A FIRM of solicitors is reminding people in Colchester to don their tutus, fairy wings and wands for a charity world record attempt this month.
Kerseys solicitors, which has an appointment office in The Crescent at Colchester Business Park, is heading The March of 1,000 Fairies in aid of the Woolverstone Wish Appeal.
Money raised will help refurbish the chemotherapy outpatient clinics and day unit in the Woolverstone Wing of Ipswich Hospital.
And the event will take place Sunday, June 22, outside the Town Hal in Ipswich's Cornhill.
Sharon Wragg, 45, a conveyancing executive at Kerseys, has been the driving force behind the record-breaking attempts.
She said: "Colchester has a great community feel about it and it would be lovely if people from the town could join us to help break a world record.
Hundreds turned out in Ipswich last year for the Flutter of Fairies, which briefly broke the Guinness World Record for largest number of people to dress up as fairies in the same place.
Now Kerseys, who have already raised over £7,000 for the appeal, are working in collaboration with Ipswich Borough Council, Ipswich Arts Festival (Ip-Art) and the Woolverstone Wish to attempt the record again.
The charity is close to staff's heart at the law practice after colleague Judy Sykes was diagnosed
with Hodgkins lymphoma and treated at the hospital.
Cheryl Thayer, chairman of the Woolverstone Wish appeal committee, said they were grateful of the ongoing support from Kerseys, various organisations and the general public.
The charity has raised £629,471 to date and has a target of £800,000. Donations will be collected on the day.
On June 22 of last year, a total of 821 people gathered on the Cornhill in Ipswich. They beat the previous record of 786 people.
But the record was broken the previous day in Lichfield, Staffordshire, when 871 gathered in aid of St Giles Hospice (UK).
To find out more about the appeal or to make a donation, visit http://www.woolverstonewish.org.uk/.
For more information on the world record bid, follow Facebook at A Flutter of Fairies or on Twitter, @FairiesGather or call Sharon on 01473 407114.
