{"id":7138,"date":"2015-11-03T19:35:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2015-11-03T19:35:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T19:35:44","slug":"10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a310,000 raised after close shave in Whitchurch pub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_7146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7146\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7146\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Headshaving group\" width=\"267\" height=\"177\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7146\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Headshaving group\" width=\"267\" height=\"177\" \/><\/noscript> Smiling volunteers after their shaves<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nPUB goers raised over \u00a310,000 for Cancer Research Wales after having their heads shaved.<br \/>\nThe \u2018A Close Shave\u2019 gathering saw 25 brave regulars shave their heads and double their original \u00a35,000 fund-raising target at the Maltsters Arms, Whitchurch.<br \/>\nCancer Research Wales is a charity that has\u00a0many close connections with\u00a0the Whitchurch community and its headquarters is in Velindre Hospital.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7145\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_023.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7145\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_023-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Headshaving: women\" width=\"398\" height=\"265\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7145\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_023-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Headshaving: women\" width=\"398\" height=\"265\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Sara Milburn, Mina Kelly and Rachel Edwards<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe group of Cardiff-based volunteers included three women: Sara Milburn, Mina Kelly and Rachel Edwards.<br \/>\nSara Milburn spoke of her personal reasons for taking part: \u201cI lost my mother, Sandra, to cancer at a relatively young age and I wanted to take part in this event to help raise some much-needed money for the wonderful research projects the charity funds.\u201d<br \/>\nStylists from the nearby barbers, Terry\u2019s Cutting Crew, carried out the head shave. Lead stylist, Louise Budd, said: \u201cThe challenge of shaving 25 heads in such a short space of time was definitely a logistical nightmare.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Budd added: \u201cBut it has been a fantastic fundraiser to be a part of and we are very happy to have helped contribute to such an important cause.\u201d<br \/>\nEvent organiser Alastair Milburn said: \u201cWe have had a fantastic turnout for the fund-raiser and I want to thank everyone who took part, as well as those who kindly provided donations.<br \/>\n\u201cA special mention should also go to Lisa Jane, the landlady at the Maltsters Arms, who has been a great sport and hosted the event brilliantly.\u201d<br \/>\nAll funds for Cancer Research Wales are spent in Wales to help scientists\u2019 pioneering cancer research projects across the country.<br \/>\nPeople can donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.virginmoneygiving.com\/team\/aclosehshave2015\">http:\/\/uk.virginmoneygiving.com\/team\/aclosehshave2015<\/a>.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7165\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Headshave.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7165\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Headshave.jpg\" alt=\"Headshaving: before pic\" width=\"480\" height=\"293\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7165\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Headshave.jpg\" alt=\"Headshaving: before pic\" width=\"480\" height=\"293\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The volunteers before the head shave<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUB goers raised over \u00a310,000 for Cancer Research Wales after having their heads shaved. The \u2018A Close Shave\u2019 gathering saw 25 brave regulars shave their heads and double their original \u00a35,000 fund-raising target at the Maltsters Arms, Whitchurch. Cancer Research Wales is a charity that has\u00a0many close connections with\u00a0the Whitchurch community and its headquarters is in Velindre Hospital. The group of Cardiff-based volunteers included three women: Sara Milburn, Mina Kelly and Rachel Edwards. Sara Milburn spoke of her personal reasons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[240],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-7138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whitchurch","tag-whitchurch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Whitchurch pub raises money for Cancer Research Wales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PUB goers raised over \u00a310,000 for Cancer Research Wales after having their heads shaved.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Whitchurch pub raises money for Cancer Research Wales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PUB goers raised over \u00a310,000 for Cancer Research Wales after having their heads shaved.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-03T19:35:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cathyduncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cathyduncan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/\",\"name\":\"Whitchurch pub raises money for Cancer Research Wales\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-03T19:35:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\"},\"description\":\"PUB goers raised over \u00a310,000 for Cancer Research Wales after having their heads shaved.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u00a310,000 raised after close shave in Whitchurch pub\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\",\"name\":\"The Cardiffian\",\"description\":\"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1\",\"name\":\"cathyduncan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cathyduncan\"},\"description\":\"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy\",\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Whitchurch pub raises money for Cancer Research Wales","description":"PUB goers raised over \u00a310,000 for Cancer Research Wales after having their heads shaved.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Whitchurch pub raises money for Cancer Research Wales","og_description":"PUB goers raised over \u00a310,000 for Cancer Research Wales after having their heads shaved.","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/","og_site_name":"The Cardiffian","article_published_time":"2015-11-03T19:35:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"cathyduncan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cathyduncan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cathyduncan","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/","name":"Whitchurch pub raises money for Cancer Research Wales","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg","datePublished":"2015-11-03T19:35:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1"},"description":"PUB goers raised over \u00a310,000 for Cancer Research Wales after having their heads shaved.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CDF_031015_CF_Headshave_024-300x199.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/03\/10000-raised-close-shave-whitchurch-pub\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u00a310,000 raised after close shave in Whitchurch pub"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/","name":"The Cardiffian","description":"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/41c76b1e66d8cf6e57cba8550c3772b1","name":"cathyduncan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4d0895f6e1f7ccb86d04236a870a18b","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cd1b1b63598c25c15d3e0d390366ec2ba1c99865b1a23c34339be8c5c396a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cathyduncan"},"description":"Lecturer, Cardiff University News Journalism MA. Bristolian based in Cardiff but Swansea Til I Die.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/people\/view\/381934-duncan-cathy","https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/cathy-duncan-6b91459","https:\/\/x.com\/cathyduncan"],"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/cathyduncan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7138"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}