He's Gok What It Takes

For the Newcastle Evening Chronicle (Oct 13)

BY Ryan Pilot

TV fashionista Gok Wan dropped into Newcastle to recruit Tynesiders for a charity programme.

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

Gok chatted to Newcastle's participants from last year on the Millennium Bridge, where he commented on the "gorgeous" quayside. It is not the fashion guru's first visit to the city - he has brought his travelling catwalk roadshow here twice for TV Gok's Fashion Fix.

Newcastle produced 22 applicants last year, but Gok is hoping for a lot more this time.