EVERYONE at Beating Bowel Cancer would like to thank all those in the Wirral area who took part in our Decembeard fundraising campaign last month.

We are delighted to announce we have reached our target of £250,000, which will help us to support people with bowel cancer and their families and to raise awareness of the disease, its symptoms and the need for early diagnosis.

The aim of the campaign, which asked men to ditch their razors and grow a beard throughout December, was to break down the stigma of talking about bowel cancer, the UK’s second biggest cancer killer.

Decembeard was a fun way for individuals or teams to raise funds and help to increase awareness of the disease. It was easy to do and thousands signed up for it this year.

We’d like to thank every one of them for their support.

There’s lots of information and advice on our website or they can call our nurse helpline on 020 8973 0011.

Mark Flannagan, Chief executive, Beating Bowel Cancer.