Stephen Ball painting at Mattoo's Tattoo studio

Helly to Selly (Help for Heroes)

As many of you will know, on July 3rd a charity bike ride will set off from St Helens to Selly Oak, Birmingham in order to raise money for Help for Heroes.
This was organized by a lovely lady called Claire Smith, as on October 13th 2009 Claire's partner Andy Reid was horrifically injured by an IED while serving in Afghanistan with his regiment, 3 Yorks. Thanks to the amazing medical care he received at both Camp Bastion and Selly Oak, Birmingham, he is now out of hospital and at Headley Court as a triple amputee. His strength, courage and determination have seen him walking unaided less than 3 months after the incident.

In order to help with the fundraising, the Dont Think Twice Collective will be supporting the event and charity, with Stephen Ball jumping on his bike and joining the ride, 3 fundraising exhibitions, and in collaboration with Renaissance Film Productions, will be producing the ‘Helly to Selly documentary, and exhibition.


If you would like to get involved or help, there are several ways to show your support
*donate online at http://www.justgiving.com/HellytoSelly2010
(If you would like to donate, but cant donate online, each rider will most probably be carrying round a sponsor form, and also very soon at various locations around town look out for the helly to selly collection tins)
*Join the Help for Heroes St.Helens Pub Crawl......Get your army gear on and show your support to a great cause...turn up...cough up.....and drink up! http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=401058995585&ref=ts

ARTISTS NEEDED!!!!!!!!!
The Venues been confirmed but the date hasn’t yet so I’m not going to announce it till closer to the time, but in mid may, the Don’t Think Twice Collective will be hosting a charity exhibition, and fundraising night in St.Helens.
Can’t hold an exhibition without artwork, so we need YOU, all work will be for sale, you choose the percentage of the sale that you would like to donate to the charity....simple as........ Because of restricted wall space, I’m firstly asking all artists who are interested to drop me a link to examples of your work......or email me a photograph at Dontthinktwice@hotmail.co.uk

ALSO NEEDED, during the bike ride, and during all press opportunities, the riders will be wearing ‘HELLT to SELLY’ t-shirts, but they haven’t decided on a design yet, want to design a t-shirt, that will be seen by a lot of people, get in the papers, and might even be on telly, message me for the details!!

Thank you! ;-)

Dont forget::::
Donate at- http://www.justgiving.com/HellytoSelly2010
Keep upto date with the riders progress at- http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=251425958629&ref=ts
Get involved with the exhibitions at- http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=10189801871&ref=ts