Gok Makes The World Of Difference

For the Newcastle Journal (Oct 13)

BY Ryan Pilot

FASHION guru Gok Wan chatted to Tynesiders on the Millennium Bridge yesterday as he promoted a charity project.

Vodafone's World of Difference programme is offering 500 people a paid two-month placement with a charity of their choice.

Urging the region to get involved, Gok said: "Apply, absolutely, go out there, be proactive about it. You can absolutely 100% make a difference - it's really important." It is not the presenter's first visit to the city - he has brought his travelling catwalk roadshow here twice for TV show Gok's Fashion Fix.

"Everyone's really accommodating," he said. "And in fact, when we did the travelling catwalk to search for the country's most stylish person we had lots of really good entries here."

Jen Pharaoh did a two-month placement with local charity Coco last year as part of the World of Difference scheme. She worked with youngsters at Regent Farm First School in Gosforth, Newcastle.

Jen, 23 said: "I can highly recommend anyone apply because there's something for everyone to do."

Anyone who wants to apply should go to www.vodafone.co.uk/worldofdifference