to organise a raffle, where the winner gets to shave the first strip off! 
Karl Dodd 07/07/2008 £5.00 n/a  
Dannie Hunter 07/07/2008 £5.00 £1.41 I can't imagin Benjamin with no hair!!!!!!! Can't wait x 
Andy Cook 06/07/2008 £5.00 n/a  
Igs 06/07/2008 £20.00 n/a  
Stuart Durham 01/07/2008 £10.00 n/a I want to cut it!!! 
Kyle Clark 01/07/2008 £5.00 n/a  
Gareth "all I have is £2" Edwards 01/07/2008 £2.00 n/a Better than nothing!! 
Luke Clark 01/07/2008 £5.00 n/a  
Adrian Baines 01/07/2008 £5.00 n/a  
Mafia Mumma 17/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Another tenner from me to STOP my Ben from having his head shaved. Otherwise he will have to wear a woolly hat in the house until it has grown again! 
Laisure Family 14/06/2008 £20.00 £5.64 We say do it!!! that way you can actually see what your doing at the game!!!!!! 
sexy mcgingeyson 06/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
nic 06/06/2008 £5.00 £1.41  
Cathy Gladwell 04/06/2008 £15.00 £4.23 I am doing this against my will cos I love Bens hair 
Jamie 04/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Get rid of it Gladys!!! I'm giving £10 for Firman's cause, and fashion advice for yours!!! 
James Fallon 04/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Sings= "Get your locks off, get your locks off honey" 
Gem 04/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Benj!! About bloody time!! 
Soph + her mummy 04/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 (I'm still holding out 4 a skinhead)x 
Keith and Linda Beadle 30/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Get your 'aircut you 'orrible little man 
Linda 29/05/2008 £5.00 £1.41  
Clare Gladwell 19/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Sorry Ben, I love your hair but its for charity x 
Ed Lawrence 14/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 I LOVE YOU BEN! 
James Fallon 12/05/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Off with his locks! 
Tam Kilbey 08/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 My only regret is i don't get to do it myself!! 
Mike "I wish i had his locks" Bell 06/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good on you gladys! 
Steve Cameron AKA Skitz 05/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Don't worry Gladys, you can borrow some of mine... 
Steve Gladwell 03/05/2008 £5.00 n/a This will be a day to remember, I'm predicting a rollercoaster of emotions 
Steve Cooney EA 02/05/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Boris is sharpening the chainsaw 
Boycie + Sandy 02/05/2008 £20.00 £5.64 a donation from the shire of leicester.... 
Ben.F 02/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 I can't have all you guys donating £20, and me only donating £10! 
Lee Wright 02/05/2008 £10.01 £2.82 I'm gonna donate some more cos i wanna see this happen before reading and it's for a good cause 
Lee Wright 01/05/2008 £9.99 £2.82  
Gladys 01/05/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Screw it I'm gonna sponsor myself! Cos i'm just that god dam nice! 
Tommy Lankester 01/05/2008 £20.00 £5.64 You're a legend Gladys and I know how much it means to Ben and his family what you're doing 
SJ & Stuart 01/05/2008 £20.00 £5.64 I hope it is a monkey wearing shorts & sunglasses that will be cutting your hair while eating cheese?? (PS thanks Gladys, dad would be proud!) 
Kim 30/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 About time you had a cut Gladys! Dad would be very pleased!  
Amy 29/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
James White 29/04/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Get those clippers out!! 
Hannah Solanki 28/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
Leanne 27/04/2008 £5.00 £1.41  
Emily Hutchingson 24/04/2008 £5.00 £1.41 I work with Kim and she told me about this! I think its for a great cause, he should definately go f 
The Ratster 24/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Get that grade one! - its for a great cause. 
Beth Farncombe 23/04/2008 £5.00 £1.41 hope you get there :)  
Kate 23/04/2008 £5.00 n/a  
Niki 22/04/2008 £5.00 £1.41  
Jenny B 22/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
catherine 22/04/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Sounds like good fun for a great cause. Have fun! 
Ruth Cheesley 21/04/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Looking forward to it :) 
Ben 21/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Thank you Gladys for doing this, it means a lot. 
Carla 21/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 As Gladys is my honorary son I had to be the first to make a donation! Dennis would be very proud to know that Gladys had his locks shorn for him!  
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Amount raised offline: £0.00
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