Our 4th annual Movember challenge has now come to an end and as proud as we are to raise much needed funds for the Prostate Cancer charity we also must admit that our Mum’s are keen as mustard to see back the sight their cleaning shaven sons’.

This year, Harry and Graham went the extra mile by not only emailing, texting and tweeting friends and family but also by publishing weekly embarrassing tashed photos.

In terms of fundraising we were fortunate to raise £244.98 which with Gift Aid of £58.25 saw a respectable total of £303.23. In our 4 years of taking part in Movember this sees a total of £1,041.17 being provided to the Prostate Cancer charity.

Thank you to everyone who donated and for those who would still like to our online fundraising page is still open.

Until next year tash fans…

We’re now at the official point of Mo return with 21 days past of our Movember challenge in aid of the Prostate Cancer charity or as we like to call it the ‘unbearable itch’ phase of our journey.

This week as well as receiving a few odd glances from our clients, knowing winks from other Mo Bros we’ve been fortunate to be been featured on 2 websites: Weekend at Dad’s and the Oasis tribute website, Stop Crying Your Heart Out. Most importantly we’ve hit through the £100 mark which in this financial climate this hasn’t been the easiest tasks but we hope the purpose of the worthy cause along with our embarrassing team photos has made the contributions worth it for our fabulous donators.

Still haven’t donated but would like to?
Please visit our online donation page.

Harry

Sticking to my current theme of Movember and brands, this week I’ve found what Kulula has been up to. Their famous Flying 101 plane now has its very own mo and they have been promoting movember on their Facebook page. Again it’s great to see brands interacting with its customers promoting this global phenomenon.

Graham

My weekly Movember themed choice of favourite goes to the exceptionally creative and detailed moustache sand drawings by artist, Tony Plant. As part of Mo Fest the public are encouraged this Saturday to wear Mo’s and draw facial lipped friends in the sand at Newquay’s Great Western Beach. The event starts, tomorrow Saturday 17th November from 12 ’til 2pm.

Huw

My Movember favourite this week is the Dublin based ‘Pass it on’ campaign in which artists, photographers, illustrators and designers took part raising awareness and funds for Prostate Cancer. Each of the 43 creatives designed an A3 poster which you can buy for just €10 with 100% of the proceeds going to Movember. Would love to see a similar event take place in Wales next year.

Hello tash fans, this weeks’ furry facial filled instalment sees the completion of the second week of our Movember challenge in aid of the Prostate Cancer charity.

This week we were fortunate to have one of Graham’s heroes mention us on Twitter, the one, the only… Neville Southall of Everton and Wales goalkeeping fame. If you’d like to donate to our challenge please feel free to via online fundraising page.

Next week further equally embarrassing team photos in lip sweater prowess…

Today marks the end of week one of our teams’ challenge of growing manly moustaches for Movember in aid of Prostate Cancer.

To date we’ve only raised a measly £10 via our online fundraising page which we admit is very poor. On the plus side, our Mr Tash collection has been featured on Creative Review and we’ve picked up a bit of trade seeing the backing of Wynne Evans of Go Compare fame tweeting about our tees and purchasing a few items himself.

Until next week tash fans…

Today marks the beginning of November and for the 4th consecutive year the team will be embarking on the Movember challenge, growing manly moustaches with all the proceeds being provided to The Prostate Cancer charity.

To date we’ve been fortunate to raise £737.94 and we’d like to call on you to support our challenge this year for a worthwhile cause.

What is Movember?
Movember is a new charity event that raises awareness about male health issues and money for research into prostate cancer. You can find out more information at: http://uk.movember.com

If you don’t know what the prostate does, you’re not alone. Two out of three men in the Wales can’t tell you. Yet cancer of the prostate gland is the most common cancer in men in Wales, causing about one in four of all new male cancers. You can find out more information at: http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk

Ways you can support us

1. Donate via our online fundraising page: http://www.justgiving.com/growatash2012

2. Send a cheque to us:
Huw David Design Limited, Malthouse Court, Heol Las, Llantrisant Wales CF72 8EG

Weekly updates will be posted on our blog and we hope you enjoy watching our mo’s grow.

 

Wage your own boardroom battle at the office with our Apprentice Sweepstake 2012

Simply

, print out the page, cut along the dotted lines and get your friends or work colleagues to pay a set amount (we suggest £2 or £5), then randomly select a slip from the hat.

Send half of the money as a donation to the worthy charity ‘Velindre Cancer Centre’ then the rest is up to Lord Sugar to decide who wins the rest of the prize fund.

Can your chosen Apprentice go the distance? Or will they be among those to hear that fateful phrase… ‘You’re fired!’

Send your donations to
Velindre Cancer Centre
Velindre Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14 2TL

Thank you / Diolch

We’ve now completed our personal Movember challenge and would like to thank each and everyone of you who helped us raise £171.00 this year in aid of The Prostate Cancer charity.

Big love goes out to:
Laura Williams, Simon Reah, Paul Copner, Aled Parry, Lucy Daniels, Joanna Griffiths, Steven George, Rhys Rosser, Harry Rees, Andrew Hamblin, Chris Hamblin, Michael Rockey, Ryan Roberts, Lesley Sage, Glenn Jenner, Glynn Williams, Chun Cho, Matt Flint, Allan Bimson, Craig Lockwood, Rhiannon Cosslett, Dom Legge, Ryan Harrison, Ma Sanders, Jenny, Jim and William.

