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The best of Lincoln Movember

From hairless to handlebars: Fundraisers in Lincoln have played their part to support the men’s health awareness campaign ‘Movember’.
Movember efforts from Pete, Jay, Chris and Lea, from the Dog and Bone pub in Lincoln

Lincoln ’Mo Bros’ began their mission clean shaven on November 1. After much growing and grooming, fundraisers have raised awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer, testicular cancer and male mental health.

Besides adopting an eccentric accessory, those taking part have been raising money for Prostate Cancer UK and The Institute of Cancer Research.

Throughout the month people in Lincoln have done their bit in support of the campaign. City of Lincoln Council Chief Executive and Town Clerk, Andrew Taylor, opted for ‘reverse Movember’ when he lost his 38-year-old ‘tash.

At the starting line, we spoke with Lincolnshire Consultant Urological Surgeon, Jorge Clavijo, who supports the campaign.

Dr Clavijo got in touch with The Lincolnite and provided an update of this year’s efforts.

“We men are not very proactive in looking after our health. Movember is a useful tool to remind us to do our MOTs, men’s health awareness is on the rise albeit slowly”, he said.

Jorge Clavijo (right) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon based in Lincolnshire. Jorge is pictured here taking part in the Movember Run, in Leeds, and hopes Lincoln will host something similar in the future.

Jorge Clavijo (right) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon based in Lincolnshire. Jorge is pictured here taking part in the Movember Run, in Leeds, and hopes Lincoln will host something similar in the future.

More Lincoln Mo Bros

Personnel from RAF Waddington went back to the 1940s to show off their moustaches.

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 Keith Luckey, Lincoln singer and guitarist

Keith Luckey is a singer and guitarist based in Lincoln.

Nick Bulcraig, Dylan’s Barbershop

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James Bass, Lincoln Waitrose Delivery Driver

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Elliott, Liam and Luke, Laser Red

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Pete, Jay, Chris and Lea, the Dog and Bone pub

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Alan Tyers raised money alongside friends for the Ocular Tumour Fund

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Charity runners at the Witham Runners’ Moustache Dash raised £275 for the cause.

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Residential Valuer Phill Johnson, FranKeys Independent Estate Agents

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Rob Hammond, Lincs FM Presenter

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Dan Price, Web Designer & Developer at Lincoln College

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The team at Wright Vigar have been growing and grooming. The accountants have raised £450 so far!

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Dave Allen, from Lincoln, enjoying a game of Lincoln Edition Monopoly.

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David Stanley from Lincoln

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The DesignTaches team from Siemens in Lincoln, together with the TurbineTaches team, raised almost £1000 for Movember.

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If you missed out on this year’s facial hair frenzy, you can always get involved with the campaign to beat Bowl Cancer ‘Decembeard’.