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Benjamin Foster

12 year Mo Bro

£90

Target: £200

raised £1,154 since 2013

My motivation

Fundraising for cause areas including:

Men's health
Prostate cancer
Testicular cancer
Mental health and suicide prevention

Last year, I made the fairly rash decision to move back to Manchester, starting a job at the Manchester Cancer Research Centre, while my wife stayed in Oxford. My work involves investigating DNA damage response pathways relevant to cancer biology. I enjoy the work and group, and further enjoy public engagement with schools and the general public, discussing early cancer detection and cancer therapeutics, on top of the day-to-day research I help with. I have learnt a lot more about early detection and the therapies available to patients.

But I am still >160 miles away from my wife, and cat, and I have paid the price personally. I'm terrible at talking about my problems and difficulties in-person, nevermind when moving and living on my own (Juno the black Labrador gets a lot of chit chat from me...). I am appalling at reaching out for help when I need it. I just keep it to myself and keep busy with the day-to-day rigmarole. I end up filling my day with tasks and activities. But it hasn't helped and won't help in the long-term.

Movember aims to help men with their mental health and to get them talking about their struggles so not to deal with problems alone. It also encourages early detection of cancers (check your balls or get your prostate checked if at known risk, please). By growing a moustache for just a single month I hope to encourage an improved community and togetherness. It has certainly helped me a little over the past 12 years of doing it.

Failing that, it'll make people laugh and smile.

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How I'm
getting involved

Starting:1st November 2024

Physical challenge

71 of 60 workout

walking

running

71 workout

***This Movember tracker is useless so just follow me on Strava**I'm running 60 times this Movember for the 60 men we lose each hour of every day.

How I'm
getting involved

Starting:1st November 2024

Physical challenge

71 of 60 workout

walking

running

71 workout

***This Movember tracker is useless so just follow me on Strava**I'm running 60 times this Movember for the 60 men we lose each hour of every day.

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And finally, the teams that have been really showing us how it's done.

The top 10 university teams at this point in the month are:
1. Cardiff University Rugby Club
2. Durham University Cricket Club
3. Exeter University Hockey Club
4. University of Nottingham Men's Hockey Club
5. Liverpool University RFC
6. DURFC
7. Sheffield University Cricket Club 2024
8. University of St Andrews Rugby Football Club
9. Sheffield Engineers RUFC
10. Collingwood College Association Football Club (CCAFC)

There's some might big totals in there, with Cardiff Rugby and Durham Cricket being number 1 and number 3 on the team leaderboard in the UK!

Now to celebrate a few of the superstars who are behind those university totals!

Some immense fundraising totals from the top 10 individuals in the Big Moustache on Campus Challenge - you really are BMOCs.

Massive thank you and well done to:
1.⁠ Lee Fish
2. Alex Ray
3. Callum Chapman
4. Joel Hennell-Nealey
5. Sam Sommers
6. Joe Nash
7. Ben Chapel
8. Marcus Scullion
9. Sam Martin-Jenkins
10. Ben Hyams

Wow - what a month it's been so far! You have all been incredible and are smashing records left, right and centre!

Over £1.1 million raised already by Uni Students in the UK alone - we are truly blown away by you all.

I just wanted to say a big CONGRATS to the top 10 unis on the leaderboard at this stage:
1.⁠ ⁠Durham University
2.⁠ ⁠University of Exeter
3.⁠ ⁠Cardiff University
4.⁠ ⁠University of Nottingham
5.⁠ ⁠University of Sheffield
6.⁠ ⁠University of Birmingham
7.⁠ ⁠University of Liverpool
8.⁠ ⁠University of York
9.⁠ ⁠Loughborough University
10.⁠ ⁠Newcastle University

1 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

John Knight

£10

Keep growing Ben!

1 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Emma Davies

£15

Well done Ben. And FP junior parkrun misses you too

2 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Kimberley Saint

£10

Will enjoy see the tache!

2 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Gosia Borkowska

£20

You keep that chin wagging and me and the Cat will work on shifting out fine butts up north. Enjoy growing the mo challenge - and consider Tom Selleck :) xx

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Donation from:

Janet Box

£20

Look after yourself, please shout if I can ever help, great cause

3 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

an anonymous supporter

£15

Previous year's posts

And now to check out our individual leaderboard on the 30th Mo...

Here are some very impressive totals:

1 Sam sommers - £4,008.02
2 Jack Bell - £3,337.01
3 Jay Kelman - £3,163.51
4 Toby Webster - £3,073.01
5 George Priestley - £3,065.30
6 Hugh Walker - £3,000.01
7 Harry Tuvey - £2,305.01
8 Kit Selman - £2,195.01
9 Jan M - £2,000.01
10 Tom Stevens - £1,943.51
11 Sam Fineman - £1,908.62
12 Thabo Mapetla - £1,847.01
13 Nohar Chawla - £1,840.01
14 Olly Hodkinson - £1,820.01
15 Michael Chapman - £1,737.93
16 Marcus Scullion - £1,605.00
17 Arthur Eynon - £1,590.00
18 Paddy Berry - £1,570.00
19 Josh Banks - £1529.76
20 Andrew Turley - £1441.00

However much is raised, big or small, you are all an integral part of the Mo community and we couldn't do anything without your support

It's the final day to Mo and collectively university students in the UK have raised an immense £1.37million!!!

