We love One Direction. Not only are they super hot and talented, but it turns out they’re pretty darn good at raising money for charity too.
The boys – Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik – and their fans have managed to raise over £500,000 for Stand Up To Cancer.
More than a third of the donations, which ranged from £3 to £1,200, were made by dedicated fans as part of a competition to win a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet the One Direction boys backstage at the final gig of their Where We Are world tour.
The remaining donations came from ticket sales from the UK and Ireland leg of their tour. Funds raised will go towards accelerating new cancer treatments to UK patients and saving more lives.
Overseen by Prizeo, the competition saw more than 10,868 entries from across the globe enter to be in with a chance to meet the band.
And on Sunday 5 October, lucky winner 14-year-old Alexus from Canada, flew to Miami where she met 1D backstage. She said: “I can’t believe that out of thousands of people, I was the one lucky enough to win the chance to meet One Direction. It’s a dream come true! I will never forget this day. It’s also so great that it’s raised so much for such a good cause.”
So here’s how you too can be a part of Stand Up To Cancer – there’s the Channel 4’s big Stand Up To Cancer live show on Friday 17 October.
Plus, don’t forget to check out all these lovely SU2C bits you could be wearing to show your support, whether it’s during [the March {href='http://www.standuptocancer.org.uk/march-on-cancer' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'}) sat at home on your sofa enjoying the show, or just as part of your everyday getup!
Or there’s always some good old fashioned donating and fundraising to show your support for Stand Up To Cancer to help speed breakthroughs from labs to patients and save more lives.
For more information about fund raising and for your chance to help out Cancer Research UK, fill out this short form below or head to www.standuptocancer.org.uk
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