David James ties up charity campaign this Father's Day
4 June 2008
England goalie, David James, has posed for a tongue-in-cheek photo shoot to launch a Father’s Day charity promotion, to raise money for the Everyman Male Cancer Campaign.
James sported the traditional Father’s Day gift – a wacky tie – to mark the beginning of the fundraising drive. Everyman is being donated money from all purchases across the Debenhams menswear range in the lead up to Father’s Day (15 June). The retailer hopes to raise at least £100,000 for Everyman’s vital research into prostate and testicular cancer.
The Portsmouth footballer posed in his Father’s Day best in the changing rooms of Portsmouth FC’s Fratton Park. He said: “Around 37,000 men are diagnosed with male cancer every year - almost twice the amount of men that fill our great football stadium. I’ve known healthy footballers who have been diagnosed with testicular cancer and it brings it home that it could happen to anyone, even your dad, so support Everyman this Father’s Day.”
Spokesperson for the Everyman Male Cancer Campaign, Hannah Crabtree said: “It’s great that Debenhams have got on board to raise awareness of such an important issue. Together we hope to quite literally save lives.”
David James has been a dedicated supporter of the Everyman Male Cancer Campaign since 2005, after a friend was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
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Notes to Editor:
• Everyman is a campaign run by The Institute of Cancer Research, to raise awareness and fund research into testicular and prostate cancer at The Everyman Centre – Europe’s first and only centre dedicated to male cancer research.
• The Institute of Cancer Research is Europe’s leading cancer research centre with expert scientists working on cutting edge research. It was founded in 1909 to carry out research into the causes of cancer and to develop new strategies for its prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care. Website at: www.icr.ac.uk
• Prostate cancer has overtaken lung cancer to become the most common cancer in men affecting almost 35,000 men every year in the UK. One man dies of prostate cancer in the UK every hour.
• Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer in men aged between 15 and 44, with about 2,000 cases a year in the UK. Incidence is increasing dramatically – by almost 4-fold in the last 50 years, but thanks to advances made at Everyman, testicular cancer is 99% curable if caught early, and with treatment the overall cure rate is 95%.
