Gary Whiting from Mirfield in West Yorkshire, turned heads earlier this year with a hair-brained scheme to raise money for charity - he had half of his beard and moustache shaved off! Gary, went about his daily routine for ten days before removing the other half, raising a total of £340 sponsorship money from the shave and the following guess-the-weight-of-the-beard competition. The cash was divided equally between the RNLI and the Holly Bank School Rooftops appeal, a local school for handicapped children..