I am fundraising for Pancreatic Cancer UK.
On August 21st, I lost my grandad to a cancer which is not only tough to diagnose, it is tough to treat and research is desperately underfunded. Less than 1% of people survive pancreatic cancer for 10 or more years and the improvement in that survival rate has not changed in the last 40 years.
That being said, my grandad saw the fun side of life and that's something he's passed on to everyone around him, including me when I asked him about dyeing my hair the first time. Much to the disappointment of my mum, he told me to make the most of life and have fun with it.
So once again in November I'll be dyeing my hair purple and embarrassing my mum by ruining Christmas photos but I hope I'll also be raising awareness of this cancer in one of the most noticeable ways possible.
Please support me and help make a difference to pancreatic cancer. Any donation would be greatly appreciated by not only myself but everyone who is impacted by pancreatic cancer.
My donations could fund...
19 hours with a nurse on our Support Line
or
8 hours of early diagnosis research
My Achievements
Reached 100% of goal
Reached 50% of goal
Shared page
Self donated
My Updates
It's done!
Having raised £328, I've surpassed my goal and thought I should add an update for all who couldn't follow along with my instagram story! (@dylan.bal1)
I have indeed Dyed my hair! Well, bleached ad dyed! I expected to go blonde (as I had done previously when bleaching my hair) but ended up with a ginger shade instead! Topping that off with the purple has lead to a shade slightly darker than I expected but it also really depends on the lighting around me.
Again, I can't thank you all enough! I'll be sharing some of the photos here but if you want to see any, let me know!
PS: Here is the result! (I can't upload multiple images to this site but will share them all on facebook/instagram!)
Thank you!
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far! I only have £13.91 until my goal and am extremely humbled by all of your support and am weirdly looking forward to looking like a fool!
It's looking like I will be dyeing my hair on Saturday, November 2nd and will be sure to upload some images here and on my social media!
Thank you to my Sponsors
£135.20
Dylan Bal
£10.40
Andrew Albert
£10
Roy Partington
Always good to be able to do something in memory of someone who obviously had a major impact on your life.
£10.40
Big Pole
:)
£10.40
Gee
Proud of you ❤️
£26
Paula O'connell
Good Luck Dylan!!!
£20
Kerry Ayers
Awesome work for such an important cause!
£20.80
Matt Mayne
Proud of you man, even if it is just an excuse to look dumb again 😉
£25
Eain Findlay
Well, don't worry about what mum thinks, you'll probably lose it anyway (Imagine the horror if you commented adversely on mum's hair!). So have fun dyeing your hair. Raise lots of dosh & to placate mum, tell her that you are going to do the MOONWALK next May for Breast Cancer charities by donning a bra & walking 26.25 miles around London!
£26
Rosemary Garrett
Can't wait to see this! :-)
£5.20
Noveen Yaseen
Your grandad will be proud
£50
Nicky & Anil
Good Luck Dylan!
£10.40
Chris Hobbs
I look forward to seeing your new hair colour :-)
£5.20
Sharon Moore
Enjoy the Purple hair days.
£10.69
420 $wag
Nicccce
£10.40
Daniel Collyer
£10.40
Mandy Cox
Hope you raise lots of money 😃
£25
Theresa Mayne
Anything to wind my Sister up!
£52
Alan Mobley
Proud of you big man!
£10
Nicola Griffiths
Great fun idea xxx
£15.60
Abi Spicer
I hope it's a colour everyone hates
£5.20
Jonas Bal
Proud of you bro
Sponsorships on behalf of Swindon Silicon Systems Ltd. (THANK YOU EVERYONE AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS DONATED ONLINE ALREADY!)