Isle of Man Steam Packet Company staff have raised more than £1,600 for Macmillan Cancer Support through three coffee mornings and a sponsored hair shave.

Passenger services assistant Beverley Cowan raised £915 in sponsorship by letting her dad Chucka O’Brien shave her hair. Chucka was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Stage 4 - a brain cancer - followed by lung cancer - in 2018.

Bev said: ’My dad has fought courageously every step of the way, with complete dignity and positivity. I am rather fond of my hair, but I did this for him; to show him how proud I am to call him my dad! I also lost a cousin and an auntie to this horrible disease recently, so all money raised is being donated to this fantastic cause.

’I have been absolutely overwhelmed by the response and support I’ve received from my colleagues at the Steam Packet Company.

’I can’t thank them enough for helping to get the word out there about "Brave the Shave" and their generous donations - it is truly heart-warming.’

In support of Macmillan’s ’World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ staff arranged three cake bake and sale events: for staff at Steam Packet headquarters in Douglas, and for members of the public at the Sea Terminal in Douglas and the departure lounge at Liverpool Terminal, raising £738.

Cakes and bakes were judged and then sold. Chief accountant Damian O’Toole baked the winning entry, a courgette and cardamom cake with courgettes grown in his own garden.