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New Website has a Million Good Reasons to Advertise
MACCLESFIELD, England, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- - With Photo Computing teacher Kirstin Bailey (36), of Rushton Spencer, Macclesfield has designed a website that aims to make a difference for charities. At a pound per pixel, the millionpound-ad at http://www.millionpound-ad.co.uk lets people and businesses advertise their products or services through a GBP100 pound square of 100 pixels on the main page with a link to their own website. A keen athlete, Kirstin studied at Huddersfield Uni and met fellow athlete John Taylor while fell running. He died suddenly a few years ago from cardiomyopathy and Kirstin set up the registered charity, The John Taylor Foundation, to financially help young athletes and also raise awareness of Cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy, sometimes known as an enlarged heart, is not caused by athletic training but can be caused for example by having had a virus. The walls of the heart thicken and then can loose elasticity that can ultimately, if not detected, result in sudden death (for more information about this condition please see the foundations website http://www.JohnTaylorFoundation.org.uk). The millionpound-ad is a bid by Kirstin to harness the power of the web and help the Foundation and other charities by selling a million pixels on the site and donating this money to charity. Kirstin says: "I love my work with the foundation and wanted to think of a unique idea of raising awareness and money for it and other charities. I wanted to combine my love of website creativity, charity work and allow not only myself but other people to make money to make a difference and achieve the goal of creating the millionpound-ad." The John Taylor Foundation has helped many young athletes whether recreational or professional, including Carrie Hewitt, who won the World Junior Mountain Running Championship in Alaska and more recently Adam Grice, who finish 5th in the World Mountain Running Championships - this is an event that John particularly liked to do well in. The website aims to help any registered charities of advertiser's choice. To start with Kirstin has given some free space to the John Taylor Foundation and her family have taken some advertising space to help her on her way. Note to Editors: A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA Photowire. It can be viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.
