The Big Pink Dress charity star, Colin Burgin-Plews, has said “I will” to being bridesmaid at a Durham woman’s wedding. Mr Burgin-Plews will become a Big Pink Bridesmaid at friend Heather Laurence’s ceremony, where she will tie the knot with fiancé Peter, less than two weeks after the pair completed the […]
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Colin’s #GreatNorthStory: “I’m running in memory of my friend who died from breast cancer.”
Today (Sunday, September 10) thousands of people will arrive in Newcastle to run the Great North Run’s 13.1 mile course. Colin Burgin-Plews is one of those individuals who will be pounding the pavements of the city and South Shields. The seasoned runner, who is known for running in his Big Pink Dress, […]
Charity star inviting Tyne and Wear schools to design his dress for the Gateshead 10k
A charity star is inviting Tyne and Wear schools to design his next Big Dress for the Gateshead 10k. Colin Burgin-Plews, who is also known as the Big Pink Dress, has teamed up with Co-op Funeral Care to deliver the project which could see a child’s design on his frock, on TV. The Big […]
Charity star reveals reason he started running in the Big Pink Dress
Breast cancer affects 160 out of 100,000 people in South Tyneside. In the area, more than 40 people out of the 100,000 lose their life to the disease. One man, Colin Burgin-Plews, also known as the Big Pink Dress, has watched his wife’s friend survive, but watched another friend die from the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Big Pink Dress charity star hoping to run to every UK Premier League football ground in 2018
Charity star, the Big Pink Dress, is hoping to run to every UK Premier League football ground in 2018. The man underneath the dress, Colin Burgin-Plews wants to run to every football ground in memory of his friend Marilyn Jones, who died in 2015. Mr Burgin-Plews said: “It’s for Marilyn’s […]