PEOPLE are being called on to have their photograph taken this Saturday [January 24] as part of a charity project.
Photographer Gavin King has teamed up with a Kerseys Solicitors and Colchester United Football Club to photograph 1,000 people to raise money for the Tom Bowdidge Foundation (TBF).
The teenager died in October of last year, aged 19, from a rare stomach cancer. But he raised over £170,000 for charity while battling his illness. His family, parents Nikki and Richard Bowdidge and sister Emma, then launched the foundation on what would have been his 20th birthday on February 28th this year.
Staff at Kerseys Solicitors, which has an appointment office in Colchester Business Park, have been inspired by the story of Tom Bowdidge. The firm has offered to donate £1,000 to the charitable trust if 1,000 people take part in photo-shoots at Colchester United Football Club.
The TBF, which has its headquarters in Colchester, raises funds to support research projects and to provide physical and emotional support to teenagers and young people with cancer. Tom was a Colchester Royal Grammar School sixth-former from West Bergholt.
His mother, Nikki, teaches at Heathlands Primary School. Dad Richard Bowdidge said: "It is a way of paying homage to Tom and allowing us to continue our work supporting teenagers and young people with cancer."
The project will be launched at the Leyton Orient game on Saturday. Photos are set to be taken before the match, from 10am. To pre-register, visit http://www.cu-fc.com/ You can also find more information at fuwww.tombowdidgefoundation.org/
Photographer Gavin King has teamed up with a Kerseys Solicitors and Colchester United Football Club to photograph 1,000 people to raise money for the Tom Bowdidge Foundation (TBF).
The teenager died in October of last year, aged 19, from a rare stomach cancer. But he raised over £170,000 for charity while battling his illness. His family, parents Nikki and Richard Bowdidge and sister Emma, then launched the foundation on what would have been his 20th birthday on February 28th this year.
Staff at Kerseys Solicitors, which has an appointment office in Colchester Business Park, have been inspired by the story of Tom Bowdidge. The firm has offered to donate £1,000 to the charitable trust if 1,000 people take part in photo-shoots at Colchester United Football Club.
The TBF, which has its headquarters in Colchester, raises funds to support research projects and to provide physical and emotional support to teenagers and young people with cancer. Tom was a Colchester Royal Grammar School sixth-former from West Bergholt.
His mother, Nikki, teaches at Heathlands Primary School. Dad Richard Bowdidge said: "It is a way of paying homage to Tom and allowing us to continue our work supporting teenagers and young people with cancer."
The project will be launched at the Leyton Orient game on Saturday. Photos are set to be taken before the match, from 10am. To pre-register, visit http://www.cu-fc.com/ You can also find more information at fuwww.tombowdidgefoundation.org/
