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Andy Bennett

Andy Bennett's Haircut

135of target

Total raised so far £3,959.50

Target £2,931.50

Total plus Gift Aid: £4,664.33

Raised offline: £137.18

My story

What does Andy look like with short hair?

As some of you know, many of my friends and family have suffered with cancer over the years. What many of you don't know is what I look like with short hair!

Many of you have speculated, many of you have wished and many of you have petitioned me for a very long time to cut it off. Sometimes this has been in concern for my appearance, other times it has been out of envy but now I hope that we can all join together in supporting this cause.

I will be cutting my hair on Friday 15th January 2016 and all money raised will be donated to Cancer Research UK. I have chosen this charity as they do a broad range of research and each person close to me who has suffered with cancer has had their own variety and complications. I will also be donating the hair itself to the Little Princess Trust. The Little Princess Trust makes real, human hair, wigs for children who lose their own hair through cancer treatment. This can help someone feel better about themselves during a very difficult and upsetting time as well as giving them the confidence they need to continue living a normal life amongst their friends.


Now that we live in a Kickstarter World we have to have goals and rewards, so here they are:

On 27th December 1999 I decided to do a small experiement to see what I would look like with long hair. 5,863 days later, it is time to draw that experiment to a conclusion. My goal is to raise 50p for each one of those days which gives us a target of £2,931.50. I'd like you to help me with this and shall incentivise you with rewards thus:

If everyone donates at least £20 then we will be on track to reach the target.

Anybody donating £35 or more will receive signed and personalised before & after photos of yours truly.

The top three donators will have the opportunity to be personally involved in the hair cutting process.

Thank you so much for your support with this. I really appreciate donations of any size. You all know how much my hair means to me and I hope you will give generously and help me to use this chance to raise money, awareness and wigs for these excellent causes.

@ndy

Little Princess Trust Cancer Research UK

Share Andy's story

Event

Personal Challenge Date

15 Jan 2016

Charity

Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK

Supporters

Jan 24, 2016

Anonymous

Great job Andy! A&K

£50.00

Jan 22, 2016

Ann & Ted Roberts

Well done, Andrew!

£10.00 plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 21, 2016

Big Dave Llewellyn

£1 per cm sounds about right. Well done you

£50.00 plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 21, 2016

Becky

£10.00 plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 19, 2016

Linda

Can't wait to see the pictures of the 'new' you.

£10.00 plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 19, 2016

Schofields

Hope you reach your target.Well done! love from all of us

£50.00 plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 18, 2016

John Lazar

Well done Andy!

£50.00 plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 17, 2016

Anonymous

£50.00 plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 17, 2016

Sam, Caz and C

Amazing Andy, this is a wonderful cause.

£20.00

Jan 16, 2016

Amy

£20.00 plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 16, 2016

Alberta

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 15, 2016

Joth & Em

£20.00

Jan 15, 2016

Franchi family

Hurray!

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 15, 2016

Tanya

Good luck, it's a great thing you're doing x

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 15, 2016

Ally, Dave, Sam and Mini G x

You're a star, Bennay! Enjoy!! x

£30.00plus £7.50 Gift Aid

Jan 14, 2016

Anonymous

Well done and good luck with your cause Andy

Jan 14, 2016

The Youngs

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 14, 2016

Mum and Dad

Sorry to see your crowning glory go. Hope we recognise the new you xxxx

£75.00plus £18.75 Gift Aid

Jan 14, 2016

Brendan

You are going to have a very cold head next week!

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 14, 2016

Anne Bettridge

Good luck from Anne and Steve

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 14, 2016

Martin C

Excellent contribution to the cause - although given it's getting colder right now you're timing is perhaps less than ideal (or get a hat)

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 14, 2016

Animal

£10.00

Jan 14, 2016

Rex

Time to smarten up and get a proper job eh? Well done on fantastic fundraising effort

£10.00plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 14, 2016

Omer

Good luck and don't forget to get a woolie hat ready before the snip!

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 14, 2016

Embecosm

Pleased to support a very worthy effort.

£200.00

Jan 14, 2016

Mark and Roz

Think of the money you'll save on Shampoo :) Well done for doing it for such a good cause.

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 13, 2016

Teresa Man

Are u going grade 1? Awesome cause, good luck!!

£10.00plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 13, 2016

Eeswaran Navaratnam

Looking forward to the new look. Although getting attention from random women in Oxford clubs will be harder now....

