Over £1,000 raised by Amesbury photographer's second Doorstep Snaps campaign
He's managed to add to the total he had donated during his first effort earlier this year!
Last updated 27th Dec 2020
Photographer Simon Ward, from Amesbury, has raised another £1,050 for two charities through his Doorstep Snaps 2 campaign.
As the country went back into a lockdown in November, Simon decided to bring back his project of taking socially distanced family photos.
He asked people to get into the Christmas spirit and wear festive jumpers or hats in return for a donation to either Julia's House or the Stars Appeal.
Simon first ran the project between May and July, raising £3,345 for the charities, bringing that total up to almost £4,500 now.
He told Greatest Hits Radio:
"I'm really proud of the amount that has been raised so far but it couldn't have been done without the generosity of everyone that has taken part and I think we're nearing about 150 families, local businesses and organisations that have taken part across the two parts of the project and without them then we wouldn't have raised what we have done, so a real big thank you from me to everyone that has taken part.
I chose the Stars Appeal and Julia's House quite simply because they're the two charities that me as my business supports. I've supported the Stars Appeal since 2010 and Julia's House since 2015 and I really wanted to try and help them in whatever small way we could with their fundraising because both charities have suffered so much with their fundraising events being cancelled this year, every charity has had to cancel and postpone fundraising events but when it's two local charities I wanted to try help them wherever possible.
It's been quite nice to do doorsteps because for two months I didn't pick up a camera and at the end of March when weddings were starting to be postponed I then took the immediate decision that I didn't want to sit at home for three or four months because I think a lot of us thought this pandemic would be over by June so I took a temporary driver job at Tesco, although that's not so much a temporary job at the moment, but doorsteps was suggested to me and I contacted the person in London who was doing their version called Front door photo, a lady called Jenny Smith who is raising money for a local charity up there and I wanted to replicate that down here for the Stars Appeal and Julia's House."
Simon says the project has meant families have 'a photographic reminder of a brief moment in time that none of us will forget'.
You can still donate to Simon's Just Giving pages, with all the details on his website.