# Charities differ over topless model fundraising

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/07/20/charities-differ-over-topless-model-fundraising/
- Published: 2008-07-20T10:40:38+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Topless model Claire Tully has been told by a leading breast cancer charity in
Ireland it does not want her raising money on its behalf while another charity in
the same field has accepted her offer of money.**

The ‘page three’ personality was instructed by the Marie Keating Foundation not 
to raise money on its behalf when she takes part in a television charity event next
month.

“I just think it would be wrong for Claire to do it, raising money for our organisation,
in the work that we do. We could be very mercenary and say we will take any money
from anybody who will raise it for us, but there has to be a stand taken around 
certain issues,” said Lillian McGovern, chief executive of the foundation.

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Ms Tully is due to take part in Fáilte Towers, which will open its doors to an unsuspecting
public on August 2, live on RTÉ One.

Presented by Aidan Power and Baz Ashmawy, Fáilte Towers will feature 12 celebrities
battling the heat of the kitchen, the steam of the laundry and the toil of the toilets
as they are left to their own devices to run a fully functioning hotel — all in 
the name of charity.

“The purpose of the show is to raise money for the charity of your choice and I 
wanted to do it for a breast cancer charity because my mother had breast cancer 
and my grandmother had it. It’s something that is very close to my heart,” Ms Tully
said.

Ms Tully is guaranteed to raise a minimum of €5,000 for the charity of her choice,
which will now be the National Breast Cancer Research Institute Centre in Galway.

Ms Tully has defended topless models, citing the influence of the Church and religion
as the reasons some people were against the practice.

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