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 13, 2016

Victoria Brown

Best wishes from all the Browns

£10.00

Jan 13, 2016

Chris Mairs

Ask all your Knodium investors if they could generously match this and you'll have covered every day in that particular period of the campaign. Good job, Chris

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 13, 2016

Anonymous

New hair will surely bring something exciting into your life?

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 13, 2016

Andrea

Wish I had more to give at the moment but I believe in this cause and I believe in you Andy! Now lets see it! Mohawk-fresh!

Jan 13, 2016

@SduH

Just brilliant. Good for you.

£100.00plus £25.00 Gift Aid

Jan 12, 2016

Alex D

Think you may have picked one of the colder days of the year for this! Great effort with the fundraising and hope it's not too much of a shock on the day! :)

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 12, 2016

Ben Gates

A worthwhile experiment followed by a worthwhile end. Good man.

£35.00

Jan 12, 2016

Robert Tye

What a fantastic cause, good luck :)

£50.00

Jan 12, 2016

Nicole

I owe you a video!

£30.00plus £7.50 Gift Aid

Jan 11, 2016

Anonymous

Jan 11, 2016

Shima K

Look forward to the after pictures!

Jan 11, 2016

Anonymous

Jan 11, 2016

Anonymous

£30.00plus £7.50 Gift Aid

Jan 10, 2016

Seth and Tanu

Shave!

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 10, 2016

Priya & Nithin

Andy! What a great cause... Wish you best. You're going to miss the hair care routine when you chop it off - the 45min showers, the conditioning and combing. :-)

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 10, 2016

Ann & Dawn xx

Hair today, gone tomorrow, - hmmm call it Friday

Jan 10, 2016

Anonymous

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 10, 2016

Anonymous

I look forward to receiving another fund-raising/hair cutting letter in 5863 days time!

Jan 10, 2016

Caroline Dickinson

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 9, 2016

Tom Coling

Andy, I hardly recognised you with all the long hair, which just goes to show how long it has been since you and I last saw one another. I really do hope that the big hair cut goes well. Take care and good luck.

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 9, 2016

Safa

Never thought this day would come! My hair is finally going to be longer than yours!! So proud of you, a great cause! Please film this for us!!!

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 9, 2016

Chris R

Great one Andy! You going for a crew cut? And will you lose your Samson powers?

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 9, 2016

Anne Howard

Well done Andrew on choosing to donate your locks to charity - Make sure you buy a warm hat! (From an old friend who DOES remember you with short hair!)

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 9, 2016

Chris Swan

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 9, 2016

Ben & Jennifer

If the computing thing doesn't work out, the photos suggest you have potential for a modelling career.

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 9, 2016

Asuka and Yoshiko (my mum)

Good luck x

Jan 8, 2016

Marion & Nick

A fantastic idea for a brilliant cause. Personally i think you should start again once it's all gone and then raise more money in a few years time....could keep this going for a while ;)

Jan 8, 2016

Nacho

Go Andy!!

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 8, 2016

Jackie and Guy

cant wait to see the photo update!

£20.00

Jan 8, 2016

Jody

Got get 'em, tiger!

Jan 8, 2016

Anonymous

As Jim Morrison said, 'Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts' at least yours can't be because its for a good cause

£30.00plus £7.50 Gift Aid

Jan 8, 2016

Sunil and Parita

what a great cause!

£50.00

Jan 7, 2016

Cathal and Blake

Probably won't recognise you :)

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 7, 2016

Len and Angie Pym

from Mr and Mrs Hatman

Jan 7, 2016

Sarah Dickinson

Wow! Can't wait to see the new look! Well done!

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 7, 2016

Alex Thrall

good work Andy. I think you should adopt the completely bald look like me - it's a winner!

£10.00plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 7, 2016

George Bomer

Jan 7, 2016

Anonymous

Jan 6, 2016

Sam J Sharpe

£29.32plus £7.33 Gift Aid

Jan 6, 2016

John Sandall

You are an inspiring & beautiful man Andrew. I hope it remains that way.

£10.00plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 6, 2016

Caisleys

Bye bye Benny's Hair! Hope the new do will be joining us at Comus!

Jan 6, 2016

James Robinson

Such a wonderful idea - well done, looking forward to seeing the new look!

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 5, 2016

Nia

Exciting changes ahead! You'll have to grow a massive hipster beard now to balance things out. Good luck with the fundraising anyway.