Wow.

Now here's the time for the uni leaderboard update...
1 University of Exeter - £104,056.00
2 University of Nottingham - £103,420.04
3 Durham University - £77,618.01
4 Cardiff University - £73,065.88
5 University of Sheffield - £65,319.04
6 University of Liverpool - £54,362.03
7 University of Birmingham - £47,148.80
8 University of York - £39,217.38
9 University of Bristol - £37,802.86
10 University of St. Andrews - £37,709.09
11 Loughborough University - £36,413.94
12 University of Oxford - £35,961.03
13 University of Warwick - £35,246.49
14 University of East Anglia - £32,958.75
15 University of Glasgow - £31,732.55
16 University of Edinburgh - £27,619.36
17 Lancaster University - £27,348.91
18 University of Southampton - £24,056.16
19 University of Bath - £23,191.32
20 Swansea University - £22,038.53

Incredible effort to all! Remember the the leaderboard ranking doesn't close until 11th December at 10pm, so you have plenty of time to get those last donations in

ONE MORE DAY TO MO

As Movember draws to a close, we hope that those of you who are growing are beginning to feel at one with the Mo.

Will be a sad day for those that will be losing their furry face furniture soon but remember, you still have until 11th December until the leader boards close... so maybe you can extend the Mo growth just a bit longer.

Comedian Nick Helm has perfectly shown the Movember journey - go give it some love!

TODAY IS DONOR DAY

A day to reward your generous donors. Share with friends and family that if they donate £15 today they will be in with a chance of winning some amazing prizes.

Prizes include a £5,000 kitchen voucher, £1,000 travel voucher and a Cambridge Audio record player worth £850 - get ya teeth into it!

Share with friends, family, strangers and more!

And a MASSIVE well done to our top 10 individuals this week! Those are some pretty impressive numbers that's for sure

1 Sam sommers - £3,541.02
2 Jay Kelman - £2,740.01
3 George Priestley - £2,716.01
4 Toby Webster - £2,237.01
5 Harry Tuvey - £2,180.01
6 Kit Selman - £1,960.01
7 Jan M - £1,931.01
8 Hugh Walker - £1,900.01
9 Olly Hodkinson - £1,820.01
10 Sam Fineman - £1,786.11

It's 1 week left to Mo and here are the top 10 unis in the UK this week!
1 University of Nottingham - £80,611.75
2 University of Exeter - £74,267.87
3 Durham University - £55,949.77
4 University of Sheffield - £54,171.56
5 Cardiff University - £50,448.15
6 University of Liverpool - £41,784.22
7 University of Birmingham - £36,879.05
8 University of York - £31,649.62
9 Loughborough University - £29,892.54
10 University of St. Andrews - £28,225.22

Thank you all for absolutely smashing it out of the park this year!

Previous year's donations

52 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

an anonymous supporter

£20

52 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Bethan Greenaway

£5

After an epic week 2 here are the top 10 unis at Mid Mo - great work everyone!

1. University of Nottingham - £58,767.28
2. University of Exeter - £53,333.24
3. University of Sheffield - £43,303.55
4. Cardiff University - £42,826.49
5. Durham University - £39,714.26
6. University of Liverpool - £27,591.40
7. University of Birmingham - £27,359.14
8. University of York - £26,155.22
9. University of Oxford - £21,274.55
10. University of St. Andrews - £21,249.11

Keep Mo'ing!

53 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

an anonymous supporter

£20

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55 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

an anonymous supporter

£10

102 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Bethan Greenaway

£5

102 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Saroj Saurya

£25

Great work Ben!! Keep going!!

And which uni is leading on 30 Movember?

1. University of Exeter - £97,090.47
2. Durham University - £68,660.92
3. University of Nottingham - £59,791.86
4. Loughborough University - £47,490.59
5. University of Birmingham - £38,710.23
6. Cardiff University - £35,609.10
7. Swansea University - £34,538.43
8. University of Sheffield - £34,509.48
9. University of St Andrews - £30,679.17
10. University of Oxford - £26,513.12

The leaderboards officially close at 10pm on 8 December so you have until then to get all your final donations in!

It's the last day of Movember! Who's currently the Top Student Mo?

1. Nicholas Lau - £5,745.00
2. Jack Bell - £5,390.00
3. Harry Cleary - £4,257.00
4. Gregor Nixon - £3,300.90
5. Ben Lake - £3,161.10
6. Archie Fisher - £3,125.00
7. Stephen Noble - £3,060.50
8. Aonghus Sellar - £2,750.00
9. Harrison Desa - £2,525.02
10. Ben Horswell - £2,347.00

The leaderboards officially close at 10pm on 8 December so you have until then to get all your final donations in!

103 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Mark Bellinger

£5

103 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Facebook Fundraising

£10

103 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Kristy Dallimore

£10

103 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Facebook Fundraising

£5

103 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Adrian Barranco

£10

Well done mate!

103 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Kevin Juggins

£10

Great stuff mate! Jugs

103 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Shannon Dallimore

£20

105 Week(s) Ago

Donation from:

Facebook Fundraising

£13

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Benjamin Foster 12 year Mo Bro

Benjamin Foster 12 year Mo Bro

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