I AM writing to ask your readers to help raise £60,000 for breast cancer research.

October is designated Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I want your readers to invite their friends and family to share breakfast, brunch or lunch -- and then charge them for being there!

The charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer is asking people up and down the country to organise fund-raising breakfasts to help raise funds for research into breast cancer, which still claims the lives of 1,000 women a month in this country.

For those not-so-early-birds, why not organise a brunch, or even a fund-raising lunch?

The recipe for a successful meal is to add several ounces of enthusiasm to a generous measure of fun, stir in some of the handy hints included in the special fund-raising pack, mix it with your friends, colleagues or family, and then you see the pounds roll in!

The first 100 people to register their breakfast event will receive a delightful mug from Whittard of Chelsea. Call the hot-line on 020 7557 6622 now for your free fund-raising pack containing further details, fund-raising tips, a registration form and my simple recipe for the perfect English Breakfast.

Your readers can really get involved in this fantastic campaign and make a major difference. Good luck and happy eating. All the very best.

Brian Turner