Jan 5, 2016

Phil S

Truly the event of the century, and all in an excellent cause. Good work.

£10.00plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 5, 2016

Helen

Goodluck with your hair cut and looking forward to seeing you in your short hair

£20.00

Jan 5, 2016

James

Great idea. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 5, 2016

Chloe Durrant

Incredibly jealous of your fabulous locks but what a wonderful cause. Good luck xxx

£15.00plus £3.75 Gift Aid

Jan 5, 2016

Louisa

Cutest most heartwarming sponsorship appeal ever.

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 5, 2016

James Gallagher

£20.00

Jan 5, 2016

Simon, Ljiljana & wee Victoria

A great cause, go Andy!

£50.00

Jan 5, 2016

Chris Hemmens

Shave it all off! Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! All the best.

£20.00

Jan 5, 2016

jd

Jan 5, 2016

Alison and Henri

Good luck on the 15th. Waiting with interest to see a picture of you with short hair to see if we recognise you!

Jan 5, 2016

Ursula and Alec

Good on you Andy.

£20.00

Jan 5, 2016

Grace Zhu

Glad you cut your glossy hair for a good cause. Well done!

£10.00

Jan 5, 2016

Tom Nickels

I remember a conversation at school about you having a Drew from Neighbours type hairstyle...you took it to a whole mother level! Best of luck with the fundraising and the new barnet.

£15.00plus £3.75 Gift Aid

Jan 5, 2016

Joe Lipton

Mixed emotions - great cause, happy I was there at the start of your great hair growing journey, kind of sad now to see it go!

£10.00plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 5, 2016

Simon Keen

Are you going the whole hog and getting a number 1?

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 4, 2016

Sarah and Graham M

Awesome Andy - best buy a thicker scarf though - chilly neck time!

£100.00plus £25.00 Gift Aid

Jan 4, 2016

Anne Dickinson

Steve and I salute you xx

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 4, 2016

Charlee Brown

Such a great cause and something I doubt I'd ever have the balls to do, so well done for having mighty cojones!

£10.00

Jan 4, 2016

Anonymous

Thank you

£20.00

Jan 4, 2016

Chris P

Great cause Andy

£10.00plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 4, 2016

Scott

Great cause Andy, my mother just participated in this as well.

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 4, 2016

Balfour

Sampson would be proud

£20.00plus £5.00 Gift Aid

Jan 4, 2016

Anonymous

£10.00plus £2.50 Gift Aid

Jan 3, 2016

Simon W

Are you taking suggestions for a new style? Mohawk perhaps?

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 3, 2016

Isabel

£20.00

Jan 3, 2016

Bernadette and Andy A

Fantastic cause, looking forward to seeing the result!!

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 3, 2016

klm

Great initiative, Andy!

£10.00

Jan 3, 2016

Ray Donna

We have a 2 yr old in our family that is currently having chemo and has lost all of her hair . Thank you for doing such a wonderful thing

£20.00

Jan 2, 2016

Mike & Viv

£100.00plus £25.00 Gift Aid

Jan 2, 2016

Anonymous

Great idea as to what to do with your hair once it's cut off,good luck with the fund raising.

£5.00

Jan 2, 2016

Anonymous

£20.00

Jan 2, 2016

Oliver

Farewell hair!

Jan 2, 2016

The Snell-Pyms

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 2, 2016

Anonymous

Jan 2, 2016

Andy, Bekka, Bella & Nate

About time too :D Good luck with the fundraising and getting used to short hair again

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 1, 2016

Kiki and Lee

Happy New Year from Dubai! What a great cause - well done. Looking forward to seeing you and your new 'do soon. xx

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Jan 1, 2016

Paul & Kate

Well done!!

£100.00plus £25.00 Gift Aid

Jan 1, 2016

Max Hunter

£35.00plus £8.75 Gift Aid

Dec 30, 2015

Charlie & Adrian

£100.00plus £25.00 Gift Aid

Dec 28, 2015

Tom

£50.00

Dec 24, 2015

Sameena

Good luck! You will be 2 stone lighter without all that hair!

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid

Dec 24, 2015

James & Sarah

I have no idea what you're going to look like without it...

£50.00

Dec 23, 2015

Nisa & Richard

Lovely long hair photos! Can't wait to see equally amazing after shots! Great idea, great cause.

£50.00plus £12.50 Gift Aid