You may not know me all that well apart from the hairy Scottish guy or if you do, you'll get even more of a kick out of this.

I figured it was time for a change and rather than get rid of the lustrous locks for the short-hair look and it be a tad anti-climactic I thought I would try and do some good at the same time. So on Sunday the 17th I'll be shaving off the hair and the beard to raise money for a good cause and would love to have you donate.

I'm raising money for Freestyle4Smile, a charity set up by Nathan Abbott in 2013 as a fundraising movement to boost cleft awareness and raise money for Smile Train. So your donation will go directly to Smile Train but be marked as a F4S donation. Nathan was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and to date has raised just under £15,000 but I don't want to speak for him and would encourage you to read his full story here: https://www.freestyle4smile.com

Smile Train provides free cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care to children in developing countries. Through training local doctors and empowering partner hospitals around the world, we advance a sustainable solution and scalable model to treat clefts, drastically improving children’s lives, including their ability to eat, breathe, and speak over time.