What’s wrong for you, could be right for Cancer Research

Tara Palmer Tomkinson and Olympian Mark Foster are fronting a new campaign which urges people to donate unwanted goods to stock-starved Cancer Research UK shops. The celebrity duo have taken part in an unconventional photo shoot alongside a young cancer survivor to help launch the charity’s new ‘Wrong For You, Right For Us’ stock appeal.

As more and more credit crunched Brits snap up charity shop bargains, store managers are struggling to stock their shelves. But by posing in kids’ staples like jeans and trainers beside flamboyantly dressed Jack McGrath, 10, and little sister Daisy, six, Tara and Mark are hoping to encourage UK shoppers to donate unwanted items to Cancer Research UK’s 600 high street shops.

Tara said: “I’ve got lots of things in my wardrobe that no longer suit me but may suit others.

“So supporting Cancer Research UK’s ‘Wrong For You, Right For Us’ campaign is certainly an easy way for me to do my bit and help beat cancer.”

Inspirational leukaemia survivor Jack, and his little sister Daisy, will have their faces in all Cancer Research UK shop windows following today’s poster campaign launch.

Jack was diagnosed with Leukaemia aged only four-years-old back in December 2003. His treatment was overseen by the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group, which carries out clinical trials thanks to funding from Cancer Research UK. Fortunately Jack is now doing well and is back at school leading a normal life.

Tara added: “Jack and Daisy were real stars on the day of the photo shoot.

“They loved dressing up in all the chic gear while I was in plain jumper and jeans – I think they liked making me jealous.”

Swimmer and ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ hunk Mark Foster has pledged to empty his wardrobe of unused clothes after being introduced to the inspirational Jack and Daisy.

Mark said: "Meeting Jack and Daisy, who have gone through so much at such a young age, has certainly motivated me to do whatever I can to help my local Cancer Research UK shop.”

Little Jack added: “I enjoyed doing the photos for Cancer Research UK because their work has done so much for me.

“It’s going to be weird seeing me and my sister pictured in shop windows with Mark and Tara, but I can’t wait to show my friends.”

Seven out of ten children with cancer are now successfully treated and with each bag of shop donations worth as much as £30 for Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work, many more lives could be saved with every wardrobe that’s cleared out.

People can locate their nearest Cancer Research UK shop by logging on to supportus.cancerresearchuk.org/shopping.