A DOZEN women have posed for a nude calendar to raise money for a cancer charity.

Colin Glease, 45, of Dipton, near Stanley, County Durham, died of pancreatic cancer last year in the middle of a fundraising campaign to buy a drug that can treat the disease.

He received care from Macmillan Cancer Support and members of his family and friends are raising money for the charity as a thank-you for the efforts of its nurses. A photographer friend of Mr Glease’s niece, Leanne Smith, 25, also of Dipton, suggested a nude calendar.

“The Macmillan nurses were fantastic and we always said we would do something for them,” said Miss Smith.

“Everyone volunteered because most of them knew Colin and they thought it was a good cause.

“It is tasteful but naked at the same time. Some of the pictures were taken at Beamish Woods and some at a stable.

“It was nerve-wracking at first but once you got naked you didn’t want to get your kit back on.”

Two hundred and fifty copies of the calendar have been produced at cost by Metro Management.

The calendar costs £5 and is available by calling Miss Smith on 07825-444602 or through the website photomestephanie.co.uk