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Charity Wristbands (also known as "Awareness bands")

These wristbands are very important in our current climate. Many people are putting their hands in their pockets to buy one of these, partly because is is currently fashionable, but more imprtantly because large sums of money are being raise for charity. Wear your heart on your sleeve!

These charity wristbands come in many colours and with different messages on them including:

• AQUA - "KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE"
• GREY - "LIFE CHANGING"
• LIGHT BLUE - "END BULLYING"
• RED - "HOPE FOR THE HOMELESS"
• LIME GREEN - "CARE 2 WEAR"
• ORANGE - "HUMAN RIGHTS"
• PURPLE - "SAVE STREET CHILDREN"
• GREEN - "SAVE SPECIES WORLDWIDE"
• WHITE - "END POVERTY"
• YELLOW - "LIVESTRONG (Youth)"
• BLACK - "TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT"
• PINK - "RESEARCHING THE CURE"
• GOLD - "CHILDHOOD CANCER"
• MAGENTA - "FIGHT DIABETIS"

Chrity wristbands will cost you in the range of £2.00 each. Be careful who or where you buy you wristband though as there are some opportunist sellers who have set up stalls and stands on hist street markets and corners, who are not genuine sellers and are not passing on the profits to the charities involved.

More than 23 million of these charity bands have been sold worldwide as people show solidarity with the six-time Tour de France winner, who beat testicular cancer. The "Live strong" bands from the Lance Armstrong Foundation, have become a must-have fashion accessory and started a craze for other coloured charity bracelets.

Good places to get you wristband are places like:

• Toyshops
• Charity shops
• Sport shops
• Everton Football Club - on behalf of Downs Syndrome Support Group

Many famous people can be seen wearing them including:

• Wayne Rooney
• Rio Ferdinand - Blue (stop bullying)
• Wright-Phillips - Blue (stop bullying)
• David Beckham - Blue
• Bono - White
• Tony Blair - Pink
• Davina McCall - White
• Rachel Stevens - White
• Bob Geldof - White
• Brad Pitt
• Tim Cahill