Updated on Jan 18th 2013 at 2:23 AM from the JustGiving API

.................………..........… Things are going great for the big shave off! Location - sorted! Date - sorted! Time - sorted! Tools - sorted (charged & sharpened!) Beard - getting bigger by the minute!! Online donations are going great at over £350, add to that the £200 + of offline donations to date and it's incredible! We as a family are overwhelmed by the support & know that the MS Society Scotland will be too!! Thank you! .................………..........…

Updated on Jan 18th 2013 at 2:22 AM from the JustGiving API

.................………..........… Things are going great for the big shave off! Location - sorted! Date - sorted! Time - sorted! Tools - sorted (charged & sharpened!) Beard - getting bigger by the minute!! Online donations are going great at over £350, add to that the £200 + of offline donations to date and it's incredible! We as a family are overwhelmed by the support & know that the MS Society Scotland will be too!! Thank you! .................………..........…

Updated on Jan 6th 2013 at 8:34 PM from the JustGiving API

Christmas is over, and the beard is getting bushier and bushier! Time is marching on its nearly shave day! The big shave takes place at 11am on 25th January at the Dean Castle Country Park. Santa's delightful barber is the lovely Linda Gilmour of The Barbour Shop, Bank Street Kilmarnock. Linda has been tending to Santa's unruly locks for many years and I'm sure will take great delight in shaving them off.

Updated on Dec 19th 2012 at 2:39 AM from the JustGiving API

That's it, the date is set!! The big shave will be on 25th January 2013! More details to come!

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Although my wife was diagnosed as having MS approximately 20 years ago, it is only in the last few years that various symptoms have impacted on her health. 

She has had to stop driving and give up work and I am now her full time carer. 

In the last three years, she has suffered two fractures as a result of falls and now has difficulty in walking any distance unaided. In addition, she tires very easily and spends a great deal of time in bed and resting.

Memory is also a real challenge at times.

Having said this the family understand that many MS sufferers have a far worse deal than she. 

It's only in the last few years that we have made contact with the MS Society, in particular the Ayrshire & Arran branch and have extended our knowledge of the condition, how fortunate she has been compared to others and just how widespread the condition is.

I only hope that in some way this gesture will create funds for the society which can be used to further research and provide ongoing care, support and friendship for those who need it.