Graham

My candidate for Movember fame this week is my old university friend, Paul. A picture tells a thousands stories and in his own words ‘I’ve been banned from all the sweet shops in Barry’. Feel free to support Paul’s facial growth or report him to the authorities.

Tim

Thursday marked Tim’s third decade on this planet and to celebrate this milestone we went out for a meal, presents were given and assortment of pastries were consumed. Tim is continuing the celebrations into the weekend so if you should see tashed Tim ‘Tony Manero’ strutting his stuff please feel free to buy him a drink. Happy birthday Tim.

Craig

I was lucky enough to get an article published with .Net magazine this week. The article covers a 10 step approach too marketing your app and has received some great feedback. The article can be found here. Keep your eyes peeled for more articles in the very near future.

Huw

My favourite this week is my moustache grown for Movember which some people think resembles the ‘Wholesales Supplier’ Private Joe Walker from Dad’s Army.

Graham

Continuing the Movember theme this month my favourite is the personal facial furniture proudly being worn by my buddy, Alan. Never has a tash combined with a festive jumper looked so good. Please feel free to donate to him.

Craig

Mr Lockwood aka Tintin has made the fatal mistake not completing his favourite this week so in time honoured HDD tradition a suitable embarrassing image has been found and used as to take its place. Within the photo Craig allures at how he envisions his final Movember effort to appear, in reality after 11 days and even an additional 4 day headstart (the cheat), he’s only managed a few strands of facial hair under his nose… one large breeze and even this ‘effort’ is sure to disappear.

Huw

We’re into week two of Movember. I’ve grown quite attached to my moustache, I may even keep it! Unfortunately I’m not brave enough to show it on here just yet, that will be next week! My favourite this week is my mo!

Tim

My favourite should be my new tash.  Those of you who connect to me on social media will have seen the unveiling last night, which has resulted in me looking like an axe murderer from the 1970′s.  However this week I came across an interesting take on QR codes, and before you start yes I know they have been around for a long time, but I still think they are relevant. These actually work and look good rather than ‘Robot puke’ as I have seen them referred to before.

Huw David Design Movember Challenge 2011

During Movember the team at Huw David Design will going the extra mile by growing manly beards in support of The Prostate Cancer charity and we need your support.

Last year we were fortunate to raise £334.72 and ideally we’d like to eclipse this amount.

 

What is Movember?
Movember is a new charity event that raises awareness about male health issues and money for research into prostate cancer. You can find out more information at: http://uk.movember.com

If you don’t know what the prostate does, you’re not alone. Two out of three men in the Wales can’t tell you. Yet cancer of the prostate gland is the most common cancer in men in Wales, causing about one in four of all new male cancers. You can find out more information at: http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk

Please sponsor us and watch our beards grow! Updated facial hair growth will be posted here on the Huw David Design blog.

 

Ways to sponsor us

1. Online
Team donation: http://bit.ly/vi5hJB
Tim: http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1476244/
Graham: http://mobro.co/gramatter
Craig: http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1476348/

2. Buy one of our ‘Scouser’ Movember A3 prints
A3 prints inspired by Harry Enfield’s legendary sketch, ‘The Scousers’.

3. Buy one of our ‘Beard’ Movember A3 prints
Unique A3 ‘Beard’ prints designed for our personal Movember challenge this year.

4. Buy Movember merchandise
T-shirts, mugs or and stickers all available from our online shop complete with our iconic Movember ‘Beard’ design.

5. Offline
Feel free to send a cheque/postal order or drop in with some money (even if it’s just a pound) and we’ll add the money to our online account.

Huw David Design
Malthouse Court,
Heol Las, Llantrisant
Rhondda Cyon Taff CF72 8EG

Thank you for your support to a worthy cause.

Today brings with it a new month and an end to our team Movember challenge. It’s been an eventful period seeing our fearless leader petrified at the sight of his own facial manliness leaving one week in, the challenge featured on a number websites but more importantly a good total raised for The Prostate Cancer Charity £334.72 including Gift Aid.

HDD Movember team challenge hall of fame
We’d like to thank the following people who have been so kind and generous to make a donation. Take a bow you lovely people…

Aled Parry, Glynn Williams, Sarah Francis, Paul Mullins, Paul Copner, Kevin Thomas, Glenn Jenner, James Sexton, Lesley Sage, Jason Hester, Susan Sanders, Gareth Ali, Will Waters, Mike Sullivan, Anthony Quick, Rhys Rosser, Rob Mills, Tim Whalley, “Tash” Beckett, Beverley Holloway, Joanne Baralos, Ryan Harrison, Matt Joyce, Daniel Davies-Hale, Adam Turnbull, Ian Webb, Lee Birchall, Dion Hester, Christian McLoughlin, Alistair Wilson, Leighton Steggles, Andy Plowman, Jayne and the Thompson family, David Jenkins, Colin Stokes, Barbara Brett, Ryan Roberts, Matthew Morecroft, Chun Ho Cho, Alex Scott and Matthew Cook.

A special mention finally has to go to our team member, Graham who made a personal achievement eclipsing his previous Movember challenge seeing his individual total £316.90.

Our Movember challenge may now be over but should you still want to make a donation our fundraising page is still open: http://www.justgiving.com/growatash2010

That’s all for now tash fans, stay tuned for more facial frivolity next year.