Archive for April, 2013

Don’t miss Sunday’s Secret Millions!

Posted on April 26th, 2013 in News,TV

Watch Secret Millions on Channel 4OD . You’ll see me working with Kids Company, which is an amazing charity that offers young people from disadvantaged backgrounds emotional, educational and practical support.

About the programme:
Alongside Kids Company key workers, Gok has a week to teach the trainees self-discipline and skills for the workplace while creating a range of T-shirts as a pilot social enterprise.

Trainees like these struggle to get work as their behaviour could see them being kicked off normal training.

Getting them to even show up on the first day is tough and Gok isn’t prepared for some explosive clashes that follow, as their project hangs in the balance.

With the Big Lottery Fund secretly monitoring their progress, Gok is praying the team can pull together and help prove, unknowingly, that their enterprise is worth £2m of Lottery funding.

Find out more about Secret Millions and Kids Company.

http://www.kidsco.org.uk/

Step into Summer with my latest Sainsbury’s collection

Posted on April 18th, 2013 in Fashion,News

Gok for Tu Summer 2013

Hey guys

Summer has at last come to say hello! And not a moment too soon! My new collection gets full inspirational from the incredible 1960s and I can’t think of a better era to bring some summer love and happiness to us all!

Take a look at the full collection on Sainsbury’s website. Hope you love the collection as much as I do!

Xxx

Catch me on Celebrity Juice!

Posted on April 4th, 2013 in News,TV

Celebrity JuiceCatch me on Celebrity Juice on ITV2 Thursday 4th April at 10pm – and on catch up!

It was filmed on Weds night and was huge fun! It’s a rude one, I warn you all!

Gok x

Gok’s charity of the month – April: Marie Curie

Posted on April 1st, 2013 in Charities

Hey Guys happy Easter to you all, I hope you had a fantastic weekend!

I really don’t think Marie Curie need much of an introduction, they have been around for quite sometime now, and thank God they are! For 1000’s of people up and down the country they have been an incredible support in the final days of a mother, father or other family member as they near the end of their lives. They give families that all important help to enjoy the last moments and leave them memories they can treasure. This, all in the knowledge that their loved ones are in the best of hands. I don’t even want to think about what I would do if I knew I was going to lose someone, but there is no other group of people that I would trust to help me through it than those guys at Marie Curie.

Have a look at Marie Curie’s Skinny Dip and it would be amazing if you got involved… you know I would love you to get your bangers out!

Huge Easter bunny hugs and kisses

xxx

Dare to bare with Marie Curie’s Skinny Dip

You have nothing to lose but your clothes!

Bare all and help set a new world record this summer by taking part in Marie Curie Cancer Care’s brand new skinny dip event on Sunday 2nd June.

The Skinny Dips will take place early in the morning in beautiful beach locations in East Lothian, Dorset, Essex and Wales. Shrouded in secrecy for now, the exact location of the dips will be revealed on registration. After their dash into the cold sea, skinny dippers will enjoy hot drinks and post-event festivities to warm up.

In 2011, 413 people plunged into the sea in South Wales, setting a new Guinness World Record for the world’s biggest skinny dip. This year the aim is to get as many people involved as possible to break our own record.

Marie Curie supporter Alison Powell who organised the 2011 event in aid of Marie Curie said:

“We all know people who have been affected by a terminal illness, and I think the work the Marie Curie Nurses do is overwhelmingly generous and beautiful” she says, “I wanted the skinny dip to be a celebration of life.” “It was absolutely the most hilarious and beautiful thing I‘ve ever seen – the sight of 400 people legging it into the water as naked as the day they were born!”

With three new locations across the UK, this year’s event hopes to be even bigger and better.

Family and friends are welcome to come along and join in the post event festivities.

The exact location of the skinny dip will be sent to you after your registration has been confirmed.

To register visit our website www.mariecurie.org.uk/skinnydip or call the Events Team on 0845 052 4184. Registration fee: £15, Minimum sponsorship: £85. Participants must be aged 18 or over.

 

Nurse and patientMarie Curie Cancer Care gives people with all terminal illnesses the choice to die at home or in one of the charity’s hospices. Marie Curie Nurses allow families to make the most of the precious time they have left together, providing them and their families with free hands-on care and emotional support, right until the end.

The Marie Curie Nursing Service covers 96% of the UK. Our Marie Curie Hospices serve communities in London, West Midlands, Bradford, Liverpool, Newcastle, Cardiff, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The charity is also a leading investor in palliative and end of life care research for all terminal illnesses including dementia and heart failure.

The charity says: “Given the choice, most of us would want to die at home or in a hospice, surrounded by the people and things we cherish and Marie Curie Cancer Care makes this possible.

“But the sad fact is, every five minutes someone in the UK dies without the care they need at the end of their life.

Nurse and patientThat’s why we urgently need to reach more people – and why we’re counting on your support. Whether you give your money, time or simply your voice, you’ll help us make people’s final days as good as they can possibly be.”

To get help from the Marie Curie Nursing Service speak to your GP, district nurse or discharge nurse.

For more information visit www.mariecurie.org.uk or call 0800 716 146

www.twitter.com/mariecurieuk
www.facebook.com/MarieCurieUK

Registered charity no. 207994 (England & Wales), SCO38731 (Scotland)