A DROITWICH man has raised more than £10,000 for a variety of causes in the last two-and-a-half years.
Richard Padley’s fund-raising began with him shaving a Christmas tree into his chest to raise cash for Leukaemia research.
Since then he has set about generating funding every month, with a different charity for each one.
Among those in 2021 were Cystic Fibrosis, Unlock Your You (mental health), the RSPCA, Macmillan Cancer Support, Motor Neurones Disease, and Men’s Health Awareness.
In 2022, the DV Women’s Refuge, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Prostate Cancer, Dementia UK, Breast Cancer UK, SSFA and local causes, such as the Droitwich Food Pantry and Bromsgrove’s Libby Mae’s Little Angels.
And up until May this year, there has been £176 for the Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust, £163 for Beach Guardian, £195 for Dementia UK, £282 for The Teddy Rose Foundation and £165 for the Forget-Me-Not Children’s Hopsice.
The funds have been generated though Richard’s Pokemon Paradise group.
He said: “I would like to thank everyone who has taken part and joined me on this amazing charity fundraising journey couldn’t of done it without the help and support of all the admins and members of Pokemon paradise.
“It is the group that keeps on giving.”
This month’s charity is The Azaylia Foundation.
