TWO brothers and their father have gone under the barber's clippers to raise money for charity after a third brother was diagnosed with bowel cancer late last year.
Dad Colin Craswell and his sons Martin and Stuart, all from Hutton, have raised more than £2,000 for the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity.
Their brother, Andrew, who lives in Shenfield, was diagnosed with the disease in December aged only 30, after suffering symptoms for a relatively short period of time.
Following surgery, Andrew is now undergoing an intensive course of chemotherapy.
Andrew, who was at the charity shave at Menace male grooming salon in Shenfield High Street on Thursday, said: "My case highlights the importance of early detection and diagnosis.
"It's becoming more and more common in younger age groups, and it's important that if you find anything wrong with your body then you should get yourself checked out.
"The last thing I would have expected is to be diagnosed with cancer at the age of 30."
The Helen Rollason Cancer Charity, which was founded in 1999 as the legacy of Helen Rollason MBE, is dedicated to supporting people whose lives have been touched by cancer through its network of support centres.
The charity has enabled more than 3,000 cancer patients to participate in pioneering clinical drug trials since 2,000.
It has the largest cancer research clinical drug trial program in the Essex hospitals network.
If you would like to donate, visit www.justgiving.com/andrew-craswell
The family will be organising more events during the summer of 2013 for these causes.
