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MOVEMBER: SCUBA'S FUND-RAISING CALL TO THE RAMILY

MOVEMBER: SCUBA'S FUND-RAISING CALL TO THE RAMILY

Rich Ashton1 Nov 2020 - 16:30

'LET'S RALLY TOGETHER TO RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS'

MOVEMBER co-ordinator Stevie Bryant is urging the Ramily to pull together in a bid to raise awareness and money during the next month.

For the past few years, members of the club have individually taken part in the challenge, which aims to shine a light on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention, but Stevie is calling on everyone involved with Rams to club together for the next 30 days.

The club stalwart said: “I spoke to Josh Collis and Tom Vooght and we thought it would be a good thing to do as a whole club – as a group we want to raise awareness and money.

“In these tough times we’ve pulled together as a group in training and now with the help of friends, families and supporters we want to do a bit more.”

He continued: “It would be awesome to have as many people at the club raise awareness for this great cause and it’s not just the men – we want the Sirens involved, although it might be difficult for them to grow a Mo!

“Whether it be just sharing the donations page among friends and family, giving to the cause, growing a Mo for the month, it’s totally up to you and any form of donations would be wonderful.”

The importance of Movember’s focus is shown by the fact unchecked, prostate cancer rates will double over the next 15 years, while globally, testicular cancer is the most common cancer among men aged 15-39 years of age.

Across the world, one person dies from suicide every minute of every day, with males accounting for 75 per cent.

It is with this in mind that Stevie revealed: “It would be nice to hopefully raise at least £1,000 and the odd £10 here and there will accumulate so if we can get more great. But if we don’t then we will still be out raising awareness.”

As part of the campaign, those taking part will be providing regular updates at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ramsrfcmovember

And Stevie said there are a few individuals to look out for from the start.

He said: “Jak Rossiter has always had a good effort by the end although I’m not sure he is always completely clean shaven so benefits from a bit of a head start, but hopefully a few of the others will step up!

“At the other end of the scale, Josh tends to be lacking the testosterone needed for much growth, while club favourite Andy Amor looks like he’s 16, but he’s actually 36!”

At the end of the month, a vote will be taken to decide who has the best Mo, with the winner receiving a Rams black jacket, donated by the club.

In a further bid to attract funds, Stevie and others will also complete an 82-minute run from the rugby club around Woodley, Charvill, Twyford and finishing back at the club later this month. This represents the number of lives lost to suicide each week in England and Wales in 2019.

To get involved with the campaign in any way – whether to show your Mo, donate to the cause or spread the word – visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ramsrfcmovember

We hope all involved with the Ramily will get behind the project while we are otherwise locked down!

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